I honestly can't wait for tomorrow

So tomorrow I start my new position (please raise your hand if you're entirely bored of this topic) and I'm super, super excited. I already love the girls I currently work with but I love my new co-workers (I already work with them just not nearly as closely) so much too. And one thing that makes me really excited is how excited they are to have me (yes I know they already asked to have me become part of their team, but I don't think that even with that they would have to be as excited as they are).

Here's an example. There's a white board on the wall in the office that I'll be sharing with them with our list of to-do's on it and as part of the list my new boss wrote "abduct Sarah". Tonight when I was moving my stuff into my new desk he asked me to check it off. I actually didn't believe him at first because I didn't see it. And then I saw it and it was so super sweet to see how excited that they are to have me that they added me to the list.

This is why I love my job and I'm super excited about my new position. I know the work is going to be hard and not always fun but by having really great co-workers it's going to make it fun even when it's not.

And comparing it to the last job I had (not the one I'm transitioning from) where I felt like a stress ball going to work everyday in a negative environment. Dudes, it doesn't even compare. So. Much. Happier.

(But yes I miss my friends and the West Coast desperately.)

Checking in.

Yes, I know I have been absent from blogging as of late, and being on the East Coast makes it more important that I blog more because I am so much farther away. So I guess here's kind of a weekly wrap up (or maybe a few weeks worth?).

Here's my excuse for not blogging (because honestly, they're all excuses I guess if you come at it with the mind set of what is important to you will happen and the rest will kind of slide off). For the past three weeks or so I've been working the evening shift at work (it only goes until 7 which isn't late, I've worked far later) and it's enough that it throws me off my entire day. It's a temporary thing which is good because I will always prefer the morning shift. So I stay up later and get up later, eat lunch later (I'm pretty sure you see the running theme here...) and for at least the first hour at work everyday I feel disoriented. I have no idea why that last one happens and it kinda freaks me out because I'm used to being sharp and on my game. All of it I guess I'm saying, throws me off enough that everything in my week days ends up being rather altered. But I just got word on Thursday that I will finally be moving into my new position next Thursday which makes me really stoked.

I'm hoping that will help me start blogging more? We'll see, I'll try to make the effort.

Isaac and I have seen quite a few movies lately including The Vow (which I loved), Underworld (whatever the newest one is called) which was great, This Means War, Act of Valor, and Safe House.

Also new music:

This last one hasn't actually been released in the States yet and I honestly can't wait until it is. So much so that I've found the album on grooveshark and play it constantly. When I'm not at work that is. I just sing it in my head all day when I'm at work.

Have a good weekend all. :)

I'm pretty sure I'm the smartest person alive right now...

Just a quick drop in because I have to tell you guys how smart I am.

Really.

No joke.

I figured out that you don't need a sweater stone or any other fancy contraption when your sweater pills.

I know...

I'll give you a minute to calm down.

(Here's a paper bag.)

I figured out that you can use a nail file instead.

It doesn't crumble like a sweater stone and you can use it over and over again. Not to mention they are easy to find and cheap to buy.

I know. I am so smart.

I have no excuse. I'm just lazy.

Because honestly that's the truth.

Well I did have a monster cold last week, but besides that... Um, yeah.

So let's catch up.

A few weekends ago Isaac and I went to Tarrytown, NY which is a 2 hour drive one way. Remind me to go the way we went home next time because going cost us at least $30.00 in tolls and home was like $7.00. No. Joke.

It was the day after we had finally gotten snow so it was a really pretty drive both ways. I know you're asking yourself, what's in Tarrytown, NY, right? Well if you know me you know one of the top answers would be yarn, and you would be right.

I've always wanted to go to this yarn shop called Flying Fingers. I love a brand of yarn called Manos Del Uruguay and they literally carry every color and type of yarn of Manos. I used to peruse their website on the West Coast in love with all the colors and I mean ALL the colors they dye yarn in. So I was pretty stoked that we finally lived close enough to go. I also got some yarn for take two of the Oh Deer! mittens, that I have yet to start... Did I mention I've been lazy?

I made fingerless gloves for all my coworkers (the three I work closest with, I haven't had THAT much time) and gave them to them last Thursday and they were all really excited to get those. And this past weekend Isaac and I went and saw the newest Underworld which was really great, even for the exorbitant price it cost for one ticket.

And now I'm working on making a cowl that I've been working on for ages (It's had a lot of downtime, and I mean a lot) but I really want to finish it so hopefully that will happen soon.

And work is great although I haven't transitioned over into my new position quite yet, we just hired the girls that are taking all our places and they started last week. And for some reason I'm the last one left to transition and I won't until these new girls have it down. Pray for me that that's soon because while I love my current job I'm really excited about my new one.

Happy Monday. :)

I'm pretty sure that Canadians are the spies of the knitting world.

I mean what other system has TWO sizes of needles? (evidence below) It's like they're hiding something.

Okay, but all of this is really to distract you from my awesome news that I got this week.

...

I'm being promoted.

Yes, this is so amazingly awesome I'm still trying to wrap my head around it.

I know I've only been there slightly over a month and so I'm really very humbled that it's all happening so fast, and amazingly excited.

Ever since I started (which yes, wasn't very long ago) it's been made very aware to all of us that they promote within and to think of where in the company you wanted to go next. Very quickly on (yes I realize there is no other amount of time it could be) I realized what department and position I wanted to move into next. And so as we were advised, I made my intentions known. Little did I know that they actually were looking for help in that department. I was thinking in maybe a year or so I would be looked at to be promoted. So on Wednesday when I was pulled into our head HR's office I was literally shocked to find out that I was being asked if I wanted to advance.

I know I've said it before but I really love everyone I work with and especially the two people in department I'm moving into. All three of us think along the same lines and have similar personalities, this makes me even more excited about it.

I'm pretty sure I'm making midget mittens...

So you remember these?

Yeah, mine don't quite look like that...

I'm pretty sure that mine will be midget mittens. No. Joke.

I made the point of making sure that I got the right yarn and used the right needles. Then it all went to hell. I know that you won't be able to tell it by the picture below but I'm pretty sure the one I'm making will fit a five year old.

I am going to go ahead and knit it up so I can see how it goes and get the kinks out. I think it might be a christmas tree ornament. Really. That or I'm making one glove for a five year old.

Then? Then I'm upping the needles and the yarn.

Apparently this is how I'm supposed to learn about knitting stranded mittens. Being humiliated.

Score one stranded mittens. Score zero Sarah.

I know I know, next time start with a gauge swatch.

This would save me so much humiliation but how else would I provide you with material to tease me?

Just a sneak peak

So I was finally able to get my yarn today to start the Oh Deer Mittens. I got it this morning but I wasn't able to start them until this evening because I had to finish up a present that's going out in the mail tomorrow. It's a surprise just for fun for someone dear to my heart, and that's all I'll say about that.

I've been itching to cast them on and terrified at the exact same time. I still feel like I have no idea what the hell I'm doing with knitting and these babies are really intricate on small needles. Pray for me.

People always tell me what an excellent knitter I am and maybe it has to do with how well I discount myself but I think the stuff I can do is really plain and simple. These mittens seem so advanced to me that I'm a little terrified taking them on, but all knitting projects that include something that I've never done before do this to me so apparently it's just me. Neuroses at work people.

I'm only on the fourth row of the corrugated knitting on the cuff. (Not that that means anything to you, it's more for me if I forget my place in the morning. You're welcome.) But here's what it looks like so far. Also, the colors are not actually that abrasive.

These are the actual colors.

And a picture of the store front of the knitting shop we went to this morning because I thought it was funny and endearing.

Okay, I so need to go to bed now. Night all.