Saturday but no boating

Whew! This week seemed to be so long and yet I can't believe I haven't blogged in several days.

I worked the rest of the week after my stomach virus or whatever it was. It was quite busy and I wasn't at my peak performance level. I did my best and I think I'll make good headway before Thanksgiving.

We were planning/hoping to go out on the boat today. The forecast as of yesterday afternoon was for winds 5-10, waves 1 foot or less. We woke up this morning to waves 10-15 and with the temps in the mid to low 40's, that wasn't exciting. We both really want to get out on the boat 1 more time before we put it away to hibernate through the winter. The new plan is that I will work tomorrow and take off a day during the week. Staffing is down and everyone just wants to treat patients and get home, so I think this will work out fine. Tuesday and Wednesday both have favorable wind forecasts. Fingers crossed.

I went backwards in my knitting this week. I bound off the back of Bob's sweater and found that its too short between the arm opening and shoulder and too long over all if I just add length at the top. Bob told me not to rip but I really want this sweater to fit him well so off to the frog pond I went. Front and back are ripped back to 1 inch below where I originally started the arm opening and I am knitting away. Hopefully I'll remember to do the neck shaping in the right place this time. The short rows on the back seemed to help the back of the sweater lay flat and even so I will repeat those. I haven't knitted on much of anything else this week so I can catch up fast. I had hoped to have this sweater finished by the end of the month. that won't be possible now but I want it to be wearable as soon as possible. 

I'm sorry there aren't pictures. I still haven't been able to find a way to add photos from my phone. I have done what the instructions say to do to enable access to my phone pictures but it only gives me access to a few older ones. sigh. I keep trying to find a way.

I hope to go to work early tomorrow and be home in time to watch the Ravens game, get out on the boat this week,  get to Target on Thanksgiving night to buy my Christmas present I pad, choose a tree and put the outside decorations out. Hopefully circumstances will allow for that and not throw a wrench in the works. I will, however, be thankful for my health, my family, my job and most especially my husband no matter what else happens. 

I am thankful for those things most of the time but I want to acknowledge more openly those joys on Thanksgiving day. The losses elsewhere due to wars, disagreements and poverty reinforce my thankfulness. Please express your thankfulness for the people in your lives to them especially during this time of year. Don't take a chance that someone will be taken from you and you didn't tell them when you could.