Goings on

My but this summer has flown by! Sadly, this has been partly because I have been working more than I should (We really really really need to hire another 2 doctors to work in our ICU). However, I am in the midst of a short stretch of days off (it was supposed to be 10 days, but that shrank down to 6 all of a sudden - grrrrr), so I have been able to get out a bit. Thursday evening The Gambler and I were finally able to sit down and celebrate our anniversary together. So we cracked open a bottle of wine. Literally. This wasn't even a bottle of wine that had travelled cross country during one of our moves - he had picked it up less than 2 weeks ago! On Friday I hung out with Glenna and Kim (who is a very talented dyer: check out her wares here and here); we had lunch, then visited The Naked Sheep and The Purple Purl. There were many pretty yarns to see, but all in all, this was the most beautiful thing I saw that day: The 5+ week long civic workers strike is over! Garbage cleanup has begun!!! And I have even had some time for knitting - I picked up Ella Freezes Over after ohaboutayearandahalforso. Note to self - converting a shawl pattern from worsted weight on 6mm needles to laceweight on 3mm needles may seem like a good idea, but it is not. Going from a gauge of 20 st/24 rows to 32 st/40 rows does not make for a quick knit.