Insanity

So the cat’s not diabetic. Monday night she went into insulin shock and we took her to the ER. Then three days of hospitalization. All because she had an infection that shut down her kidneys. We brought her home Friday and she is definitely more active. She’s still not eating much, which is hampering us in giving her meds to her, but she’s running about and fighting me on being locked up in my room. Anybody know how to make a cat eat?

I frogged the yellow beaded cowl. I loved it but could not see myself wearing it much. So I’m using the same pattern to make a scarf. The sewing is still not done but has to be finished or moved before Thurs as my guy will be in town for a couple of days. My heart is atwitter with anticipation.

The review continues. I’ve decided that flash cards are the way to go. While I understand the concepts, I’m lousy at memorizing things. Flash cards are the only way that I’ve found that I can memorize anything.

Mum is excitedly packing for her Hawaii trip. So I get to block her shawl next week. I’m so excited to see how it looks once it’s blocked.

Burn Out

That’s where I am.

My youngest hadn’t been feeling well. This usually lively and rather spastic cat was sleeping too much and generally listless. Turns out she’s diabetic. Today she’s still a slacker but she’s awake and obviously feeling better.

In crafty news, I have this sewing to do.

But this is what I’ve been working on instead.

 So why the title? Because I’m approaching burn out on my studying. I love writing code and getting things to work right. But reading about it can be gods-awful boring sometimes. And as I’ve been studying 7 days a week, it’s getting really boring. All the trouble I’ve had with my machine has not been helping either. So I am limiting my studying time from now on. Until I get a job, I will be studying only M-F, from the time that I get up (which will start being normal with my cat’s new feeding schedule) until 17:00. I am in the home stretch of studying for my first .NET cert and as soon as I’m done, I will format and reinstall my system. Hopefully that will reduce the pains on studying for my next cert, which is on SQL Server Implementation and Maintenance.

I have also picked up a book on Android development. I keep thinking of these apps that I want that no one has in the market. Mind you alot of them are focused on my very strange set of interests. But that will be cracked once the format and reinstall is done.

Frakking Computers

So I am in the home stretch of the studying for my first certification exam. I have about 5 more hours of reading and labs according to the time estimates in the book. Now if only my computer will cooperate with me. I have found several tools missing (like Event Viewer?!?) and have wasted a great number of hours downloading and installing them. I might format and reinstall once my first cert is done since the next one I will do is on installing and maintaining SQL Server.

In crafty news, I’m nearing the end of the second tool bag for my spinning wheel. I began the strap last night and hope to have it done by Thursday so that I can felt it down while doing laundry. Once that is done, I want to work my way thru the stack of sewing I have. It’s just some pillows that need to be stuffed and sealed and the baby quilt for D&K but some how sewing always has to be done before knitting or crochet in my mind. I think that’s because it goes faster. But once they are done, mum’s socks and F&M’s baby blanket will be the new priorities. They are the last of my deadline projects *crosses fingers* and that means I can do some work on the multitude of projects I have slated for me. I don’t think I’m going to make stuff for the holidays this year. It give my friends and family the impression I have enough knitted stuff for myself.

The Ides of May

So it’s finally getting warm here. Apparently Mother Nature decided we didn’t really need Spring this year. The temps weren’t bad but the wind was bitter cold. And now it’s Summer. Like the Weather woke up one day and decided “Ok I’ll be the exact opposite of what I was yesterday.” Very weird.

In stringy news, Mum’s shawl is done except for the blocking. I will do that while she is out of town in a few weeks. I’m still hoping to get her socks done for her birthday, F&M’s baby blanket has begun (standard SC pattern and an edging to be chosen later), And D&K’s baby quilt has been cut out. I need to take an evening to piece the top so Mum and I can layer it before she goes gallivanting around a tropical paradise, from which I have told her she must bring me yarn. I have yarn from the southernmost spot in the continental US and now I need some from the southernmost state in the US. And of course one of these days I hope to have yarn from two countries rumored to be being taken over by sheep. And maybe some fabric from these lovely people. An international stash is a worthy goal right?

In programming news, my plan to take my first cert this Friday was derailed over the weekend by my dev environment not having some basic SDK tools. It took 4 hours to download and install one of them. I am now hoping that I’ll be done with the studying by the end of the week and be able to take the test next week. But that all depends on if and when I get a job offer. I should hear from one company (that I would love to work for) this week and this afternoon I have another interview, which I was warned might yield an offer on the spot. Either way, I am learning tons of stuff.

P.S. Thank you to everyone for the birthday wishes.

I Learning

See an old cat (that would be me) can be taught new tricks.

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