Unnecessary Stress
Jan. 5th, 2022 08:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
affrecaOne skill of my mother's that I wished I had was to cut myself from anxiety. I woke up around 2 last night, and could not get back to sleep. There's a number of work things that I don't like doing that need to be done, but I'm not handling it well. I took today as a mental health day, though I poked at one of the issues that's stressing me more than it's worth.
In other news, I've been knitting a lot on current shawl. I'm into the third ball (of six), and loving that the gradient is working as well in fabric as it did in my head. It's a pretty simple pattern (so doable with TV or reading), but I did have to learn how to do lifted increases (including knit ones into a purl row). I'm worried that I'll run out of pattern before I run out of yarn, but the later balls have a lower grist and the rows eat more yarn as I go.
The one work thing I'm not stressing about as much as I'd expect is a site visit next week. Supervisor confirmed that I was fine with traveling in the time of omicron, but apparently I am. Also, I'm flying into Newark, which means I'll have to drive out from Newark on the turnpike. Weather looks doable?
In other news, I've been knitting a lot on current shawl. I'm into the third ball (of six), and loving that the gradient is working as well in fabric as it did in my head. It's a pretty simple pattern (so doable with TV or reading), but I did have to learn how to do lifted increases (including knit ones into a purl row). I'm worried that I'll run out of pattern before I run out of yarn, but the later balls have a lower grist and the rows eat more yarn as I go.
The one work thing I'm not stressing about as much as I'd expect is a site visit next week. Supervisor confirmed that I was fine with traveling in the time of omicron, but apparently I am. Also, I'm flying into Newark, which means I'll have to drive out from Newark on the turnpike. Weather looks doable?
