I am a bit absent at the moment – from life outside of work that is
It is that time of year when there are a few anniversaries some of them joyous and some of them very sad.
Sock Victim and I celebrated 4 years of marriage this week and there is a planned dinner out tonight.
Dad would of been 70 last week and next week it is 8 years since his passing. There was some strange comfort in working out the numbers last weekend. This helped explain the fug or fog that descended again a few weeks ago, each year perhaps a little different each time it mists down around me. The thing I notice is that I can’t knit – or concentrate on what to knit. So this year instead of railing against it I have embraced it and I have been knitting plain formula socks. I am onto my 4th pair now. I tried knitting myself socks but even that calulation was too hard. I managed to pull out my tattered piece of paper with the sizes and numbers marked out and delve into the stash box for another skein of yarn – there are a few.
There have been 2 pairs of regia, one Lang Jawool magic and now some zauberball……
I am all for the comfort of socks and knitting them at the moment.
plain and uncomplicated sounds like just the ticket…hope the fog clears soon for you
Got to love the stockingette sock when everything else is too complicated. I hope you feel better soon.
Happy anniversary, Fee. I sympathise with your “fug” – it took me some years to work out that every year I caught the flu a few days before the anniversary of my mother’s death. Once I realised that, it didn’t happen again. It’s 28 years on and I even forget the anniversary of Mum’s birthday and death – same for my father – but I’m not good with anniversaries of any kind, even my own kids’ birthdays! Although it’s a cliche, time does help healing. Do what your doing – being kind to yourself.
yes im finding socks oddly comforting too, it seems thats about as far as my attention span stretches. its been a difficult couple of months hasnt it? i hope it lets up soon xx
Happy wedding anniversary lovey! At least your fog meant the SV got lots of lovely socks for the anniversary.
Sorry about the others – it is just a hard time of year, and being winter too probably doesn’t help. As you found, I think a good way is to go with what you are feeling and not fight it. The fog will lift.