Timing is everything

Earlier today, I'm just getting ready to re-tool my generic "letter of interest" to send with my resume and other pertinent paperwork for a full-time school psychologist position for next September, when my little email notification 'dings.' Without too much boring detail, this email was from another school district that I had recently sent my resume to (in essence, the only other full-time opportunity I'd recently applied for)... the gist of the email was that someone within the district had expressed interest in the position and therefore the position no longer existed, and that it wouldn't have been posted had this inconsiderate asshole individual expressed interest sooner. Needless to say, that was not the most optimistic event to get me "pumped" to send out a new resume! Will I EVER get a DAMNED INTERVIEW?? That is the true question. Don't get me wrong, I dread the idea of going through my first interview for my first real career job... but I'd really like to get it over with so I can get on with it!!

Regardless of all that... I finally got around to felting the crazy tropical colored slippers for my mom. It was irritating, because of course I didn't go all nutty checking my gauge because I knew I was felting these things and usually felting patterns say that gauge is not so important... so naturally they came out to be HUGE. So I felted them the regular way that I do, then I re-felted them... then I threw them in the dryer, then I felted them by hand in my kitchen sink. At long last, they were approximately a size 9-ish (thankfully the members of my family have large feet!!). Now they're sitting, stuffed with baggies, and I have to wait for them to dry before I can add the little cuffs and cord trim and be DONE! Yay!

I'm at the heel flap of my "Magic Stripes" Sock #2. I'm still in the process of felting my large tote (needs some more individual attention from yours truly). I love to felt items, but damn if it doesn't take forever in our current clothes washer (which is probably from 1982). I'm not sure what I want to work on next... I'd like to try something with intarsia, or maybe some lace knitting. I have TONS of "Magic Stripes" sock yarn but I'd like to try something new before doing more socks... plus if I use that, then I have no excuse to buy new yarn! So I'm not sure what I'll do next. I'm trying to get some housework/housefixing projects done too(in anticipation of the "big move" which is, of course, in anticipation of the "big job"), so I have a feeling whatever project I choose must, sadly, take the backburner.