Maybe I could go back to bed and just start this one over.

It's been a weird day so far.

This morning, I filled my electric kettle, put grounds in the french press, went to do something else, came back and poured the water into the press, let it brew, filled a cup, added milk, picked it up ... And it was cold.

I had never turned the kettle on.

(It took me a moment to figure out what had happened. I was standing in my kitchen staring at the cup — I actually wondered for a second if I had zoned out and lost an hour.)

I knocked an almost-full tub of nice parmesan into the sink.

I paid a bill and sealed the carbon into the envelope instead of the actual check. (I pay most of my bills online, but not all)

I emailed an author I need to talk to and got an autoresponse saying, "I'm going to be unreachable by email; please call my cell," with no phone number included.

Etc.

However, I have knitting to show that I may not have even mentioned yet.

It's Nicole from ChicKnits. I'm using the Classic Elite Premiere that I had originally used for that wrap-front top from VK that I put aside for a while and then forgot what changes to the pattern I had made to accommodate the different gauge and my longer torso. I couldn't reconstruct it from my chicken-scratch notes so I scrapped it. For this one, I'm getting the pattern gauge and I knit an extra inch at the bottom above the lace pattern before I started the decreases and another extra inch above the waist line before I started the increases. It's a fun knit, though pattern layout-wise it would have been helpful to have all of the stitch patterns print out on the same page. For some reason, I can't memorize these. The yarn is extremely soft and pretty, but I can tell it's going to pill badly.

And there's a sock in the picture because I realized that all of my handknit socks are several years old and I'd like to get some fresh blood in the sock drawer.

And my lunch is in the picture to prove that I managed to do something right today: I packed and remembered to bring my lunch to work. I made another batch of the zucchini and pasta last night, but grated the zucchini instead of chopping it to see how that was. Eh. It tasted fine, but there was no contrast to the texture at all and the little scrapings didn't hold up, flavor-wise, to the vinegar and cheese the way the chunks did. It was sort of like eating a bowl of orzo and cheese. It was tasty, but not what I was going for. However, if you want to feed zucchini to someone without them knowing about it, this is the way to go.

Comments

[Gina]

I immediately run to the kitchen last night, boiled some water for gluten free pasta and grated some zucchini. I pounded down nearly the entire box of pasta. Ugh! It was delicious, but I over-indulged.

[Jenny]

The top I made in Premiere only pilled in places where the fabric rubs together (underarms, etc.). It was more sheddy than pilly.

[Natalie]

I'm having one of those days, too. I managed to inadvertently freak out a someone at a publisher. Oops.

[Silvia]

Stealth zucchini eating huh? Sounds good anyway. Plus, your sock's colorway reminds me of that deli coleslaw. Greens, creamy white and a bit of orange...

Weird days make me want to buy a lotto ticket. Hey it's $1 and who knows what could happen on your weird day?

[carolyn]

i agree (ha): grated zucchini is even WORSE than regular zucchini. because it's secretly getting in you without you even knowing it!!!!