Hello! Hello indeed to anyone who’s reading, I can’t imagine anyone has been reading this in a while, since I haven’t been writing this in a while.
There’s been a lot of change around here, and unfortunately some things haven’t changed (more on that in a bit…).
Changes –
- I lost my poor old Sophie-cat who had kidney failure. She went into what was probably organ failure in December 2018 and had to be put to sleep. She made it I think three years with kidney failure and was in good spirits and good appetite right up until the end, so although I miss her I feel I made the right decision at the right time. Aubrey is now an only cat, and seems to be happy.
- I’ve changed jobs! After 20 years with one company, I decided that things would be better elsewhere. I’m still in the same job description, and in the same industry, but the name on the sign “out front” has changed.
- I’ve changed countries! I moved to France in August 1999, and in January 2020 I moved to the UK. Well, the cat and I, some of my clothes, and some of my knitting, moved to the UK. Our belongings have not yet moved thanks to my inertia and to coronavirus, but I’ve just been given a firm deadline of end of the year to have the move FINISHED. It’ll be good to have my furniture, but I’m thinking of renting a storage container for everything else so I can sort it out and bring into the house only what I truly want.
- I’ve been bitten by the spinning bug in a big way. Did you know about that, blog? I’m not sure you did. Well, I have been. I’m still knitting, and at the moment all of my spinning is / will be to knit with, but I am spending an awful lot of my hobby time in front of the wheel.
- which means I may spend a lot more time talking about spinning than I do knitting.
- I’m traveling a lot less than I was at my previous employer – good for the environment and my bank account, at any rate.
Unchanges –
- well, the biggest is that poor dear Princess has not been taken out of her plastic bag in the closet since the last time I mentioned her. I’m crossing my fingers and hoping that, when I sort out the closet in preparation for the movers coming, I find that the moths have not gotten her…
- I still have cat hair in my knitting…
If I can get the apartment sorted out a bit in the next week or so, I may limber up the wheel I have here in France – BritSpin starts in 13 days, 10 hours, 19 minutes, and I’m registered!
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