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February 07, 2005
A new lease on spinsterdom
I have successfully cemented my role as the crazy cat lady spinster, since I spent most of this morning proudly showing off my knitting to every single person who stopped by my desk. You want a banner ad? First, admire my knitting! You need a logo resized? No problem, let me tell you all about knitting class!
I knitted last night. I knitted this morning on the bus. I knitted almost through my first skein of yarn. Ok, admittedly it's a small skein of yarn, but still. Knitting perfectly dovetails with my OCD. (Obsessive compulsive knitting, think there's a stitch n' bitch for that?) Must finish. Must do just one more row. Must count stitches Whoops, twenty-one? Could have sworn I began with twenty. Oh well, I'll just knit those two together. Voila. Now must keep knitting. Must. Not. Stop.
All I've heard since Mr. X moved out is, "Laurie, maybe you should take up a hobby or something." "Stay busy, it will keep your mind off things." Har har. Well, the joke's on you now, all you future recipients of thousands of scarves! I have a hobby goddammit!
Of course, I am a thirty-three year old soon-to-be-divorced woman with four cats. And now I knit. This is a whole new lease on spinsterdom.
Let the stereotypes begin.
Posted by laurie at February 7, 2005 04:40 PM
Comments
Last year, I was a thirty-three year old freshly dumped by another Mister X and deeply depressed woman with two cats.
I started to knit. Feel a lot better now (thanks to the knitting, but not only).
Congratulations on your blog, it makes me laugh everyday !
Posted by: Satsuki at July 26, 2005 03:04 AM
