In My Head

i've written several posts in my head in the past couple of days, but when i've sat down and actually tried to type my posts, well you know... nothin' .  even the picture taking has left me kind of cold.  talk about a rut.

all of this is weird because i actually had a decent weekend and monday morning, despite the fact it took me 2 hours to get to my dull job in the rain (because no one can drive in the rain here -- dumbasses), i actually was in good humor.  and no one managed to piss me off.  i even had a "things i like monday" post started.  right, it was in my head.   

anyway, look what came to live at my house. 

that, my friends, is a suzuki burkman scooter.  j's gone "green" and getting this was his solution to the "i can't spend $100 filling the tank of my big ass truck anymore" dilemma.  last weekend he went to motorcycle school and passed with flying colors.  and no, i am not riding it with him.  [i was going to post a picture of him with his silly looking helmet and safety glasses -- yes he rides it while wearing his work safety glasses -- but he begged me not to.]  this is why, no matter how much yarn or fiber i buy, i can't be made to feel guilty.    my toys are much less expensive than his.

[ETA:  here in MA, you have to get a motorcycle license for driving a scooter of a certain size.  i don't know what that is.  anyway, you don't have to go to motorcycle school, but if you do, you get a deduction on your insurance and you don't have to apply for your license through the RMV.  they just mail it to you after passing the course. ]

in other developments, monday afternoon i couldn't get out of work soon enough so i could rush home and spin this.

that is spunky eclectic's may fiber club selection;  coopworth in "nightshade."  isn't it pretty?  and boy was it fun to spin.  someone recently told me (i think it was laurie or maybe marcy -- an enabler certainly)  that sometimes you just have to let the fiber tell you how it wants to be spun.  and this coopworth was LOUD about it.  it wanted to be thin.  (yeah so do i.  sigh).

my next question is this -- do i ply?  i'm thinking a lace shawl of sorts.  it's all on one bobbin so if i ply i'll have to split it (i'm not doing that thing on the wrist thingy -- oh right, people in the know call it "andean plying" -- because there's a lot of yardage there and i would definitely end up cutting the circulation to my fingers).  i can't decide if my wanting to use it as singles is because i think it's pretty the way it is, or if i'm just lazy.  any ideas?

my voice is still in peril.  although i am getting better.  i guess it would help if i just shut the hell up sometimes.  don't you think?