Two-fer

 Very rare for me.  I finally corrected the large alpha row on my last attempt.  Well that's obvious isn't it?  If corrected, it would of course be the last attempt.  Sorry.  I've been so unsettled that the Release the Snark bracelet from Lauren is close to melting.  

Mark was to drive the forty minutes to Carole, visit with her, then leave me for the day and return to take me home.  The plan was sudden and I wanted to grab a small project to take while sitting with her.  The snark was released.  My kitted projects are all large, and I hesitate doing smaller ones because with limited linens right now, I usually pull them out for something else.  I chose five from the pile, and each one was a problem because I needed a quick kitting.  I do not have a local shop, and have been disappointed so many times with the great inconsistencies of GAST online, plus waiting for a week to receive them.  No conversion to DMC which is the thread most readily available for all of us.  A few others gave the finished size using a linen count very different from my preference.  No count listed.  So I have to either search for a conversion chart, get a calculator to estimate size using a higher count, or open the page and count the squares.  Dammit.  I went with the current sampler, no time to work out things that should be in the chart.

Delirium for the fourth time and not leaving.  Constant phone calls including throughout the night.  Nothing we can do, but listen to the distress and anxiety as she loses her breath trying to explain the extremely disturbing hallucinations.  Can barely understand her words in garbled speech.  To see her with mouth hanging open and wild eyes is disturbing and I can't imagine the terror that continues to plague her mind. This may cancel the upcoming appt. and treatments, they cannot remove a leg without your consent, and anesthesia in this state is not happening.

Last night after the visit, I was ishkaboobled, and saw this on the floor which is where I choose next projects after they slip off the pile.  In the pocket of the Magma was WDW Beige and although greenish, I feel perfect for these threads (until I change my mind).  So I started it.  Simple stitching without many color changes.  It's a good thing this linen happened to be there because there is no stitch count on this chart either.  It's certainly large enough, but I prefer using a  left over piece rather than cutting into a larger.  

So will I work on both at the same time?  Day off day on?  I think I will just choose what seems to be the most soothing and less complicated to stitch right now.

I've never attended a retreat or school as so many had the pleasure to with BBD.  But still shocked and saddened by Barb's passing.

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Enjoy your weekend folks.  I hope Carole's improves.  

Has she not been through enough and yet so much more to come?

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