The exam...

went well, results are going to be out on Friday.

Tomorrow I have an important appointment and afterwards will go by the postoffice...I hope they will help me more with that (%§§" parcel which has been missing for a month now...

And then there is a lot of flatcleaning to be done and then I have allowed myself a week off learning anything remotely related to medicine!

Phew!

And to show...

the first item of my future 1780s wardrobe...two nice pics of me looking a bit stupid ;o)



Now I am waiting for stuffs to arrive to get going on my fully-boned (or maybe only half-boned) version of a bodice...and, of course, a few days off...

This week was really annoying...

REALLY annoying.

No parcel. Not at my place, not at my downstream pal's.

This means a disapponted downstream pal. Me being moved to a blacklist of people who don't fulfill their obligation of sending parcels. Me being extremely annoyed.

Then, I have an upcoming exam. I will pass that exam, that is sure for I have been sucking up information. I will pass, but the exam is on Tuesday. This means two more days of waiting. Me being annoyed at all the time being wasted.

I have a cold. I have a bad cold. So bad, I had to sleep for three days and it still is not over. This means sneezing and coughing and annoying everybody around me...especially myself. Being ill is stupid.

Knitting:

In between all that, I have started on the 52 Pair Plunge again, which I had to abandon previously. Three pairs on the go, one for a friend of mine, the green kneestockings and a pair of historically more or less correct over the knee highs for an upcoming 1780s costume *yay*

Nice, eh?

So, to add it all up, three annoying things versus three very nice things...mhm...should make for a less annoying week, but I guess the stupid things weigh a little heavier...*lesigh*

Parcel still missing...

No news...parcel still missing...I hope they at least return it to me so I can send it off once more...asides from the fact that I spent quite a sum to fill it with nice things, I feel very bad about my SP...the postmen went on strike again on Friday and I just can do nothing about that...this has never happened to me before (except once during Christmas when bazillions of parcels were sent around and one of mine went missing)...
Keep your fingers crossed that the stupid thing resurfaces and reaches its destination!!!

I am worried...

I am really worried stiff.

I sent of the reveal parcel during the week when the Scottish postmen were going on strike and since then it has not turned up!

This is horrible!

I put down my address on it too in case something goes wrong and they send it back to me but it hasn't been returned and my SP hasn't gotten it yet...it has almost been one week and I filled it with so many things and I just hope it will arrive safely...Please Turn Up and Make My Secret Pal happy...Please...

Wehell, here we gooooo!

These past weeks have been really busy...and I didn't have the time and quiet to post, but there is something I do have to tell:

I passed my exams!!! Whohoooo!

And to top it all, my secret pal sent me the greatest parcel ever!

Since I don't have my camera at hand, I will describe the contents:

Two balls of a lovely green/blue Jojoland Melody...sooo soft and beautiful!

A Book by Louise Roberts "1000 Great Knitting Motifs"...just chock full of awe inspiring motifs which I will certainly work on in th future!

A sweet little book by Wendy Cope..."Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis"...I just love discovering the works of formerly to me unknown authors!

And another book by Jan Messent "Have you any wool?"...about making funky little things with wool...

And, you won't believe it...a pattern for making sheep...how great is that???

And then a couple of what we call in German "Pfeifenputzer"...pipe cleaners? Ideal for stiffening the little creatures!

And last but not least, a lovely card and a lovely letter...

Dear Secret Pal, I am so very much intrigued and charmed by all the care you put into your parcels...Thank You Ever So Much for making me happy!

And if anybody of you would like to share my enthusiasm for that wonderful person, go and visit her blog: http://zephknits.wordpress.com/

And as a short recap: I loved and enjoyed Secret Pal 10...and apologize for my being absent a while...I just hope my downstream pal got the parcel (she's off to some event concerning lots of wool ;o) and will come back blogging on Tusesday...)!