So, since it is officially the 10th of March, I'm past due for a wrap up of February. It was both an interesting and boring month (I know, shouldn't be possible, but it is!). Here are the highlights.
Dean Search: We got the chance to interview 2 of the 3 candidates for our Dean position. I'm continuing to learn a lot about the campus dynamics at my work place. I'm also learning that though I had hoped it would be different here, there is still this level of unfairness, even corruption, that runs within academia. Even with the Sunshine Law in Florida, I can't help but feel that things about this search were kept hidden from us. I think I even know the reason, though I don't agree with it. I'm saddened by this and managed to remind myself just how much I have grown weary of dealing with the political side of my position.
Man Search: Ha Ha! Okay, I had to label it this way, but really, there has been no change. Again I tried to chat with someone from Match. Again they simply stopped communicating. This time, they contacted me again a month later but acted as if we had never spoken before. Oh well, the quality of men on the site is pretty low (or at least, the ones in the Miami area!). My subscription runs out soon so I'll be on my own again. That hasn't worked well for me in the past, but its not like I have any other options.
Knitting: Despite opening my ETSY shop, I have made no sales. I'm not surprised by this, though. I'm still just really happy to have opened my shop and to be knitting. I took on my first double knitting challenge and combined it with a challenge to create a zebra print hat. I'm happy to say that I succeeded. It took forever! Okay, it seemed that way, but it does take a long time to double knit anything of size, and I made the hat a little too big. But it turned out okay for my first try. I need to work on my technique since my purl stitch is a little loser on "wrong" side. but the pattern turned out great and I can now say I created my first truly reversible knit hat!
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| You can see the zebra pattern here. |
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| Front view |
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| Another view |
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| Opposite side (reverse) |
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| zebra pattern on reverse side. |
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