My persistent headache (the one that started when I saw that Eggbert's passenger window was broken Thursday, and that continued through the afternoon's un-merriment, through the drive home, and through Friday) has finally lifted.

I'm in my office for a bit doing some minor tidying on a paper that has been accepted to the Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Science Whoo-hoo! It's always a good feeling to know you have a paper coming out. And even better for the tenure-dealy for me, because this was a research project that students did with me (that always looks good!)

FO #1 from the trip: I finished the Cabled and Ribbed socks from Heels and Toes Gazette. They are lavender. Every female who sees them comments on how pretty the color is.

FO#2 from the trip: Opal Tiger socks. Yeeeeeah! I did these by casting on 64 sts on size 2 dpns, knitting with a k3 p1 rib for about 8", and then changing to size 1 dpns for a slip-stitched heel (the typical old "heel stitch" - where you do sl 1, k1 on the right side rows) and the foot. I used a Half-handkerchief heel on these and a Round toe (described in Folk socks and also in the Heels and Toes gazette pattern for socks #1 above). I really like the Round Toe - it looks good, fits comfortably, and is easy to do. And no Kitchenering!

I'll report later on the other socks and on the other projects I did. Gotta get back to that paper because I also need to go to Sherman today (okay, so it's not a real need in the Maslow's Hierarchy sense, but I want to go...and it's time to replace the cheezy hoe I bought last fall that broke when I tried to use it on St. Augustine grass)