Started the sleeves for the Lightning-Bolt Family pullover last night. I'm at the point where you do 20 rows of the pattern, and then it's just plain old stockinette (with increases) till you're done! I'm getting excited about this project again.

Next up is going to be the Sitcom Chic made from the 1824 cotton.

I find I am most excited about anything I'm doing (knitting project, a book I'm reading, something I'm writing for research) when I'm either just beginning or when I'm to the point where I can "see" it being done. It's the midpoint slogthrough that gets to me.

I have small amounts of finishing work on three research papers (one is a rewrite a co-author suggested, one is one that I will need to send out to a co-author, and the third is a "sole author" paper but it's in education rather than ecology so I'm going to pass it on to someone with more education background for a readthrough and criticism). I think I can get those done this morning, and maybe do some lab-rewriting this afternoon.

It's funny, but after procrastinating all week, I dropped into a working-groove yesterday afternoon and it's still going. So I'm going to ride the groove of getting good work done.

I've promised myself that if I can get these papers cranked through, I am going to see if the video store has Spirited Away or something else good to rent, and watch movies and knit tomorrow. And Monday, I'm going to thoroughly clean my house.