Well, I finished the body-knitting on Hiawatha last night. Now it is time for the border. I've read the instructions several times and am figuring there are parts (like turning the corner) that I need to take on faith now, and that will become clear as I am doing them.

Cleaned house extensively yesterday afternoon. I like to do this before I leave town for a little while - partly because I feel like getting as many crumbs as possible up will discourage critters (again: I live in an old, old house - or at least, old, old for here, and critters have many points of entry I have not found yet). It's also easier to return to a clean house, I think. But it's funny - a certain sadness descends over me after I'm done cleaning. I think about how much I dislike traveling (even if I like getting to see family) and how nice it would be to have a couple of weeks here alone to enjoy the clean, quiet house. But then again - part of the sadness may be the loose-ends feeling of being "done" for the semester and the new one not having started yet. I don't deal with total idleness well.

Today is graduation. It's outdoors, which isn't really all that fun. It's going to be hot. And I need to remember to put on sunscreen before hand - one year I got a wicked burn on one side of my face. And at least this year I thought to wear something with pockets so I can carry my keys and have my glasses case with my sunglasses. (You can't really gracefully carry a purse when you're wearing one of those voluminous academic gowns).