Summer doldrum time

I knitted a bit on the second "Alpenglow" (which, the pattern designer actually named "Alpine Glow." I don't know why I keep trying to fake-Germanize the name).

But it goes so SLOWLY. Everything seems to go slowly in the summer. Or, I look at my knitting now and I say "Why don't I make the big amounts of progress on it I used to? I used to be able to knock stuff out so much faster"

I suppose part of it is additional responsibilities - I have piano practice I do every day now (and no, I don't want to give that up, as much as I'd like more knitting time). And cooking takes longer because vegetables.

But I also think my ability to sit still is suffering - or maybe my ability to sit with the tv on. Unless there's some cartoon I specifically like (and that's a pretty broad net, actually - everything from Ponies! to Regular Show to Gravity Falls to even some of the kind of dumb stuff that's out there). But a lot of other shows get to me. I used to like some of the Law and Order re-runs, but I tried to watch one last night and it involved some kind of race-involved shooting, and while it was an episode done long before the Zimmerman trial, it was just too reminiscent of current events and I had to switch it off.

And a lot of the other stations run "marathons" of reality shows I have no interest in at all. (Incidentally: the local NBC affiliate's local news sometimes runs the Jeanne Moos stories from CNN, and they ran this one. "Meet the Tanners," "Clam Kings," "Long Island Landscapers" - heh, they seem just plausible enough that people fell for them. Well, that's a little sad....especially the tween girls who oohed over "Meet the Tanners" and said they'd want to watch it)

Even Discovery Fit and Health lately seems to be running stuff that neither pertains to fitness nor health...(Though I admit that Craft Wars show or whatever they called it was kind of weirdly compelling - Tori Spelling hosting it? And then a bunch of designers - some cranky, some effusive - critiquing the efforts of the two crafters? I'd NEVER want to do something like that, and also a lot of the stuff they "crafted" was made fast and cheaply and it would NEVER last more than a few weeks in the real world....)

I don't know. I WANT to be knitting or quilting, but when I sit down to do it....I don't know, it's like I lose interest. I look at how few rows or rounds I get done, and how many there are to go... Maybe it's the heat and humidity. Maybe it's being tired because it's nearly the end of the semester. Maybe it's not finishing anything, having all my projects at points where they are going to take a while to complete. Or I get tired and say "forget it, I'm going to bed to read."
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I hope my knitting mojo comes back.

(So far I have the catch-up grading done; next is finishing the syllabi. I figure to take the smallest tasks first so I feel like I'm getting something done.)

ETA: I need to get back to the syllabi but "Giant Colin Firth Terrorizes London!". Heh. (I don't remember the swimming scene from the book; I assume it was added in to the movie as a sort of "fan service" so the lllllllladies watching could see his bare chest through a wet shirt?....Ah, I see. It wasn't in the book, the article notes. Durr.

Also: "This British version of "Pacific Rim" is a bit rubbish...." HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.)