nothing of much interest, quite knitty
Mar. 20th, 2005 07:08 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jdmkleinI ended up with three pills 2x/day, some nose spray 2x/day, and some gargle 4-5x/day for whatever it is that i have. If i hear from the doc, it will be because i have strep throat, but i don't think i do. i'm not running any fever. My b/p was quite high for me but she said that might be because i'm sick. She suggested keeping a log and taking my machine into school and having it calibrated with the clinic's. i took it when i got home in the afternoon and it was still high, but down from the morning. At least i am breathing better and can get rid of the bad taste in my mouth with the gargle. There is something like it available in the States, it deadens the soreness in the throat, but this stuff tastes mucho bettero.
Last night, even though i was dragging my patoot, i went to the Kuwait Textile Arts Association monthly meeting. i have been thinking to do this for some time and last night was the monthly meeting and i had someone to introduce me, so i toughed it out and went. It wasn't quite what i expected, but i paid my 5kd and joined. The only downside to the evening was that i was sitting near someone who had terrible body oder. If i could smell him/her with my plugged nose, i can't even begin to imagine how others around suffered.
The Association is offering 14 different workshops and i am most definitely interested in two of them. One is for tatters. My grandmother taught me to tat when i was a pre-teen but since that was almost a half century ago and i haven't done it for about that long, i thought i would try it out. i have an idea for some socks with nice tatted lace on the cuffs. There is another one, a weaving workshop that teaches the traditional techniques of Bedouin weaving. It's a bit pricey, but i would have the opportunity to try out a ground loom and use traditional Kuwaiti textiles. The only hangup to either of these would be the time. i get the feeling that most of the members of this group are non-working wives, and therefore the times for events are set up at their convenience. We shall see.
We were supposed to get a new teacher yesterday. i didn't see hide nor hair of him. He could have been out getting processed in, and i didn't see Jamal, so i don't know what happened. i did learn that the second teacher who is leaving is not the one i thought. i have an idea who it is now, but don't really care enough to check it out. i'll learn soon enough.
At the meeting last night there was a knitter. She was making socks on dpn's. i like the look of mine better. i think part of my problem with dpn's is the pair i have are too big. She was using a short set of bamboo needles. Mine are metal, very slippery, and quite long.
i think i will take the sock i'm working on to school today. If i get all my work done early before class, i'll knit. It's to the point now that i am doing 'make work' to keep busy before class. Today is quiz 2 and the beginning of the survey section of the course. These kids are truly the chernobyl bunch. i like them as people, but talking to them in class is about like talking to a camel turd, and about as useful. They continue to make the same mistakes. i am going to have to get tough with them. Beginning today.
Last night, even though i was dragging my patoot, i went to the Kuwait Textile Arts Association monthly meeting. i have been thinking to do this for some time and last night was the monthly meeting and i had someone to introduce me, so i toughed it out and went. It wasn't quite what i expected, but i paid my 5kd and joined. The only downside to the evening was that i was sitting near someone who had terrible body oder. If i could smell him/her with my plugged nose, i can't even begin to imagine how others around suffered.
The Association is offering 14 different workshops and i am most definitely interested in two of them. One is for tatters. My grandmother taught me to tat when i was a pre-teen but since that was almost a half century ago and i haven't done it for about that long, i thought i would try it out. i have an idea for some socks with nice tatted lace on the cuffs. There is another one, a weaving workshop that teaches the traditional techniques of Bedouin weaving. It's a bit pricey, but i would have the opportunity to try out a ground loom and use traditional Kuwaiti textiles. The only hangup to either of these would be the time. i get the feeling that most of the members of this group are non-working wives, and therefore the times for events are set up at their convenience. We shall see.
We were supposed to get a new teacher yesterday. i didn't see hide nor hair of him. He could have been out getting processed in, and i didn't see Jamal, so i don't know what happened. i did learn that the second teacher who is leaving is not the one i thought. i have an idea who it is now, but don't really care enough to check it out. i'll learn soon enough.
At the meeting last night there was a knitter. She was making socks on dpn's. i like the look of mine better. i think part of my problem with dpn's is the pair i have are too big. She was using a short set of bamboo needles. Mine are metal, very slippery, and quite long.
i think i will take the sock i'm working on to school today. If i get all my work done early before class, i'll knit. It's to the point now that i am doing 'make work' to keep busy before class. Today is quiz 2 and the beginning of the survey section of the course. These kids are truly the chernobyl bunch. i like them as people, but talking to them in class is about like talking to a camel turd, and about as useful. They continue to make the same mistakes. i am going to have to get tough with them. Beginning today.
