Sometimes I Get Angry and Want to Cut off Your Head With a Cake Server.

And then there are days like today where I can't remember why I was mad, and I am thankful you are in my life. I realize that Nick's mother is sacrificing a lot and as much as she gets on my nerves, it is nice to know that I come before her own daughter. Well, that might not be 100% correct, but I think it is pretty spot on, at least for the day. Nick's mother decided that after I have been asking for about two years for a crocheted blanket, it was time to give me one. So for my birthday this year she has been making it for me, and I have been diligently pulling yarn out of the skeins in order to help her. Today though, she reached the end of the final skein, and also found that she was not finished, so in order to finish up what she felt would be the proper size, a king size bedspread, she went into the basement and her gallery of blankets that she had started, and pulled apart the one she had been making for her daughter. At first I was shocked, and almost scared because I do not like facing Maria when she is angry, and her anger usually sets me off. However, I thought about it and realized that if things go as planned, I will not be in MD any longer than this Friday, and all of my stuff will be trucking with me to NY. Therefore, I do not have to suffer the wrath of Maria, and her mother can deal with the fallout. Which led me to a rather convincing point that Maria probably forgot about the blanket, and her mother felt that it was time to give at least the fabric of it, a new life.

So she did, and after about two hours of pulling yarn, re-wrapping yarn, and even inhaling some fibers I was able to ball up two 3.5 lb balls of yarn to keep her busy. Now, I am not an idiot, I know she is not going to use it all, but it was simply the fact of the matter that I could take it all apart that made it all worth it. Plus the dryer repairman got a kick out of me choking on fiber, and holding a massive ball of yarn next to my head for comparison. So in order for you to get the full effect I have included three pictures that I feel show off that mass that is my blanket and the balls of yarn that will finish it off. In order, we have the blanket that is seemingly unfinished, the two balls together, and my big head next to a bigger ball of yarn!