How about with giants?
This has been an interesting few weeks 
The Dino was at OMSI. V-man and I went to the exhibit there on Chinese fossils. Very cool. That was my ‘last weekend as an unemployed bum’ treat.
The seastack – that was Saturday in Bandon. A road trip seemed in order, so after work Friday, we packed a few bags and headed south. It was an adventure, mostly in a good way. All I have to say is that Yachats saved our butts. Yep.
And the burger – what is it with me finding oversized food? unlike the chicken schnitzel club, which was totally normal human sized except for the bacon, this burger was just plain huge. It was easily a pound. I ate about a third of it before I was stuffed. (I ate most of the fries too… they were gooooood). It felt pretty awful to throw so much food away, but there was no other real choice.
It doesn’t help that earlier in the day I’d had another large meal – this time a double patty elk burger. First time I’ve had elk. Not bad.
So…. phew. Roadtrips usually result in the consumption of food that I wouldn’t ordinarily touch. Still reeling from all that.
I did make a few non-scenery stops, though. We decided to do the ‘ask the next person where to go next, then ask who you find there’ thing, and ended up in some odd places. One was pretty much all of Coos Bay. That is an odd place. I stopped at My Yarn Shop in Coos Bay, which was more full than a cat hoarder’s litterbox. It was so stuffed to the gills (and the ceiling) that I actually got claustrophobic! I found some neat New Zealand hand-dyed wool, and the lovely proprietress directed me to the mall in town, which contained a fiber guild (?!) between Macy’s and the ATV/RV showcase. You know, right where it belongs.
Anyway, the kind lady in there sold me some local wool and alpaca roving, which will become a hat for V-man. Someday 
She then gave us directions to Whiskey Run beach, on which a shipwreck just emerged. She said we see signs, that it was between there and Bandon. Well, we saw no signs, and ended up going to Bandon instead.
I only wish the timing had been right so that we could have stopped into Dyelots in Eugene when we spent the night. Oh well. Eugene is close enough. I can always go back!
SO. the job.
It’s awesome. Like, really cool. I get paid to play with yarn. Is there really anything better? Well, ok, maybe if they gave me free bacon every day. But anyway, the learning curve has been pretty slight so far – I think they chose to hire now so that I could get used to it before crunch time hits. So far, hopefully I’m doing well! I really like all the gals at work there, and so far I haven’t been too overwhelmed. I’m still learning what I can and can’t talk about in reference to what I do, so I probably can’t mention much here. But I’ve gotten to see all of the new colors of everything, and the new yarn lines. It’s tre cool. I feel like I’m about 90% integrated in the staff. In fact, it was only one day – ONE – before a co-worker offered me a ride partway home and to work. My commute is now about two hours and forty-five minutes round trip. Almost cut in half. And, where she drops me off/picks me up is very convenient to other things I might want to do.
Point is, I can still go to Westside Wednesday PDXknitbloggers meetups! WOOO! I probably won’t make every week, and I can’t stay too long (since I need to be in bed by 9-9:30), but I can go. That’s such a relief.
And I can cook. And live. It’s nice. I haven’t gotten enough into the swing of it yet to have a system down, but everything in its own good time
As far as knitting goes, I’m a couple inches into the ribbing on the purple and yellow socks. Other than that, I’ve not knit a stitch (well, ok, gauge swatches for another project) but for what I’m doing at work. I got a whole whopping inch of knitting in all weekend.
But that’s ok. I’ve got time. Mostly.
but not now – it’s my bedtime! G’night.
Tags: General Knitting, general, work by Kerin
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