Yay!

ETA: OMG, I missed a call and voicemail from the program at 3:19 - just listened to my voicemail and I GOT IN!! AHHHHHHH!!!!!! WOOOT!!!!!

Well, I finally have some sort of info from the school I've been waiting on since the end of January! I called again this morning, and I found out that I've been put on the pending list, which the admissions assistant said is higher than the waitlist. I'm 4th on the pending list, so if 4 people decline the school, then I have a spot. It's a bummer, because it's almost as if I didn't call, since there's still a chance I can get a spot, but I also still don't have a definitive answer. Sigh...talk about a case of the Monday blues!

But, there are some things that I am happy about - one of them being that I have such thoughtful friends! Remember this post, when I was complaining about how craptacular my cashmere neckwarmer turned out? I was sorta hinting to 1 person that I could use some cashmere yarn (which I didn't get from him, but is totally fine, because I got much nicer and meaningful things instead). But, my good friend Li happened to read my blog a little before my birthday, and so, gave me a scrumptious soft-as-a baby's-butt cashmere scarf in my favorite color. Yum!

Now, as if this wasn't good enough, look what came in the mail on Friday! A lovely handknit buttery-soft cashmere neckwarmer from Marce!


Thanks so much again to both of you for giving me such thoughtful gifts. I've used both of them already...and even though we are having some really nice weather today, I know I will be using both articles of cashmere deliciousness again in the near future (because we just aren't that lucky).

Hey, and guess what?


I taught my mom how to knit! She couldn't quite grasp Continental knitting, so she's knitting English style. Yay - my second successful teaching!

And because this picture totally makes me smile, here's Nermal: