Sometimes?! Always!
My plans for yesterdays were simple—a
quick trip to the grocery store to pick up some yogurt, and a few
other things (like some frozen vegetable) , and then on the way home,
a stop a the green grocer, to stock up on salad and soup greens.
Once home , put the groceries away, cooking some (a quick vegetable
soup), and in the evening, some knitting.
Mission accomplish—Except for the
part about getting home after the shopping. My car died. Something
shorted or failed between the ignition key and starter motor. Turning
the key got me the radio and other electrical stuff (battery is new,
and fine) and a clicking noise (some sort of switch or solenoid) but
no crank of the starter.
So yesterday's quick trip to the market
took all day (what with waiting for the tow, getting to my garage (by
that time the tow truck came, rush hour –which really is rush
HOURS—had already started) and getting home again. The weather was
mild—but it was raining all day, and the roads were slick—heavy
traffic was made slower by a few minor accidents along the way.
All in all, it was nothing physical
really –well actually getting into the tow truck (a million feet
up) up was. The truck didn't have a handy step up, and there wasn't
even the 6 inches the curb would normally provide—so was a bit of
struggle--(and solved inelegantly by climbing up on my knees!) but
the stress of the whole thing left me exhausted. I
got the groceries put away, but no soup got cooked (I ate canned soup
and big salad for dinner) and no knitting got done.
I had planned –in the back of my
mind—a trip to the garage planned some time SOON. One of my signal
light just failed this week (the FRONT drivers side—but the side
(front) and side(rear) and rear all worked, and I needed an oil
change, so getting to the garage was a must do, but not a must do
NOW. But not being able to start--(and being parked in a space that
was legal for the moment—but not for long term (alternate side of
the street parking regulations would have kicked in at 8 AM today)
was a do NOW situation.
So the only thing that got done on the
Leafy Sweater/Vest was I unearthed a few sets of hooks and eyes. I
found one set of 7— and another set of 5. I like the set of 5 (a
sort of leaf motif) better—both for the style, and the size--and
I'll look and see if the style is still available--(and just buy 2
more).
But if I don't have success, I'll use the simple ones. I
as counted, I remembered my cherry red acrylic vest-- on which I had
used the leaf motif hooks—had a V neck –and needed few hooks and
eyes than this slightly lowered neck vest will.
