If you need me, I'm probably still in the library...

So, what I was kind of thinking to myself would be a weeks worth of mornings job, is now looking like it will end up being 14 mornings worth of work to get to the stopping point I had set for myself. Today I fought the battle of Intermediate Biographies; much more fiddly than anticipated, and tomorrow I'm going to create and input for the first time (so I hope it goes faster!) the Senior Biography section. In between all the books I've managed to get some knitting and Great Courseing done! I finished Turning Points in Medieval History and am starting The High Middle Ages.

I enjoyed this course; I have studied quite a bit about the medieval period, so while many of the turning points were events and people I am familiar with, it was interesting to see what the 24 the professor picked as most critical were. While I was working through that course, I finished the first Mystic Spiral sock and started the second one. So now I have three single socks and am having to fight off the urge to cast on another. The other Tintern Abbey sock will make good mindless knitting for the beginning of term, and the second spiral sock should be done in a day or two.

I also made some good progress on my Apatosaurus scarf, but it was rather less than it should have been because I first knit this:

instead of this. Oddly enough, reading the directions gives better results. Free advice for the week!

I've also been spinning a bit while listening to an American history course for fun. This is possibly alpaca that I was given and dyed using the remnants of some dried up cake dye. It is spinning up very differently than the Targhee I was working with perviously; less 'bounce,' but beautiful yarn! I look forward to finding something special to use this on once it's all done...

See my awesome nails? I tried out the sponge trick for the first time and was quite pleased with the results. Note though, this uses up WAY more nail polish. Which makes sense when you think of it, but now you know.

Well, that's pretty much all there is to say about this week! This is my last week of 'real' holiday'; the week leading up to school will have some onerous meetings and such, so I'm trying to make the most of it. Just a few more days of freedom!