The Labors of Heracles

This week has been one of the wildest of my time here at Sakeji, but this has also been the least stressful exam week that I have ever had. I MC’d special music assemblies every day this week, and organized and MC’d our Christmas Music Assembly. I performed with the Sakeji Trio and accompanied several numbers. I gave 7 exams and got them and the assignments marked in record time. I tried a new way of organizing my efforts on report cards, was a total social hermit, and I finished up the last card on Friday night—a new record for me! I still need to re-read over them and make sure that everything is coherent and fair, but I’m so tickled to be free of that burden!

We had a pie social on Tuesday night in early celebration of Thanksgiving--sorry, I forgot to take any pictures, but I made a beautiful pumpkin pie. My little mini Ninja blender is just about the best thing EVER. I got to talk to my family on Thursday which was such a blessing--I was feeling a little blue around the edges by that point. Thanksgiving should never be scheduled in exam week again!

Oddly enough, my crazy week has really cut into my knitting time. Pretty much all I’ve managed to turn out this week has been this pumpkin dishcloth,

and a handful of knit stars.

Today I’m going to have a big ‘blocking party’ in which I take care of a gift or two—pictures will follow. I played with the bead kits I’m going to use with my handcraft girls-

And I put up the first bit of Christmas to cheer me through my marking spree. I think the tree will go up this weekend as a reward for being done with my reports!

Parting shot-

The early morning sunlight caught this spider web and made into a crystal beaded net. So beautiful!