Best laid plans...

What is it that they say about best laid plans…
“The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men / Gang aft a-gley.”

Damn you Robert Burns. My all important letter arrived the other day from the dean; it starts like this “I regret to inform you…” At that moment my world came crashing down around me and the first thing I thought was ‘all my hard work…I worked my ass off…I deserved to pass!’ My second thought was how the hell did this happen?! I was an English major, writing papers is what I do. In addition to these thoughts I began to remember that I have received all A’s and A-’s in my core courses (two B+’s in elective courses) how did I not receive a passing grade on my essay? How can an entire program’s worth of work (damn good work too) be judged on three essays!? Do those three essays truly reflect what I have learned throughout the program? Does it factor all the late nights I’ve worked? The countless cups of tea I drank while pouring over my books? My ability to take 12 credits a semester, move, get married and still get all A’s in one semester? How about the fact that I busted my ass to finish in 15 months while others take 3+ years to do the same work? Hey, no one ever said that this was going to be fair. The good news is that I only need to retake one core essay and I get to take my first exam home so I can obsess over what I did wrong and how to avoid the same mistake next time. In the grand scheme of life this is only a minor set back; worse things could have happened. However I have never failed anything in my life. In fact being a failure/failing is one of my greatest fears. People keep reminding me that this is a growing experience but at the moment this is not helping. I was supposed to be a librarian by January! That extra money would help us start saving for a house and push out lives forward. I can still find a second job however I will only be a trainee not a librarian. Well it stands repeating Best laid plans of mice and men often go awry.
~Christine

Ps. My little rant is over, thanks for listening/reading. Knitting content coming soon, once the pile of school work is finished and I get over my laziness and connect the damn camera to the computer.

A Challenge

I joined the Stranded Colorwork Challenge.
What are your projects for this knitalong?
I will be knitting Eunny's Endpaper Mits and maybe reknit Eunny's Deep V-Neck Vest.
Is this your first colorwork project? If it isn't, what was your first, and has it survived the test of time?
This is not my first stranded color work project, I knit Eunny's Deep V-Neck Vest last spring/summer however the pattern needs tweeking to fit the way that I want it to look. It was a quick knit and a great learning project however since it was knit in the round with steeks it was impossible to try on to make sure that it fit correctly. I'm short waisted so the arm holes were way too big. Plus I had issues with row guage which did not help at all. I guess you could say it has survived the test of time because it has never been worn.
~Christine