Queue: the Happy Hooker

I had this post mostly completed yesterday, but I didn’t hit “go” and so I can’t successfully complete NaBloPoMo. Darn! So close! But I developed a migraine yesterday evening, which if you’ll remember is not the type of headache that you can power through. Not that any migraine is fun to ignore, but I end up sounding and feeling quite drunk when the aura of a basilar migraine hits, after I start losing blood flow to my brain. Jeff actually asked last night, “Are you okay? You sound drunk.” And by that point, I’m no longer really functioning. I’ve found things to do to make the migraines less painful and frequent (no caffeine! argh!) since I talked about it last April, but it’s not perfect, and I’m due for another round of head injections, so the headaches are starting to really attack.  I’m pretty happy about these holidays coming up, really.

So this weekend I’m taking the Stitch ‘n Bitch Crochet: Happy Hooker book to my mother-in-law’s where we’re having Thanksgiving. On Thursday, I’m going to cook like a fiend. Jeff and his mom generally regard cooking as something to avoid or make as easy as possible, and favor shortcuts and things. I regard it as a chance to cook something really complex that I normally don’t have time for, and thereby relax and do something really enjoyable.

On Friday I intend to (a) go get extra yarn (like I need any) and then I’m going to (b) sit quietly with my laptop, watch about 6 episodes of Eureka, and (c) make an effort to crochet three items from the Happy Hooker. By the way, if you look up “happy hooker” on Amazon, the results are a pretty funny mix.  The items I’d like to crochet are the One Skein Scarf, Ladylike Lace Gloves and the Boy Beanie (those are Ravelry links, you can’t access them without an account).  Non-ravelry folks: here’s June’s version of the scarf, Monika’s gloves on Flickr and the Boy Beanie courtesy its designer Croshay Design on Flickr. Who knows how far I’ll actually get, but they’re smallish projects, and look like fun And I could really use some quiet me time. I’m really looking forward to it.

Of course, now that I’ve actually been to Croshay Design’s website I want to make those patterns, too. It never ends.