I have been unfaithful to my knitting. Very unfaithful. I have taken up with my long time love of books. I think it began when I was somewhat forced to go through all of the books in my house in order to decide which were mine, and which are my husband’s. It could also be that I was just kind of bored with knitting – tired of the same old dishcloth, really kind of burnt out with the niceness of it all. I needed some bad boy energy, something more sexy, you know?
So I am reading SciFi again. A tasty 2-book series from Dan Simmons, Ilium and Olympos.
I did spend some time on Ravelry trying to get the love back — looking at lacy shawls, looking at sexy colors and even doing a few rows on the toe of a sock that was begun back in March of 2008(!), and I started a new dishcloth. But there wasn’t enough umph in those feeble attempts to really hook me. So I am back reading, journaling (personal stuff that’s not online), moving boxes of clothes and stuff back and forth within my too crowded house, and trying to figure out a way to keep myself out of trouble. The bottom-line is that I am bored with all of these activities, but not as bored as with the knitting.
Maybe it is just cabin fever, not having enough business, experiencing a break from my corporate job and……
Sigh.
But Spring is coming, the sun has been out, I had a great play date with my dogboy Spencer, and a chance to kick back with friends, meet some new people, catch up on email and some further web site stuff. And today a call from work! I will be back to my corporate job for at least a few weeks. That for sure will keep me out of trouble!
Peace
ZenKnit 
Susan, enjoy the books, use the work to make a little money (we do need it, after all) and don’t worry about knitting! It will all take care of itself. Life is change, and we are adaptable creatures, thank goodness! If you can “go with the flow” then you have courage and strength. As you have seen, sometimes a thing must go out of our lives to leave space for something new to enter. Know you are in my heart!