A few things

[rhyll]

* I babysat Miss Z, who is around one-and-a-half, yesterday. She hadn't had an afternoon nap and was pretty traumatized when her father left, and burst into heart-breaking sobbing. When I stopped hugging her and put her down she walked over to the front door and held her hand against it, like maybe if she could get it open he would come back. Oh my. In the end I put on some jazz and we listened to it together, and then she pointed at some things and made little-mammal-snuffling noises. I gave her my XO to play with, and she tried very hard to destroy it, but mostly just made it sticky.
* I have decided to go to Newcastle at the end of next week for a one-week change of scenery. I have been getting more and more frustrated with my thesis, and I think I was starting to feel like it was just going on and on. Even the thought of working in a different place for a while makes me feel a bit less anxious about the whole thing.
* J has been ridiculously lovely, and when I had a little Panic last night about not being able to concentrate on my thesis he did a good job of back-patting and plan-making. Today I actually got some work done! Not a heap, but enough that I feel a bit more on-track again. I also called N and received further reassurances, and had a nice lunch with my father, and am generally feeling cared-for.

Also: I need to buy some elastic for my crochet-skirt's waistband. Can anyone recommend a place to do this that isn't in the middle of nowhere?

Comments

[mynxii.livejournal.com]

Just sending well wishes to you. Very glad you're feeling cared for *blog hugs*

[alexmoon.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[pokmcfee.livejournal.com]

You can get elastic at the wool/craft shop at Crossways in Subiaco on Rokeby Road (the "shopping centre" with 10 shops or so + Farmer Jacks in it, opposite the petrol station and diagonally opposite the Subiaco library) You can ride there or you can catch the bus from the carpark behind your house (on Fairway) and will only be about 10mins journey. Also, do you have a crochet hook sized 2.5 or 2.75? Nyssa took off with my crochet and now it has mysteriously disappeared. If you don't have one that I can borrow, do you think you could get me one when you get your elastic if you haven't already done that? I'd love a bamboo hook if they have one of those sizes, else a metal one is fine (bamboo is more $, but I'll pay obviously!)...oh and *hugs* :P

[pokmcfee.livejournal.com]

Oh, further reference point: crossways is the block of shops that also houses Australia Post and where we got Thai food that night that we thought I'd lost my purse in the Good Sammies bin. And the wool shop is across from the petrol station (i.e. not on Rokeby Rd, but the road that intersects Rokeby at the lights). After all this, I bet you knew exactly what I was talking about from the start... :D

[alexmoon.livejournal.com]

I already bought the elastic (from the wool store at Crossways) and finished my skirt, and unfortunately I'm pretty sure that I don't have such a little crochet hook. I am all about big, clumsy crochet! :) *hugs*