On the Friday before spring break my sophomore year of college I was diagnosed with Mono. I had been sick for weeks but this put me over the edge. I just knew that I had infected my entire class, both roommates (one who was already on her way to Mexico for a mission trip) and the new love of my life- S.
At least someone was thinking straight! S was there to hold me while I whaled and mom told S to pack me up and take me to my grandparents an hour away.
H packed up my pain pills, cranberry juice, fiber pills, stool softener (yeah yeah) and took me to Grammy's house.
She took great care of me! I slept every day until 1 or 2 pm when I think Grammy would get board and "come check on me". I would get up and eat something (I think I was on a Honey Bunches of Oats kick) and then watch March Madness with Grandpa.
Grandma would let me have one outing a day, and I was pretty limited at that. One of the reasons may be that I barely got dressed every day!
I think the first day Grandpa took me to Wal-Mart and we bought more fiber, some blue gatoraide (which I drank by the gallon) and some M&M's.
The next day Grammy and I went to the craft store to pick out some yarn for an afghan I chose out of one of her many many design books.
I picked a snowflake like pattern thinking I could surely finish it before Christmas. It was March, of 2007!
I don't think I have worked on it since that semester!
My first project is to finish the burgundy scarf, and then this afghan is filling up my knitting bag! The coffee shop will open in August so I know I will have lots of hang out time to work on it. I do want to finish the gray scarf but I will use that as a break sometime with the afghan.
Did I mention that I have a sweater started also? I am not thinking about that right now, but one day I will finish that also!
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