I put down the Colinette and started the Shetland Triangle with Trendsetters Kid Seta, color #1007 yesterday.
It’s a lovely, bright sort of lavendar but the website calls it… Mauve? (I just looked it up).
Eww.
I’m resisting the inclination I now have to dislike it. It’s really a pretty color, and I’m liking it even better knit up than I did in the ball, when I was still skeptical. (Oops. Resisting, I’m still resisting. Mauve?).
I’m inexplicably depressed today. I have absolutely no reason to be. The sun is out. The floor is mopped. The kids are in school. I’ve completed all of my obligations at school for the week and plan to spend the day quietly with yarn and laundry.
Besides, it’s Leap Year. Right? Happy, happy.
I should be.
I stopped eating sugar on Monday, (because I was out of control. Again.), and I think that’s the culprit. I’ve heard about this happening a few days into a sugar fast. Sometimes it happens to me and sometimes it doesn’t. I’ve been having a great week. I feel great, my skin is better already (which was the main reason I started. I may be significantly overweight but darnit, I have pretty skin. And when it starts getting blotchy, I get upset. Call me vain).
I’m not craving anything. I just want to cry and go to bed.
This is so lame.
I was going to talk about this in Health Group tomorrow, but I’ve already started here… I’ve been drinking a ton of water, and I’ve started my wheatgrass up again so I can cleanse. It should be ready to juice in a few days. Kind of like spring cleaning on the inside. That’s how it feels. It feels good. Until I wake up incredibly depressed.
I actually didn’t wake up depressed. I was awake at 5, laid in bed with my thoughts ’til 6. Got up, read a little, did my physical therapy, drank some water, and the switch flipped. Happy-and-content to melancholy. Just like that.
But the lace is pretty.
February 29th, 2008 at 11:46 am
Pretty pretty yarn…but you’re right. MAUVE? I don’t think so!
As for the depression…I totally get like that when I’ve gone off of sugar. It usually takes a few days to hit me and then WHAMMO. Sugar is a total drug. And…just like drugs…when you come off of it…it sucks. (I am hopelessly in it’s grasps right now…..blah!) give it a day or so and you should be fine. I know you know that but sometimes it’s good to hear it again from someone else. 🙂 Hang in there!!!
February 29th, 2008 at 11:49 am
The lace IS pretty. And not at all mauve. I’m sorry you are feeling down and I suspect you’ve nailed it with the sugar thing. I hope you can work through it!
Your shawl knitting is inspiring me. I keep thinking how nice it would be to knit a shawl for my october wedding. but I have never knit a shawl before, and I have not done a ton of lace. It is daunting. Your shawls are gorgeous and it makes me think it can be done. Hm.
February 29th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
The lace is gorgeous! It sounds like you and I are feeling similarily today. I, too, started a sugar fast/cleanse, only on Wednesday. I’ve been feeling so much better/full of energy, until about 9 this morning. I hope you’re feeling better soon, as these things will pass and leave us feeling so much better.
February 29th, 2008 at 4:44 pm
i think they misnamed the colour. and i can so relate to that flip the switch thing.
March 1st, 2008 at 8:08 pm
I love the yarn as well. Can you take vit B? it’s supposed to help with your moods. Also I’ve read that Chromium helps supress sugar cravings if your having trouble in that department. Of course, you could always have extensive dental work done and loose weight that way. Nothing like a root canal to supress your appetite! My typical weight loss is 1lb/year, but I’ve lost 3-4 lbs in the last 2 weeks because of dental problems.