Very little knitting content - just a 'woe is me' post

Ok, this will be self-indulgent and whiny, I tell you now. If you love me and care about this stuff, read on (or if you want a dose of schadenfreude, whatever...). If you visit me strictly for the knitting, you might want to go away for now.

We have (again) no working furnace in our house. We had no furnace up until about a week and a half ago, then we had a not-quite-working-properly furnace, then we had an inspection by the gas man, who said, "THIS IS ALL WRONG", and now we have no furnace again. It's snowing outside. We have space heaters, so we're not freezing (and hell, I've got knit socks, and knit slippers, and knit sweaters and shawls abound), but it's bloody inconvenient. I'm just this minute hacking up phlegm like a fountain. I like to be warm without this futzing about. I missed work, Peter missed work, and things are still messed up. Argh. The furnace guy assures us that this will be fixed tomorrow (that would be Monday), and thank heavens our sweet neighbours across the street are going to babysit the furnace guys so we can both go to work. It had really better be warm when I get home tomorrow night. I'm tired.

Part of this tiredness stems from the fact that yes, I am working two jobs, totalling about 55 hours per week. Which really is not that much, and I'm having my sundays free. Good thing, because the term paper which is due tomorrow (Monday again), and which I took off work on Friday to do, is not done - because of the idiot furnace guys being here Friday and totally shattering my concentration. The paper will be finished today because it has to be; in order to get my concentration back, Peter is going to run away for a few hours and pick up our freezer (yay!) and a storage unit for the porch (also yay!), which is undergoing a transformation from crowded, drafty dumping ground of stuff to well-organized, insulated and weather-tight 10x12 laundry/mudroom. Have I mentioned that my fiance is the most wonderful man alive? He is, and I'm grateful for him every day. He does the dishes. :)

So, knitting. Little bits here and there. On Friday, when the paper was just not happening, I started a pair of slippers in Lion Brand Wool-Ease Thick and Quick. TOTALLY lives up to its name. Finished one slipper Friday, started/finished the next one Saturday morning (about 3 hours each in total, maybe less). Very warm and cozy (ahem- good thing, we've NO FREAKING FURNACE!!!). Working away on Alison's scarf also - she loves it so far and there is way more yarn than needed for one scarf, so there will in fact be two scarves - one has four blocks of colour (pink/orange/pink/orange, one ball per block), and the other I think I'm going to try alternating the colours every row. It may be too busy, I don't know yet. But that will be after Christmas. The rest of the current WIPs are piled in a Rubbermaid tote to keep them safely out of the way of the furnace guys (dirty/smelly), and from taking over the living room. *sigh* I need more time to knit - thank heavens it's only five weeks until my two-week vacation. Which is not a full vacation, but at least I'll only be working the one job, and no school, which means - JOY! - time to knit.

Now I have to write that paper. Wish me luck.