Imagine my surprise when I received a call early yesterday afternoon from Apple. Instead of next Monday – my laptop was ready for pickup. This would be well worth changing plans and heading to the store in Emeryville. Once again, it was obvious that I could make much better time along the frontage road than on the freeway. There is something petty but delightful about passing traffic which is at a standstill.
It took little time to park, walk over to the store and sit down till my laptop was brought out. The woman who brought it out and explained what had been done (and the fact that my data wasn’t deleted) was close to my age. This was a second career for her, previously she had worked at SFO as gate personnel and had loved the job. When offered early retirement…. In any case, she said she would be retiring again this fall as there were other things she really wanted to do.
A small bit poorer (but not charged for labor) I stopped at the Bundt Cake shop (Chocolate Chocolate Chip) prior to driving home via Safeway. The rest of the day passed quietly. I knit on yet another garter stitch blanket while we watched the Indiana Fever manage to get a win over the Atlanta Dream before heading back upstairs to stitch.
It was at this point that I discovered a counting error on the Whales that needed to be solved: one choice involved frogging about 300 stitches, the other involved fudging two columns on the smaller whale, dropping another large motif and adding two smaller ones. I went with the second choice obviously.
that compass rose should have been placed one curl closer to the larger tail. But then, that wave should have been only four curls….
I will finish it today and now need to decide what is next……
