This has been a VERY long week. The new semester started at school, so I have four chapter books/ novels (including 1984) for school. One book per fortnight per class. I've also got Korean classes, two hours a day, plus two hours of homework each night. So, I'm on the subway by 8:30 in the morning-- the two hours round trip give me novel-reading time! ;-)-- and getting home at 9:00 at night, at which time I do my homework before collapsing in bed.
I've also got some personal issues I'm dealing with, but I'm not quite as public as Laurie, so suffice it to say it has also been an emotionally draining week.
The point of all this, is that this package came at the best time possible. She put so much time and care into my package. The colors of the yarn are like she looked in my brain-- I could lick that skein of CTH. I asked for "treats" to be regional and she sent me all kinds of stuff-- local chocolates (vegetarian and organic, which was very kind, since I'm on a quest to reduce animal products and unnatural items from my diet), maps and brochures from her beautiful home in Staffordshire, England, sock stitch markers, a plethora of stationery items (notebook, pen, mechanical pencil, bookmarks... that match and even matched the wrapping paper), a knitter's keyring, and I'm sure I'm leaving more out. I'm overwhelmed by her generosity and thoughtfulness.
In contrast you can see what I sent my buddy:
http://jenniferteacher.blogspot.com/2007/01/happy-friday.html
except I changed the yarn, because I realized I dyed it the wrong color. Here is the yarn I actually sent her:
http://jenniferteacher.blogspot.com/2007/01/happy-sunday.html
Looks kind of skimpy by comparison, no?
As they say, live and learn. My next swap buddy will come out better...
2 comments:
I think what you put together to send was a great package. I would have been happy to be the recipient of what you sent!
This swapping sounds like so much fun...it makes me wish I was a knitter!
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