Negativity and Knitting....

OK, just a quick review. I work in an inner city, 100% poverty, low performing elementary school, and guess what? I love it here. The only problem is that quite a few of teh people here don't. I've been getting rather discouraged and bedraggled with the fact that my co-workers are so stinkin' negative. They whine, butch, crab, moan, whatever, most of teh day. I bounce out of the car every morning, greeting all I come in contact with a smile and a "good morning". I noticed that last week I was really having difficulty trying to stay positive and I was being "Sucked in" to their negativity. I wasn't pleasant at work, home or just in general. Then I found the way to bring me back.....knitting. I realized that I had really sluffed off of the knitting and it was adding to my down state. I was disgusted with myself as it's Holiday Knitting time and I need to get moving. So I decided that in order to not get bored, but also to engage myself that I would knit 3 items at a time. I started doing this over the weekend and it's working quite nicely so far. I'm not bored, and I'm getting a lot accomplished!

So this week it is:

• in the car knitting - *blush* yes I do it and get weird looks, the Mason Dixon Warsh rag for the Dish Cloth Swap!
• game, practice, dance, etc knitting - A pair of socks using this pattern.(but not doing the stripes, just using self striping yarn).
• before bed knitting - Branching Out Scarf from Knitty.

The goal is to take on smaller projects and try to get them done in a weeks time. Next week I'll be finishing up Em's sweater and then starting another sweater for my SIL.

It really has helped my vim and vinegar. I'm feeling much more happy when at work and everywhere else. I think that knitting helps me refocus all of my days misery onto something else and I relax and start scrutinizing a lace pattern or irritate my husband while taking my knitting EVERYWHERE!

A brief note, that I am still working on Em's sweater from the Kool-Aid yarn, I just got tired of all that stockinette stitch and I started making stupid mistakes, so I put it away for a week or two, just to give us some needed time apart!