It's Coming

I look out my window in front of my computer and see the dullness of the day and I haven't been able to get warm all morning. We separated our lambs yesterday morning and saw the end to our old friend Jelly. She had been ailing for days and I knew there was no out for her. We tried everything that we could find in the books but all she did was hang her head and stand listlessly in the barnyard then she started throwing up green stuff and we knew we couldn't let her suffer any longer. We knew it was coming but it was still a shock to our systems when we put her out of her misery. Daughter #2 went inside so she wouldn't have to see and Daughter #1 and I stood helplessly by with a few tears for our old happy faced sheep. It was a quick end and she was buried in our yard as our good friends always are. Meanwhile the lambs were not happy with being separated from their moms. I like to wait till the end of September before weaning the lambs as it gives them every opportunity for growth. Problems is we always know what's coming next. Two days of solid baaaa-ing from the lambs and moms as they complain about being separated. But if we want lambs next year they have to be weaned now. That brings me bake to looking out my window and not being able to get warm...

Last night after an afternoon of paddling, and a morning of lambs and sheep my body finally gave in to whatever Daughter #2 came home from school with on Friday. She was feeling miserable all weekend and last night I started to notice my throat was feeling sore. I hoped that a good night of sleep would help me shake it off... but I knew it was coming. With the H1N1 virus around I feel this ominous presence hanging over me. Sore throats this year are nothing to sniff at. Daughter #2 is home today and we both had rotten nights trying to get good sleep. It didn't happen and somehow when I went to bed I knew that was coming too.

I just checked the forecast and they are calling for snow in the next few days and while I knew that was coming somehow I didn't want it for a while yet.

So here I sit... I was supposed to be spinning today with a friend on the level 3 homework but instead I'm just relaxing with a little knitting and some Tylenol and a box of tissues. I'm working on a new project for my Christmas gift exchange with the guild. Our theme this year is totes. I am making mine with a fat yarn in pretty autumn colours. I hope it is nice when done.

Between winter and H1N1 and a few deadlines, sometimes I hate it when I know things are coming.