Busy as Worker Bees

Newfound freedom has led me into a busier life. I've been taking self defense classes. I finished the advanced class at the end of July. Since then I've joined a Filipino martial arts group. I'm learning a lot and get to get out in the sun every Saturday for two hours when we meet. There are practices during the week too, held indoors. The kids have been busy taking various sports to keep them running around during the summer break. It'll be back to school next week though, so they'll be busy with that.
I've been trying to lose weight with no luck so far. My focus has shifted to being healthy and having enough energy to do things with my kids. DH is leaving the military since his knee can not be fixed. We'll be leaving our tropical island before the holidays get into full swing...... which leads me into KNITTING.
We'll be back home just in time for the cold weather. I've already knitted my son a blanket using a pattern from Debbie Bliss' fall magazine (love this magazine!). It's the Running Stitch Blanket and I modified it by making it bigger with only one layer/side (I wanted to finish it sometime before he leaves for college) and I didn't put in the contrasting running stitch. But the stitch pattern is beautiful in itself and it turned out better then I hoped. I'm trying my hand at a top down cardigan for my daughter. My first attempt was knit from the bottom up and is a little tighter then I would like. It actually fits perfectly, but it's knit in cotton and will very likely shrink the first time it's washed making it too small for her. I'm going up a needle size, adding a few stitches and trying it from the top down because I hate seams. I have to figure out how top down construction will work. I already have the gauge figured, but I have to figure out how many stitches to start with around the neck. I'm probably overthinking it and making it more complicated then it needs to be in my mind.
I'm hoping to come into some yarn shortly so I can begin knitting a cardigan for myself. I'm looking at Oblique on knitty.com in a heathered plum color. I also want to start on a blanket for my daughter and a sweater for my little boy. I want them to be warm when we get where we're going...... where ever that may be. I'm planning on having at least one of those projects for the plane ride (18 hours in coach..... ARGHHHHHHHH!). Probably my son's sweater since I want to have DD blanket done so she can use it on the plane and I think my cardigan would take longer then the plane ride and I wish to have it ready to wear when I get off the plane. DS sweater could be done in one piece and finished before we get to Hawaii (crap..... what will I do from there for the next eight hours?). I may need more then one project. Hopefully they won't confiscate my needles. I will cry.