The year ended out on a good note for me. This year saw us all getting one year older (eep) as well as welcoming a few new family members. My SIL had a baby and I got a guinea pig that turned out to be pregnant and produced two more guinea pigs so that I now have three.
My BIL invited his niece over for New Year's. She's 21 and a sweet girl who was ready for drinking. My SIL was also ready since she's been tea totaling since she got pregnant last year. I'm usually the one that stay some semblance of sober (unless I'm DD and then I stay sober). I find this a great way to go because you can laugh at everyone else as well as help to avoid the things that sometimes go wrong when people get to drinking. My BIL's friend, A, came over as well and he's a daily drinker and is in his late 30's. I mention this because later, after BIL's niece had already thrown up once, I found him taking her to his house (which is across the way) and trying to get in her pants. I don't know what the specific law is, or if there is even a hard law against it, but my thinking and morality states that if someone wobbles so badly when they walk that you're afraid their going down any moment that they are in no right mind to make a decision about who they want to sleep with. No one else seemed to be moved to do anything so I asked BIL if he wanted me to go over there and get her (he mentioned he wasn't "comfortable" with the situation, but as I said before I was the only one with some semblance of sobriety). I took my son across the street and knocked on the door saying that my son was wondering if his cousin was coming back over to the house. I didn't even finish my sentence when he interrupted me and said "No, no. You know what you're doing." and then started cussing me. That tells me that if he knew why I was really there then he also was aware of what his role in all of it was as well. He's telling everyone that I cock- blocked him. I stand by my feeling that the situation was wrong and that you can't block something that isn't there.
I've made a resolution to blog more this year. I'm starting by doing a KAL with Let's Knit2gether on ravelry. They're doing socks for this month's knit a long and I've been eyeballing the yarn that DH had me buy him a few months ago with the promise that I would make him socks. I had planned to have them done before our anniversary, so it's been a long time that he's been waiting. I purchased a US size 0 circular needle in preparation to begin his socks. I realize the sheer craziness of that when I remember that he wears a size 13 shoe. I'll be knitting for forever. I'll just stick with the standard size 2 needle that I usually use for socks. My son will be getting socks using the size 0 needle and a beautiful blue self striping yarn that he picked out. I started them last night when I should have been starting DH's instead. Just the thought of all that knitting for the foot alone is making my stomach twist in knots. I'm going to have to find a nice pattern, but then I look at the pink, SPARKLY, variegated yarn that he has chosen and change my mind thinking that any fun pattern will just compete with the colors. What do you think? I need to get cracking soon so I need to make a decision.
Here's to the New Year. I'm starting small compared to other people, but I'm going to make a resolution each month and try to keep it. I'll get more done and maybe it won't be so overwhelming. January starts with socks and 5 lbs. February is pending.
