Lots has been going on around here lately, very little of which has had anything at all to do with knitting, sewing, or other crafty endeavors. Instead, it has been lots of worrying, lots of packing, lots of house cleaning, lots of apartment hunting, lots of driving, and lots of freaking out about whether a huge decision I just made is going to completely ruin the generally nice, happy little life I (and even more so, my husband) had here in Sacramento.

Yes, had. Past tense. Our days here are numbered. I’m leaving a job that I found interesting and challenging (for the most part), working with people that I liked at a pretty darn good company, and I’m off to another very different job that will hopefully be even more interesting and challenging at another pretty darn good company. It’s exciting, but also scary. I’ve been at the same company for almost 10 years now, and always assumed that I’d be there for much longer. It’s hard leaving someplace that is so familiar to me and going to a place that is completely unfamiliar. Having to sell our house and move is even more difficult than leaving my job. I love my house - it is pretty much the perfect house for me. But it will only be mine for a few more months at the most. And we’ll be moving into an apartment. An apartment that is less than half the size of my house and costs 1.5 times as much to rent. Ouch. Every time I think about it, it brings me to tears. I’ll miss my house. And I’ll miss my friends. There are definitely some things that I’m looking forward to about moving. We’ll both have a much shorter commute to work, we’ll live in an area where there is more to do, and we’ll have new places to explore and new friends to make.

I’m still not exactly sure how this all happened. There was a call from a recruiter. A conversation that evening about how it wouldn’t hurt just to submit my resume - what the heck, I may not even get an interview and if I do, then at least I’ll get some interview experience for the first time in ten years. And then came an offer, for basically my dream job. An offer that I didn’t expect to get, and an offer that I couldn’t refuse. And now, chaos.

There will be very limited knitting and posting for a while, at least until things calm down a bit and we are settled into our new, downsized life in the south bay. For now, I’m planning to keep up the blog, but no promises. If there is no knitting, it kind of defeats the purpose of having a knitting blog.

It’s been forever since I’ve updated my blog. There are a lot of reasons… it’s summer, I haven’t been doing much knitting, I’ve been spending several nights a week at the gym, and I’ve been very preoccupied with work and my career in general (more on that another time, maybe).

My diet/workout regimen has been going great. I feel much better about myself now, and treated myself to a shopping trip last night to buy some new clothes in a size smaller than I’ve ever worn. When we met our personal trainer, he looked at me and said that following his plan would get me down to this size, and I completely laughed at him - I did not think it was physically possible. For those who are curious, I’ve been doing a somewhat modified version of the glycemic index diet, and generally trying to cut out processed sugars and junk foods. Basically, I try to eat as much lean protein as possible (chicken breasts, shrimp), healthy carbs (whole grains, brown rice, etc), and pretty much whatever fruits & veggies I want. I’m also a huge fan of the peanut butter Zone bar for snacks. Yum!

No knitting pictures - I haven’t completed anything recently, but hopefully will soon. I’ve started a baby Dale sweater for a friend who is due any day now. Thankfully winter is still a few months away, because the baby sweater is knit on size 1s, and has a higher stitch count than any sweater I’ve ever knit for myself!