Variation on the long goodbye

Maine has been pretty busy, really. We arrived last night with only one small detour through Scarborough (195 or 295? Oh. 2). Today seems to have been a regular procession of visitors, family and friends. Consensus is that K's dad is definitely less present today than he was yesterday. I'm glad I came up. Mostly it's been visitors chattering around the table while the old man naps nearby. Oh, but he's still an old lech. I got an extra squeeze when I gave him a hug which caused much hilarity for the rest of the room, which of course caused me to go lobster-colored. So, while it's a bit grim, there's still a fair bit of humor being thrown around.

Reading has been almost impossible for me. So, it's been crochet. I have finished my first scrumble project. It's possibly the ugliest hat ever made. No, really.lifecollage , did you say you had a candidate for it? I'm definitely not keeping it. I've started in on an afghan stitch for what's probably a scarf. I also found some omg-gorgeous sock yarn, but I don't have the attention span to fiddle with a toe-up design. If anyone has a specific favorite for toe up, let me know. I'll mess with it once I'm home. I am aiming for easiest pattern possible, as I'm a self-taught knitter who has little patience for deciphering code. One of the relatives who was here today is also a knitter, so she helped me divide the yarn in half, so that was cool.

M. and I should be back home tomorrow. If there's anything really important posted since Wednesday afternoon, let me know. I'm about to skim headlines, but that's about it.