Allergies Affect Knitting

When I started Tour de Fleece, I never could have dreamed how much better I'm getting at this spinning thing. There's still a long way for me to go before I can consider myself decent but its getting better. I'm still using my Merlin Tree Roadbug and BFL from The Woolery. Loving the combo! Some days spinning for 20 minutes is really easy and other days, 5 minutes are difficult to accomplish. I'm also learning that I need to listen to that nagging little voice on my shoulder. The other night I knew I should not have started spinning when I did but I wanted to go to bed early. Wouldn't you know it, DS2 was up and claiming to have pooped. He was right.

Spinning better.

Wish he could communicate as effectively BEFORE he gets his pants dirty. To his credit, the other night he finished up in the potty. I'm discovering if we go every 30 minutes, we do better than waiting for him to tell us before his pants are wet. So far today, we have a 50/50. Once was success and the other- not so much. Eventually this will be behind us and then I'll be missing these days. 

If I knit, it's typically easier for me to drop and run but I'm not that smart. I choose to spin a little instead. The socks I've been working on are ready for the heel and I'm trying to decide if I want a short row heel or an afterthought heel. If I do the afterthought heel, I won't mess up the stripes that are just occurring by chance. Short row heels usually work nicely for me and my foot though. First world problems.

Lorna's Laces Rockwell yarn in a toe-up sock.

My sweater on the other hand has not been touched and I'm thinking that tonight, it won't be touched either. I have been so tired without actually sleeping to fix the problem. I may go to bed at 10 PM like normal but I'll read my iPad in bed until Midnight or 1 AM without any sign of being sleepy. When I do put it down, I still can't sleep and will toss and turn until at least 2 AM. My alarms start going off at 5 AM even though I usually only make it out of bed at 5:30 AM. Hope it's not because I'm taking an allergy medication which puts DH to sleep.  Wait and see, I'm in the oddball group of people that get wired off allergy pills.

Strange reactions remind me, I think I know the allergen now that caused me to swell up to elephant sized after delivering DS2. I think I'm allergic to naproxen sodium. I had some pain at work and decided to take the "good stuff". Then I kept taking it while managing to increase my pain level and add some joint pain to the mix. There were times at work where I just wanted to cry from the pain I was having. Yesterday I realized I started to itch again; just like after delivery.  The itching made me think back and that was the first time where I had taken several days straight of naproxen sodium in almost two years. Can we say interesting?  24 hours later and I already hurt less and itch only when I think about it.

In celebration, I think I'm going to try to head to bed extra early tonight. Wish me luck.