Hyooge hats & endless scarves, or Knitted Gifts

Heh, I finished Eli's apple hat the other day, except for the leaves, but I'm worried it's too big. I actually accosted 2 of Ryan's friends when they came over for beer last night & made them try it on. One of them is the same hat size as E-ster, and it actually appeared a bit big, damn. I will try shrinking it in the dryer, it's mostly cotton.

Other than the hat & the baby onesie, I haven't been doing too much knitting, though I FINALLY finished the fringe on the Gryffindor scarf tonight at an excellent Crafty Night. I gave up on organizing those a while back because sometimes it felt like twisting arms to get people to agree to a date & actually show up, but I enjoy them so much, I might have to work harder now to make them happen. It was so fun! I brought coconut bar cookies, an improvised recipe with a shortbread crust, toasted-coconut carmel middle, and chocolate coating. They were delicious, but quite sweet. It's funny how some people bring the same things over and over again, and some of us choose a different recipe each time. And it was so cute to see Doris pregnant!

School is officially out now, so I'm done with subbing for the year. I still don't know exactly when I'm starting at the Parks, nor do I know if I'll be long-term subbing next fall. Oh well, not as though I have plans that would be ruined either way! Sometimes being flexible is very nice. I'm actually glad we are starting late this summer anyway, because we are going up to Portland the last weekend of the month. Eli is having a birthday party using a murder-mystery game I got for Christmas, and we're going to the Organic Brewer's Festival, and my Mom should be moving into her new house that weekend, and my brother might have a son by then! Very exciting stuff!

I don't have much else to say, except I keep getting these weird dizzy spells. It happened for the first time about a year ago, and it's been happening more and more frequently lately. It literally feels like someone smacks me upside the head, my brain does that slow-motion swirl thing, it's pretty weird. I asked my Dr about it and she wasn't concerned (and I've since had an MRI of my brain for other reasons which didn't show anything other than a tiny benign growth which makes me basically infertile without meds [not that I was trying], but probably isn't making me dizzy). But she's kind of a crappy doctor, and I know it's not normal to occasionally feel like someone flushed your brain down the toilet. Maybe it's an inner ear thing? Ugh.