September Plans
I rode my bike in to work this morning through a light drizzle and grey skies. It reminded me a little bit of Portland from years ago. And it’s getting me back into a bit of a knitting mood.
So, here are my goals for September. I’m trying to be realistic.
- Pick up the second sleeve on the Aran
- Do 2 rows a day on the SSP
- Make a watchcap
I think those are acheivable. I’ll post updates as the month goes on.
Yesterday, Ken and I went for a hike in Friedrich Wilderness Area, one of the few real parks that San Antonio has to offer. It’s got some nice trails and is surprisingly clean – I only picked up two or three very small bits of trash while we were there.
Near the base of one of the trails, we came across a family of three that was watching a dung beetle pushing a ball of poop across the path. We stopped to check the little guy out, and realized that within about a meter span of trail, there were three beetles at work. Ken and I decided that it was probably some sort of a delivery service – Dung Hut, if you will. The more sedentary beetles stay down in their burrows and call up Dung Hut for a delivery, and then these more enterprising critters roll the goodies out to the others.
Yeah, that has nothing to do with anything, but I just thought I’d share.
September 3rd, 2003 at 5:26 pm
Extrapolating from this…
Sure, I sit in a cube all day and push tiny pieces of paper from one side to the other, but my rack looks great! See?!
September 2nd, 2003 at 12:41 pm
Dung beetles are just cool. I mean, you look at one of them at work and you say, “dude, you’re rolling a ball of poop around.” And they just look up at you with their little beetle eyes and say, “yeah, but I look good doin’ it.”
It’s all about the attitude.
September 2nd, 2003 at 12:02 pm
Do you think there’s a Sisyphean legend in Dung Beetle World? “…but as many times as he pushed the crap up, it rolled back down…” After three days off, that seems an apt description of office life.
Glad to know your back’s doing well enough for you to hike.
September 2nd, 2003 at 11:57 am
I don’t know whether to be worried about your sanity or intrigued by the goings-on of dung beetles.
My goal for September is simply to knit ANYTHING on Na Craga. I don’t know if I can do it. Hehe.