Good News, Bad News

The good news is: Woke up Friday morning and read ALL of the wonderful messages of encouragement that had been left.

The bad news is: It made me cry.

The good news is: Discovered that the socks that another knitter had made were the ones in my suitcase...someone else's love and care for my feet.

The bad news is: It made me cry.

The good news is: The universe tried to send me a message.

The bad news is: It made me cry.

The good news is: The recent discovery of Knit Map meant a review of a good LYS was at my disposal and a destination for post- college tour was set.

The bad news is: We initially couldn't find it.(But, I did NOT cry!)  The map I'd printed didn't have many street names on it and we were "guesstimating" where the shop should be.

The good news is: Just as we were about to give up, we saw a street sign: "Ferguson Street". No, the shop isn't on Ferguson, but my "Cosmic Sis" shares that name.  She's been encouraging me so much through all this that we took "Ferguson" as a sign that we were on the right track because she would want me to find a shop. Next corner...there it was!

The bad news is: It made me cry.

The good news is: They had a lovely purple yarn to use for knitting these socks.  Since the competition was already underway and there was little chance I'd have a good finish, I decided to pick purple...all the recent college visits have Panda leaning strongly towards the school with purple spirit colors. I've never given up on anything...and just being out of medal contention is no reason to give up.

So, with needles, yarn and a print out of the pattern Panda drove the first two hour leg home so that I could knit.  Cuff and one repeat is as far as I got, but it felt good.

The bad news is: Once home, a quick peak at the finishing board showed that the top three spots had already been nailed down.

The good news is: The competition was over.

The bad news is: It made me cry.

The late news is: Sunday evening the moderators of the competition agreed to grant me a nineteen hour "handicap".  However, I'd already put my sock knitting aside.  But it was gracious of them to "handicap" me...even if the notice was a bit late.

However, there are so many who have written and leant there support that I feel like a winner no matter whether or not there is a "medal" attached to my knitting.

The GOOD news is: It made me cry.  Thank you all for being so supportive!!!!

(It turns out that all these tears isn't uncommon...someone shared a link too Crazy Aunt Purl's story which included crying to the pizza man!)

Comments

[trek]

AW!!

[dyveke]

I'm so sorry about the way everything turned out this weekend. I expected you to make a grand come-back and reclaim the silver position I feel is rightfully yours. I managed to pull in second, but didn't have much fun doing it.

Crying can be a good thing, I hope yours was the healing kind!

[tini]

1902480349803984 hugs!

[Cosmic Sis]

AWWWWWW...now you've made me cry! If ever I wanted to be a "guiding light" for someone it's YOU! Please always know I'm thinking of you and with you in spirit! I'm so anxious for THAT day to come...you know, the one when we finally meet-up!!!!!
I LOVE the purple socks!

[Fairy Godmother]

I counted 7 "bads" and 8 "goods" - so glad the "goods" are ahead!! Love the purple socks, too. Can't believe you are knitting college socks. That gets a gold metal in my book!

[Fuji Mama]

Oh great, there you go making the pregnant woman cry! Oh wait, that's not very hard to do. :-) HUGS!

[cj]

Sorry your experience with the knitting competion turned out so bad. Hopefully the toe soxs ladies can get you smiling on Wednesday night.
We all know that you are a Winner!!

[Francesca]

I am sorry you couldn't make the top 3 spots, but good for you for sticking with it! You go, girl!