I was able to knit a few more rounds on the second sock.  I’m hoping to finish it this weekend, especially since we’ll be spending a lot of time in the car.  On Saturday we’re driving to Redlands to visit an old friend, and on Sunday we’ll be going to L.A. for another Galaxy game.  Hard to believe that just a few days ago, we were in Florida.

I knew I would be struggling with jet lag after our quick trip to Florida and back, so when I submitted my time off request a few weeks ago, I purposely added one extra day off in order to catch up on my sleep and rest.  Given the prison environment and inmate population, it would have been foolish for me to go to work today less than alert.

I think I’m rested now, but it’s going to be a challenge to get out of bed tomorrow.  I just want to stay home and finish my sock.

I started this sock early Thursday morning at LAX and bound it off today when we returned to the Morro Bay house.  It’s the first sock I’ve made in which I knitted the fish lips kiss heel.  When I first started knitting socks, I made them from the cuff down, with heel flaps.  Then I learned how to do Judy’s Magic Cast-On and started knitting socks from the toe up.  I liked following Wendy Johnson’s gusset heel pattern because it was an easy one to remember, but I noticed that the finished sock never really fit the recipient properly unless I custom-fitted the foot part to the person, where I’d have them try it on so I could see where to start knitting the gusset.

Anyway, this sock is for my mom, whose foot measures a little over eight and a half inches, so I will probably have the second sock finished by the end of the week.  Also, I promised Aunt Georgia that I would send her photos of the completed pair, so that she would know I successfully managed the second fish lips kiss heel on my own.

In between sewing and working on my quilted placemat, I’ve also been knitting a few rounds at a time on the Cabin Fever sock.  Last night I knit the gusset and the heel.  I love the feel of this yarn and the colors are so pretty (Cabin Fever is the name of the colorway), but it’s the middle of July and so humid lately that I know I won’t be wearing these wool socks any time soon.

For the last four weeks, we’ve had to make the 350-mile-round-trip-in-24-hours to Ventura and back to Morro Bay because of my Monday morning allergy testing appointments.  This weekend will be the first time in a month that we don’t have to do any long-distance driving.  I am so glad.  I plan to sit around the house all weekend and knit and read and clean the bathrooms and do laundry– anything but get in the car.