Playing catch up

It's lovely to sit down and blog after an immense week of feeling a bit like a headless chicken in my new job. Thank you for all your well wishes, it has certainly taken some energy going back to full time employment and I have been coming home absolutely exhausted to say the least. So much so that my relaxation in crochet and knitting has had to step aside in favour of reading medical literature and making sure all systems are ready for the next frantic day!

It's all good and I am enjoying being in a very privileged position of being a Specialist in my field of Nutrition and Dietetics as a Macmillan Dietitian. It's amazing how much I am learning and how incredibly friendly and welcoming all the Oncology consultants and nursing staff are. I truly feel blessed and am very excited about pursuing my new career route.


Last night was chill out and catch up time and I eventually got round to casting on and doing some knitting. 

I bought this beautiful Debbie Bliss cashmerino DK last weekend with my voucher money my previous colleagues so generously gave me.

I have wanted to knit myself a waistcoat forever and after searching for ages I eventually found this one by Anna Bell on ravelry. I chose this charcoal grey not only because I love it but it generally goes with just about all my shirts for work.

The yarn is pretty much a dream to work with and oh so soft and warm. I really felt totally relaxed last night knitting away. I knew that something "would have to give" when I went back to full time work and sadly it's been my yarn projects. Alas, not all is lost as I know as time goes by things will settle into their groove and find their balance.

I hope that you have all had a good, productive week? I am trying to keep up with visiting your blogs and commenting when I can, I do have to keep up with satisfying my daily blog fix! I think my blogging might slow down a little to once a week for the next while until the dust settles.


Oh yes, I must record how jubilated we are that Alice has got into the High School we applied for, the one she will be moving to this September and even better, it's the one she was very keen to go too, so that's super brilliant news. We are also counting down to a special holiday we have planned over the Easter break this year, more about that sometime soon xox  

Right, the sun has come out from behind the grey and we're off to soak up some seaside fresh air. I'm also looking forward to going to a poetry evening with a friend tonight to see some local performance poets and have a yummy vegetarian/vegan dinner (I wonder if I can take my knitting?!!!).

Hope to see you all very soon xox