okay, so it took till two weeks after christmas to actually complete the project, but i did manage to knit eight pairs of these children's alligator mittens, as modeled below by my impossibly cute niece, zoë. top right is the strawberry baby hat that mom commissioned me to make for her friend abigail.

the exciting news is that i quit my job. the better news is that i have a shiny new one at a another theater in town.

the bad news is that i have another bad cold, so i'm too dopey to write much else. recent changes in lifestyle have shot my theories on why i'm always sick full of holes: 1) i bought a car, so i no longer subject myself to strangers' sneezes on public transit on a daily basis, and 2) i moved to a new apartment where the average indoor temperature is ABOVE 63 degrees, so i'm not being constantly chilled.

let's blame the job. since i'm getting out of there soon, i'll assume that it's the community center full of germy little kids.