Sunday, September 26, 2010

Medically Qualified

I got the letter this week that  says (after months of waiting) that I am medically qualified to volunteer with the Peace Corps. That means that after all the visits to specialists last Spring, the poking and prodding, and LOOOngest physical of my life, I have been deemed healthy and sane enough to travel. Now all that is left between me and leaving is placement clearance, which means making sure that I am still qualified and competitive for the post that I was nominated for back in March, and that it still exists (No coups now, please!) Hopefully I will breeze though that and get my invitation in the next few weeks, which is the formal decision on where I will be going and what I will be doing. In other news, the sink in my bathroom decided to stop functioning yesterday, as though it wanted to say "Congratulations! Now try living with iffy plumbing as a way to prepare!!"

Saturday, September 25, 2010

Hand Dyed Silk from Victoria

I found the shiniest, softest hand-dyed silk from an amazing, stuffed-full-of-fiber-goodness shop, called Knotty by Nature in Victoria a few weeks ago. It looks like a mermaids tail, and was a dream to spin. Now to decide what to make out of it....