Yesterday I needed to get out of the house (and also buy some groceries, drop off my vacation film and ship my last eBay shipment), so I drove into Borders. I actually just wanted to drive somewhere. It was a beautiful day, perfect for rolling down the windows and turning up the radio (or the CD player, as the case may be). I went late enough that I ran into some pretty nasty rush hour traffic, but that just meant getting off the expressway and detouring through one of my favorite Tulsa neighborhoods and gawking at the big houses. I love to gawk at pretty houses. It was a good drive.

I almost broke down and bought some Batman TPBs at Borders, but I was good. If they had the second volume of Hush, I'd have bought it. I went ahead and picked up the first volume before my trip to read on the way (but, thanks to my flight being delayed, ended up reading the entire thing in the airport before I even boarded the plane), and I'm jonesing for more. But I'm not even sure the second volume is out yet, which is probably a good thing for my budget. I also stopped to pet the Jonathan Strange... display and ponder whether the black cover or white cover appealed to me more. But I left the store empty-handed, save for a sugar-free mocha and a free sample of chocolate and a few more lines written down for a story I'm working on.

I came home and started lining up new knitting projects to get me through the first leg of the new TV season (because I don't feel like such a useless couch potato if I knit while I watch). I have the stuff to make a few more purses. The last one I made turned out really cute, but it has some problems as far as functionality goes. I think I've figured out how fix the design, though. I'll make another practice one, and if it turns out well I think I might try hawking some on eBay. I also really want to make this scarf, but not until I can afford quailty yarn. Right now, though, I'm knitting tiny hats for Newborns In Need, a volunteer organization that donates knitted clothing to families with sick and needy babies, mainly preemies. Once I've conquered hats I might try some booties. They also have a call (and a pattern) for burial buntings, but I don't think I can bring myself to make those right now. Anybody out there with knitting skills and more emotional fortitude than I have might consider it, though. Anyway, that should keep my hands sufficiently occupied for a while.

Now it's time to quit procrastinating and go force myself to write. And that's pretty much my entire plan for the day.