Happy Monday!

I am a ray of sunshine beaming out of my office, in spite of :

1. the gray skies and drizzling rain that I have to walk through to get to work

2. the green van that I rear-ended on my way to lunch today

3. the small headache that I have due to aforementioned fender bender (and yes, it was so my fault.)

Happy Freakin' Monday! Ha.

Seriously, I am fine, and everyone involved was super nice, even the policewoman (who did NOT give me ticket because the damage was so minimal. Love her.) What broke my heart is after I hit them, the husband got out and looked and spoke to me, and the wife was just leaning against the steering wheel, all sad...I felt so bad. Finally she got out, and I said, "I'm so sorry! Are you okay?" and she looked at me and said, "I'm not hurt. But it's just that EVERYTHING is going wrong!!"

Yo, I feel you, lady.

Later, while we were waiting for the cops, she came over to my car and apologized and said they'd been having some bad luck, but they weren't mad at me. Aww. So, it was actually a pleasant accident experience, if such a thing exists.

Well, enough about that. Let's get to the knitting! May I present to you, the Cavewoman Tank:

I am Cavewoman. Ugh.

Click here for a back view. I changed this pattern a lot, mostly because the yarn I used wasn't looking pretty with the design they were doing. And, I decided that I'm just not a lace up front kind of girl. So, I completely changed the back, changed the straps to i-cords and sewed the front together with a little overlap. I kept most of the decrease shaping (what they called "accentuated decreases") because I liked the way it looked. It's still missing something, I think, but really I'm just not a fan of the yarn with this design. Maybe in white or black cotton for summer? Yummy.

This weekend was fun-filled..I got second in a karaoke contest this weekend! Yahoo. I saw an ad in the paper, I knew some people at the bar, so we went, and it was big fun. But get this -- I was first (yuck!) and after I sang, they gave me a stool. They did it like American Idol (as in, the judges tell you what they think RIGHT THERE.) I got judged on vocal ability, appearance (!), energy, and overall entertainment. And dude-- the judges were HARSH. I didn't even know they wanted costumes! (Although I should have known since the bar hosts drag shows on a pretty regular basis.)

Even after they were kinda hard on me, I still got second, so I felt good. And I sang Fame. I really need to expand my karaoke repertoire...

Playing piano at church went well. Not too many mistakes, and really nice people. I'm playing next week too, and I'm hoping this will become a permanent, paying gig.

Okay. It's 5:00, and I gotta go home and relax. It's been a busy, weird day. I hope everyone had fun at the March in DC..I can't wait to read everyone's blogs about it! (Oh, and on that note, look at my right sidebar...I made a couple of buttons for the Knitters Against Bush website. Feel free to swipe one if you'd like! )

Posted by Carrieoke on April 26, 2004 5:04 PM | Permalink