too much of a good thing?

"learning curve"

The knitting class lived up to my expectations. I was the "special student". I had a 2:1 teacher-student ratio. But by the end of the intense tutorial that lasted thirty minutes longer than everybody else's, I had an idea what I was supposed to do. It was helpful to hear two people explain it. I have to say the pharmacist- former chemistry teacher's really anal directions were the most helpful. She would narrate what I was doing and correct me as I go. She gave me pointers about the yarn always being to the right and paying attention to the tension of the string. The other girl helped me break it into steps. She also told me I was going to be a natural. I think I'll like knitting; it'll be a good past time for when there's too much background commotion to read. And, i may become good enough to knit Christmas and fall and winter birthday presents.

a close up of my knitting genius

*****
The job took. They like me, and I like them. It's a physical job: I come home dirty, sweaty and tired. But, I get to chat while I sweat. I really enjoy the ladies with whom I work. They're very protective of me. A customer was snippy with me, an she jumped on him: "There's no need to be rude to us." I love the "us". Everybody works hard. I'm still in the honeymoon phase, but I feel I have a lot to learn from these women. They seem to be pretty good at being content and putting others first.

*****
The first interview of the week went fairly well today. There were a lot of people. I didn't have the best 5-minute lesson, but it was good. I didn't have cute visual aids that worked with the impact of roads on the success of the Roman empire. But, I did have the shock factor. There was this one guy who was a punk to the girl who taught about Christopher Columbus. Yeah, the political and technological history of the Roman Empire exceeded his pay grade. Good luck: I was in line to go first with my lesson, but a fellow Heel volunteered which put me going 7th. I did some good brainstorming while watching the other people teach their lessons. Bad luck: I got the last interview slot and had a lot of down time between the first part of my day and the last part. I got really hungry.