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About a month ago, I got this brilliant thought in my head - what if, for our “wool” anniversary, I knitted Capt. UberHusband a scarf? After all, he’ll be going to some cold locales before Spring comes…and it would give me a chance to dust off my knitting skills. A month should be enough to finish a little ‘ol scarf, right?

In theory, this would be true. What I failed to take into account was the fact that Capt. UberHusband would be off work the last two weeks of 2007, and would be at home. You can’t knit a scarf for someone who’s always around. Well you can, he’ll just know about it. So I decided…I would just take every second of free time I had during the workday once he went back to work after the new year…and knit! Two and a half weeks should be enough to finish a little ‘ol scarf, right?

On January 2, I drove down to the Woolie Ewe with pattern in hand to procure some knitting needles and yarn…and off I went. Once I went through the obligatory re-learning curve, I was on my way…slowly but surely. But, work was keeping me busy, as it should be. I tried not to act too excited when CU told me he’d be out of town for two days last week. Generally, I hate it when he’s gone but, YAY! I could knit in the evening! I emailed Adelle pictures of my progress, and I am very grateful for her support…since she remembers the Psycho Easter Bunny incident a while back.

As they always say though, “The best laid plans…”

I figured finding the time during the day would become even more of a challenge when school started back up, as I generally try and do my schoolwork during any free time during my workday. After a couple of days of trying to juggle everything, something had to give. The scarf had to give. I was beginning to panic that it wouldn’t be done by this Sunday because honestly, it wasn’t going to be done - and my work schedule was picking up…it was like the proverbial perfect storm. Schooling, working and wife-ing were all converging in a really destructive way. It sounds dramatic, but I guess you’d have to understand how badly I wanted to have this gift completed.

So yesterday afternoon I made the decision to give Capt. UberHusband this part of his anniversary gift early. I knew he’d understand…and he’d also be able to watch me work on it in the evenings. I wrapped what was completed of the scarf so far, still attached to the knitting needles, in tissue paper and placed it in a box. I wrote a note explaining how sometimes plans needs to be modified to meet objectives (I’m so romantic), put on some makeup and a cute outfit, and waited for him to come home.

Can I just say…I am so glad I gave him the scarf early. He totally understood the time constraints, and he loves it…really likes the color. I was also able to share with him how the weekend after New Year’s, when he went outside to take down the holiday lights…I tried to sneak in knitting a few rows and my lack of attention wound up causing me to knit about 30 rows on the wrong side (d’oh!), which I had to back out and redo the next Monday. After sharing my trials and tribulations and how all I wanted was to give him a great anniversary gift, we went to PF Chang’s for dinner and then watched some moron on American Idol talk about caulking Paula’s tub. Good times.

Ever feel as though a gigantic weight has been lifted off your shoulders? Yeah, me too…ironic since I’ve been working with a lightweight wool. Heh.