It's been a week since my last post, and I don't have a lot to say for myself.  I am plugging along on my shawl at a snail's pace.  I am quite enjoying the actual knitting part of this project, and I'm not just powering through to add something new to my wardrobe (although it will be nice when it's finished...).  I have been really busy in the evenings after school and my social schedule has been packed relatively full so it doesn't leave much time for knitting.  Here is some progress, about 35% finished:

Lovely view, don't you think?

Close-up, it looks quite ribbed and 3D, but by the time I finish and block it out, it ought to be bigger and smooth.  We'll see!

Today when I got home from work, I opened my door and found quite an exciting surprise.  I usually hope that there will be some mail waiting for me, but rarely does a package actually get jammed through the mail slot!!  Luckily, my mailman was feeling adventurous and jammed a soft envelope all the way through. 

Thank you, High Energy Jenny!!

I really like this yarn, and I'm thinking a spring scarf might be just what this girl needs!  Surprise yarn in the mail, does life get much better than this?

In other news, today I finished The Lovely Bones.  The big letdown is that I only started it yesterday.  I hate when I finish a good book so quickly!  These two days have been rather exceptional at work, because it's finals time at the end of the academic year, and since I still don't know my academic schedule for next year, there isn't anything for me to do at work.  Yesterday I brought my computer to work and did all sorts of ridiculous stuff like covet every item at anthropologie and update my amazon wishlist.  Then I started the book, which my friend lent me yesterday morning, and I read the rest of it today.  I think it's the first time that I've read a decent sized book in less than 24 hours. 

It's depressing because now I have nothing to read again.  I really like to read books like this one and The Kite Runner, but there are a lot of books that I just can't get into.  Any suggestions of good books I should include in my next Amazon order?