Things That Make Me Crazy!

Many of you probably already know this, but the strangest things drive me absolutely crazy! I'm just coming to this realization, myself. Here are two cases in point:


1. Things I don't have to do, but don't know how to do.



I get a daily email called Knitting Daily. I enjoy learning about new knitting techniques and getting a chance to see so many new patterns. I've had to come to grips with the fact that I don't need every pattern they offer. Its hard, but I am learning how to live without them all. But a recent issue had a pattern for a cardigan that I found very unique. See the photo at the left. Now two things were very apparent to me about this garment:

a. I really, really liked it and
b. I could never wear it because it would make my caboose look as big as, well, a caboose.

But I really wanted to know how those nifty tucks are made. That part of the pattern was given in the post. So I read it. Then I reread it. I read it again. Then again. For the life of me, I couldn't figure out what those instructions were saying to do. Nor could I figure out how the parts I did understand could possibly result in this outcome.

In all likelihood, I'll never make this garment. But the fact that I can't figure it out, even though I don't need to know how, is driving me crazy! And that's just so stupid, even I can't believe it.

2. Things I don't need to know, but I want to know.

If I want to go to I-79 South from my house and go anywhere in Fairmont or southward, the best way for me to do that is to turn left out of my driveway and head away from Morgantown until I hit Route 19 South. There is this one stretch of road on 19 that goes up a hill and is very curvy. Its all of about 1 mile long. Just about in the middle of the hill is a dirt road that comes down from the hill to meet the road. I've been on Route 19 a bunch of times over the past two months as I've been going to get my Mom to take her to doctors' appointments. These trips are all during the weekdays. And every time I go, there is a street cleaner on that 1 mile stretch of road. Every time! One day, when I had to make the trip twice, I saw him both times. ??? Its always in the vicinity of that dirt road and its always actively cleaning. What in heaven's name could be making such a mess on that road that they have to have a street cleaner operating continuously? I swear, the next time I'm driving that way and see that machine, I'm going to wave the driver over and ask. Cuz you know what? Not knowing is driving me crazy!

Yep, no doubt about it. I'm weird.