and aren’t supposed to knit. For a week

Day 1:

Ponder what you’re going to do with your free time. Notice that watching TV seems a tad… boring. Unfulfilling even. Play Warcraft with your boyfriend until you get sick of having nothing to do on those long bat-flights. Go to bed feeling vaguely twitchy.

Day 2:

Decide that if you can’t have knitting, you can play with your old knitting! Reblock exactly one shawl before getting bored and sick of poking your fingers with pins (but do greatly admire what a reblock can do for an oft-worn shawl). Tool around house. Do half a sink of dishes, rationalize not doing the rest as “resting my hand.”

Day 3:

Start getting a little twitchy when you look at your stash. Decide to catch up on reading, inadvertantly pick up mystery that involves knitting. IM your boyfriend who reminds you that if you want your hand to get better, you need to leave the knitting alone. Ponder knitting a dishcloth just “to take the edge off.” Try to ignore boyfriend’s teasing.

Day 4:

Start knitting dishcloth and chugging ibuprofen. Refer to dishcloth as imaginary when boyfriend lectures you.

Day 5:

Give in completely, start knitting sock and second dishcloth. Realize that your mother is right – you don’t have a hobby, you have an addiction.