ok, so this is

what it has been like

 waiting for The Call from tee and pat...

sometimes........

but,  

sometimes,

it is a lot more like this:

(drawing from the blog "Mama Knows Honey Child.")

So in an effort to deal with the suspense, 

and get busy with something

size 3

free pattern from Simple Simon and Co.

this was a great distraction, errors and all!