Knitting Therapy

Am very very worried about the little sister. She's still having roommate problems, and now she's not sleeping at all. She doesn't talk about anything except her schoolwork, and it just sounds like she's not in a good place, mentally. The school doesn't want to let her move out - but she really really needs to. I'm not sure if the problem is not sleeping, or if it's something deeper. Maybe Mac just isn't the right place for her - but if it isn't, it easily could be too late for her to transfer for next year, unless it's to the U. She'd be lost there. Maybe Hamline could be a possibility, or she could see if Lawrence still looks good - def not Grinnell, it's too isolated for her - but something has to be done.

Some of the problem is most certainly the amount of time she spends running. 2 hours at the gym every single day is just too much. She doesn't get time to do non-school-things, when that much time is spent on the treadmill, and she seems to feel like she's trapped in this homework-sleep-run cycle. However, she's also virulently opposed to cutting any of the exercise time, and I just don't know why. She said that knitting and running are the only good things about her day, and that she barely knits anymore because she doesn't have time - is there some way I could try to convince her to get off the treadmill and knit, instead? I just don't know what to do to help.

Any suggestions? Because I could use them. Even the dumb ones.