gloom, Despair AGONY!      I just caught up with Super Supportive, I won't be able to binge it any more     New chapter should post tomorrow, but in a way, this chapter was also a perfect stopping point.  I hope one day the author makes this a printed book series, and I hope that the chapter I just read will be the last chapter of one of the books.  I haven't been super into reading something in a long time, and this has just been so amazing. I've laughed, I've cried, I've worried and celebrated.  Just, ah, so so good

Hrm, that doesn't quite clear up the distinction I was trying to make about form versus function. "Sock" means multiple things, and I can't tell from context which one is important to you. Sock as function doesn't imply much about the exact type of basic fabric sheath that goes over the foot. (Homemade knit slippers are also called bed socks or house socks; sock, and specifically lounging sock, is the job they all do, not what they look like.) Sock as form is "the classic modern standard sock", with the rounded heels and the narrowing toe case and small gauge yarn and so on, something that looks super super conventionally socky.   If the sock form is what's important, there's not really any way to make that knitting project any easier or faster, because the pieces and how to make them are very defined. If the sock function is what's important, there are many topologically easier (and thus faster) forms of sock than the conventional commercial sock.     SO MUCH THIS. They're like a television static pattern in yarn form, only somehow visually noisier.   But the self-striping yarns can be really nice. There are some gradient yarns out there that slowly fade from one at one end of the skein to the other, those can be nice, too.

Sibling B pointed out that my little display is a good way to find out if any friends have pediophobia, haha. Thankfully I don’t think anyone I have round is more sensitive than “please don’t show me that thing,” no one I need to remove him from the shelf for or anything.    Thank you! That’s one of my favourite places to eat lunch, no matter the season. 

Vacation sounds lovely, any fun adventures to share? 

That sounds really good.   Congratulations on the 5k!

So much for selling the house by the end of the month.  The potential buyer has decided to respond to our counter offer by saying "never mind."   It would be lovely if we could get a serious buyer rather than people who just want to YOLO it with really low offers on the chance that...I guess we're desperate or something?  Not understanding the thought process there at all.   Day one of the diet went...ok.  I followed the plan, but ended up with a rocking headache by the end of the day.  I have no idea if it was coffee withdrawal, "hangover" from the previous night's crying, or the sudden drop in calories.  Or a combination of all of those.  So, that's not great.  I really hope it doesn't continue like that, because I will not be able to stick with it if it's going to be like that.  I guess if it does, I can skip to the regular portion of the plan instead of finishing out the "jump start" that's supposed to get rid of bloat (and is also 400 calories less than the regular plan).  On the other hand, I have been wanting to take a little break from coffee for a while, so I'll probably just power through.  And, I'm 100% certain it's water weight, but the scale this morning said I was 2lbs lighter than yesterday morning.  So I guess it's working?

They really are!! I can deadlift nearly that much (or at least I could before surgery, haven't tried it lately) but 40 kg is shamazing for OH press! I was happy to get 40 lb today, lol.  (This reminds me of being in a gym in Scotland a couple years ago and feeling completely bamboozled as to why my usual weights were completely undoable, then figuring out that the plates were all labeled in kg not pounds. I was so relieved that I wasn't just weakened by the yellow Scottish sun or smthg, haha.) You're strong as hell, sal!

Oh good to know, I was wondering about that. Some yarn looks sooo pretty but I couldn't imagine the final piece.   Buying stuff online has proved quite the pain in the butt and it took a significant portion of the day.   - Every time I found something nice looking but not too expensive it was sold out. - Most online shops I had to scroll through pages and pages and pages of useless crap because the search filters were garbage. I could only sometimes reliably search for recommended needle size. Apparently they don't do yarn weight here. - It doesn't help that I have no clue how to search for things in Polish. Not only don't I know the search terms, but even after I manage to translate I still don't know which conjugations are the most commonly used search terms. Overly simplified example but "knitting needle" and "needle for knitting", except the word "needle" would be radically different in the two cases. To add to the confusion colloquially people don't say "knitting" but "make on wires". 😒 - Most shops here only use a payment service that requires a Polish bank account. I discover this at checkout. Every time. - The Amazon equivalent where I finally ended up buying things has a fun bug. Someone has inverted the logic statement for removing selected items from the cart, so instead of removing what you don't want, you remove all things you do want. Guess how I discovered this. Rage.   Thank youuuu! 🤗

Sounds adorable and a worthy project!

A storyboard for a work project for my brother. With customers and employees and of his company as cute animal-people.