It’s Furious Balancing

“You lack faith,” said Candide.

“It is because,” said Martin, “I have seen the world.”

– Voltaire (Candide, Chapter XXIV)

Checking in — Not necessarily because I have something to say.  I’m hoping if I start typing something, anything, I can get out of the not-blogging rut.

For the insatiably curious:  I have played 350 games of that 1-win-in-200 solitaire game without winning a single hand.¹

For the knitters:  I finally finished the Black Rose socks.  I have rechristened them the “Thorn in My Side” Socks.  10 weeks of knitting.  It’s not that it’s a difficult pattern² or that the yarn was hard to work with.³  It was all operator error.   I ripped back the second sock after I seriously goofed the heel turn and tried to fix it.  I frogged four-weeks’ of progress in a fit of pique.  I don’t have a decent picture to show you yet , though.  My photography skills, such as they are, are failing me.

For those monitoring my mental health:  Let’s just say that if I wasn’t on Wellbutrin, things would be Extremely Bad.  On the Wellbutrin, it’s Merely Bad in General.  Hate summer.  Hate light.  Hate heat.  I’ve been trying to make a list of “positive” things about summer.  Let’s see.

• Lots of time sitting in an air conditioned house working on big knitting projects. ⁴
• Thunderstorms.
• Fresh home-grown catnip for the pusses.
• Nectarines, my favorite fruit, are in season (and sold in lovely air-conditioned produce sections at the store).

That’s it.  The rest of it is all sweat and humidity and mosquitoes and People Who Really Shouldn’t Be Wearing Anything Sleeveless.

Enjoy your weekend, cats and kittens.  I’ll be sitting on my couch, watching documentaries, and ploughing through 4 inches of 1×1 ribbing.  On 220 stitches.  Pictures may or may not be forthcoming.  I’m just happy to keep my head about water right now.

1. For the even-more insatiably curious:  The game is called “Accordion” and it’s the first game out of an an ancient, ancient downloaded solitaire software program called SolSuite 2001.  I decided I had to stop playing Algerian Patience and try one of the other 100 or so games that I’ve been ignoring for 8 years.  I wanted to win at least one hand of each of game, going down the list, in alphabetical order.  “Accordion” is first on the list.  Yes, I am rigid and dogmatic; why do you ask? [↩]
2. It’s not. [↩]
3. Definitely not.  Dream in Color Smooshy is one of my favorites [↩]
4. I’m currently working on a cabled vest in a dark fuchsia merino-cashmere blend.  I’ve got a few months to work on it so it can be immediately-wearable come fall. [↩]

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