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spritechan) wrote2017-10-16 12:51 pm
Ahhhh
Oh no, I'm back to only sleeping as my hobby when I'm not at work! I hate not having the energy to do the things I love, because I have been soooo in the mood to knit my socks or play ITG.
I started a pair of socks in Gauge Dyeworks yarn, and good lord is it amazingly soft and perfect. I would make socks forever out of only that brand. Steve and I went to Half Price Books when we were in Madison the other weekend and I bought a sock book. It was perfect for my needs — it had half the patterns in top-down construction, half the patterns in toe-up construction, and maaaaany different techniques for both, including general sock design.
I had bought a pair of sock needles in a new brand from my yarn shop, and they are nice and firm and sharp, but they are TERRIBLE. They're made of two materials, and after knitting only one pair of socks, one of the tips came off of a needle, and several more have gaps. Awful. So I googled the best sock needles and ordered a set off Amazon. Omg you guys, they are AMAZING. Not only are they sharp and beautiful and one material, but they are the first needles I have ever owned where the size is ETCHED into the needle (as opposed to stamped), so it will never rub off!!!
Anyway, I got about halfway up one foot before I realized that the sock was going to be too big for my small feet. So I tore it all out and started over with a new cast-on technique and smaller needles, now that I have them.
On Thursday Ben streamed ITG for a little bit, and that was super fun to watch. It made me so sad that I've fallen off the wagon again, because I was actually getting to be decently good. And that tournament that Dmac wants us to participate in is only a month away and now I'm DEFINITELY too out of practice currently to even hope for that.
Which reminds me, holy crap I am so large right now. It's frustrating when you receive so much positivity from the males in your life about your current size (my already ample chest, thighs, and booty are just exponentially larger these days), but you cannot be happy with them because none of your pants fit and many of your shirts don't either. And even though your face is cute, it's still getting more of a double-chin these days. I need to get back into being active beyond my teacherly moving around. For context, I'm just under 5'2 and I weigh 151 pounds currently. I wear it far better somehow than I did 135 when I was 21 but it's still not comfortable.
Ughhhh and I've had UTI problems since like last Tuesday, and it's been AWFUL. It makes literally no sense as to why I'd be in pain right now. Like, MAYBE I'm not drinking enough water? But with the bidet I'm cleaner than ever, and I KNOW that the last time I had sex I showered immediately after. GOD!!!!! Stress contributes too I guess. I ordered a prescription on Saturday but instead of sending it to my regular pharmacy, they sent it to a hospital pharmacy??? And then when I asked them to send it to my regular pharmacy, they just charged a second one to my insurance, so I couldn't get it filled anyway. I had to drive all the way downtown Minneapolis to the basement of HCMC hospital for their creepy pharmacy (inconveniently located next to US Bank stadium and everyone was there for the Vikings/Packers game). I sent Haley funny snaps as I passed the acute psych ward — just teasing her for when we were there just about this exact time last year when she was suicidal, which led to her PHP (partial hospitalization) stint and one of the most lucid Haleys I've known in years. Memories!
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Maybe you have more muscle than you did before, so the weight is higher because of that, and looks better because of that? Muscle makes a BIG difference. I'm 5'2 or 5'1 and weigh roughly 122-125 but people are often surprised when I tell them that because I "look so much smaller." It's the muscle.
Could you be overusing the bidet? That does play a role...
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Sometimes my muscle mass plays a role for me, but currently I am just a fat lazy lump who sleeps and eats too much :P
Bidets are far more hygienic for than toilet paper, and are supposed to help with UTI issues. That's a huge part of the reason I got one! But I only generally use it for #2, or if I feel like I need a refresher on my period. But I don't usually hit my urethra area with the spray.
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