Wildcard Wednesday

A quick update to say that I am feeling better and suspect I have/had a mild case of pleurisy. At least, that’s what Doctor Google indicates. I still have some shoulder pain and a dry cough, if I’m not better by the end of the week I will call the actual doctor and not the one who lives in my head and on the internet.

We made up for a meh weekend by getting lobsters on Monday. Dale had the grocery store cook them (not my preference but it works in a pinch) and we each had one Monday night with butter and some new potatoes and last night as lobster rolls. No photos (I tried but they are not.good) but I’m putting it here to remind myself that the lobster rolls I make at home are better (and cheaper) than any I can get at a restaurant. I do miss the water view, though.

I haven’t knit a stitch in weeks. I have ideas and then . . . nothing. I know a big part of this is that it’s too hot upstairs in my house to spend time in my studio admiring, choosing, and winding yarn. Like the bit about the lobster rolls, I’m putting this here to remind myself that I want to knit and I need to make it a priority or it won’t happen.

The lack of knitting might explain why I’m way ahead on my reading goal for the year. I’ve already finished 52 books and I set a goal of 70. GoodReads tells me that’s 11 books ahead of schedule. My goal is always pretty arbitrary and I don’t really care if I make it or not but I set aside a certain number of pages in my Hobonichi Weeks for book cover stickers and I’m going to run out of space at this rate. This is where I tell myself to lighten up and be flexible and it doesn’t matter.

The Olympics are great and we’ve been enjoying watching them.

The Kamala Harris and Tim Walz ticket is giving me hope. And all the feels.

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  1. I really hope you are better and soon! (Pleurisy is no fun at all!) I watched the “introduction” from Philly last night and my heart was so full of joy, I had some joyful tears leaking out of my eyes! I got my list from Vote Forward… yes, I will be writing some letters to voters!

  2. Hope you’re feeling more normal soon. I hear you on the heat. We’ve been so hot without our usual more refreshing days breaking up the heat. I have a lot of ideas, but can’t quite work up the energy to do them. We’re supposed to get several cooler days and I have so many things I want to do. If I’m honest, I suspect the first day may largely be about reveling in the cooler weather.

  3. Lobsters on a weeknight sounds like a celebration! I get the not knitting thing. It’s been too hot to knit here much of the summer but I try to make myself do it so I can actually finish my HotM (but then I make mistakes). Someday we’ll have nice cool temperatures and low humidity again!

  4. Sounds as though we are all so tired of the soupy weather we’ve been having. It’s been difficult to get motivated to do anything other than stare into space! I hope it breaks soon for all of us. And I hope you are truly on the mend and feeling better each day. Being sick is no fun and being sick when the weather is miserable is even worse. Take care!

  5. I haven’t knit in weeks either!!! I don’t think it has to do with the weather (because (a) I have air conditioning, (b) our weather has been cooler than yours, and (b) my stash lives in the coolest part of my house. . . ) I’m glad you’re feeling better, Carole. Pleurisy, though? That sounds like a downright old-timey disease that they should have gotten rid of by now, doesn’t it? (Also it sounds miserable. . . ) And I think that both the Olympics AND the Harris/Walz ticket have figured out that we’re all ready to feel GOOD about things again — to laugh and feel hopeful again. So refreshing!!!

  6. Hoping you’re feeling back to normal soon! My Goodreads stat is opposite…5 books behind I think! Vacation ahead should remedy that soon.

  8. Ugh, pleurisy sounds miserable. I do hope it improves — and I’m glad you’re planning to call the real doctor if it doesn’t.

    I think when you’re not feeling good and it’s miserably hot, it’s very hard to get motivated to do anything. So don’t be too hard on yourself. I imagine that once you’re feeling yourself again and the weather starts to get cooled off, you’ll be knitting again!

  9. so glad you’re feeling better … and I’m sure the JOY and HOPE coming out of the Harris/Walz campaign isn’t hurting either!

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