The Male Hysteric

 All this news about the international supply chain woes makes me want to hoard things I really don’t need which I know is Bad, but also… well, what if I can’t get Things?

At the very least, I got a new job, and the office is freezing so I can get good use of all the socks and sweaters I made during the pandemic.

I was thinking these socks had had it -- they're felted to all hell but somehow still fit -- but I am trying mending them instead. I didn't have any of the original pink yarn so I used a matching-ish green. Pictured is the inside and that's really all you can see of it anyway. It's invisible from the outside.

It looks great. The real test will be how well it holds up in the wash, though.

I hope I haven't concerned you too much by talking about a surgery and disappearing for a while. I had my left leg done at the beginning of December (I wanted to do it in November but the doc was scheduled up), and am hopefully going to get my stitches out tomorrow. I know that the surgery on the right leg worked because between the surgeries I was able to get to the point of exertion to trigger my left leg's problems and they had disappeared. Hopefully I will be able to try out the left soon but I probably won't be able to jog again for a couple more weeks.

There are still significant numb spots on my right leg. According to the doctor the nerve was entrapped for a long time and it will take a significant amount of time to heal (months). It's since turned out that the left leg's nerve was less borked so the first couple days were significantly more painful but at this point it's just itchy and obnoxious and I just want the stitches out.

Honestly for the past few months I've had a lot of other issues, mostly mental health. I think I've gotten my medication worked out to the point that I'm feeling a lot better. It's just A Lot and considering all I still have to do especially early next year I'm still very anxious, but at least it's down to a more reasonable level about things that are actually happening.

Instead of writing or doing anything really useful I've been knitting a lot. Specifically, socks. These are some new ones I plan to wear once the surgical dressing is gone. Wish me luck.