The SciShow folks doing their usual solid short-form documentary work on a topic that's personally dear to at least a couple of their own staff: a 101-level intro to hormone replacement/gender-affirming hormone therapies. :heart_transgender: Suitable for sharing with teachable cis friends and family.
Well-meaning able-bodied neurotypical "helpers" firing off rapid-fire questions at me like "do you want this? How about this? Or this? Just tell us what you need" but not giving my neurospicy brain space to react, till I have to interrupt crying "please STOP!! so I can even think enough to form words, let alone figure out what I need-- and wait I didn't tell you to do THAT, give me a moment PLEASE!"
I swear, just now a "helper" tried to move the container I'd just set down within easy arm reach to put it back in the out-of-reach spot I'd just moved it from because they thought it was awkwardly balanced. I literally had to grab it out of their hand and put it back where I wanted it - and they even tried to question me about it! Arrggg!!!
Stopping for some absorption of nature vibes and caffeine before taking my mail-in ballot to the drive-up box at the post office. This disabled person and their cranky AF body appreciate the heck out of Oregon vote-by-mail, let me tell ya.
My brain decided I needed an especially chaotic earworm, and so this ditty has been stuck on my mental soundtrack for the past three days. Early Frank is some of the wildest Frank. 💖
"This one was having so much fun jumping down the big hole in the Sword-Singer's Redoubt courtyard that he didn't even notice this handy magic rope until now. He'll probably just keep on jumping down because it's funner, but he won't turn down taking the magic rope back up to the top again!"
If I had smell-o-vision, I would also upload the delightful fragrance of newly mown grass, as the park rolls out its maintenance gear to keep up with the landscaping.
Finished a second granny square today. New one's on the left, previous one on the right, just to show how different they look just from reversing the row color order. More rainbow variations to come!
I celebrated today's summer-ish weather by hanging out on my porch all afternoon making this. I have no idea what this granny square will eventually become - that depends partly on how many more squares I can squeeze out of this stash of odds and ends of cotton yarn I'm using up. I'm less into the destination and more into the relaxing journey with this project TBH. And the rainbows. There will be variations on the rainbows, that I've already decided. 🌈
The joy of hanging on my still-sorta-new apartment's porch on a warm sunny day, drinking my coffee, watching the neighbors go by, and listening to my wind chime and others in the neighborhood sing. Home is good.