Here I sit, watching the Olympics on a Saturday afternoon. It's not what I'd planned on doing today, but it's what I am doing. I'd planned on getting my new raised beds out and putting the water seal stuff on them, but I'm not. It's supposed to rain for the next few days, but I didn't see that as a problem. I'd just pull the car out and do it in the car port. In the end, I just didn't feel like it. Eh, I can't plant outside for two more months anyway. I have plenty of time to get it done.
Ever since I woke up with the epizoodies last Saturday, I haven't felt quite right. I feel better, just not 100%. I mostly just feel weak and shaky, and a bit lightheaded at times. I admit, a lot of that may have to do with getting up at 3:30 AM for work the last three days. The older I get, the harder it is to adjust. I've basically been coming home and collapsing at the end of the day.
Despite feeling puny and coughing so much my chest, back, neck and head are so very sore, I did manage to finish this jigsaw puzzle.
It was....challenging. Let's just put it that way. It was challenging because the pieces were very irregular, and didn't follow the standard jigsaw shapes. To add to the confusion, I had extra pieces.
Once I'd figured out they were duplicates, I remembered them from the first time I'd worked this puzzle all those years ago. I don't know why I didn't toss them then, but they've been tossed now. If ever I decide to work this one again, I won't have that to deal with. I wonder, though, if I have extra pieces, did someone else get a puzzle with missing pieces? How disappointing that would be!
I got this one out to do next, but haven't started it yet.
I need to move my card table into the living room where I can watch TV while I'm working on puzzles. That might get them done more quickly, even though it's not a race.
So, while I've been watching Olympics, I began a new hat.
Yarn: Red Heart Super Saver Bitty Stripes
Colorway: Crayon Box
Pattern: Basic Beanie
Needles: US 8/ 5 mm
This yarn is quickly becoming my go-to for these hats. It's soft, easy to knit with, and I love the colors. I still have some solid color yarns to use up -- most of which was given to me by friends who were de-stashing.
Other than that, the big project for today, since I didn't do my raised beds, was to get MartyMac out of the crisper drawer in the fridge and set him on the plant shelf so he could start warming up.
Since I live in the South with our wild temperature swings, it was recommended* that I put him into the refrigerator for dormancy to keep him at a consistent cold temperature. You know, just in case you were wondering why he was in my crisper drawer.
I usually get him back out mid-February to start warming up, then at the beginning of March, I put him back outside. I'll cover him if we have a late frost, but they're very cold hardy. I know some people leave theirs outside all winter and they're fine.
First thing I did was to trim off all the dead traps left from last year.
I know it looks like a lot, but as long as the rhizome is healthy, he'll be fine.
When I was putting him on the plant shelf, look what I found.
This crazy thing is trying to bloom again. That's why I call them my Whatever Cactus.
The only other thing I did today was try to figure out how I got a Real ID. I'd heard other people say it was such a headache and they didn't fly enough to go through all the trouble to get one, and it was all just a big money grab anyway, so I was curious. I even asked on Facebook what people had to do to get theirs, and depending on which state they are in, some people were required to bring six different forms of ID to get it. Others who had been married and divorced multiple times said they had to bring ALL of their marriage licenses and divorce decrees, so they could track all of the name changes.
All I had to do was renew my driver license. I'd done that back in 2023, and I even renewed online. When I got my new license, it was a Real ID, and I didn't have to show them anything. The only thing I can think of is that I have my state firearms permit -- which I've kept updated even though Mississippi is a Constitutional Carry state.
I had to turn in a crap-ton of paperwork to get that done, and get myself fingerprinted to boot. When I got it renewed the first time, I even took my DD-214 up there so I could get my Instructor Certified sticker. Which isn't a sticker. It's just printed on the ID.
Navy normally doesn't have to qualify with weapons -- unless you're special forces or military police -- but since I was Auxiliary Security, I got my pistol quals.
Now, at least in my state, I can get my firearms permit renewed through the mail. They said, "There is no need to go get fingerprinted again, because your fingerprints don't change." They still do the background check and all, but they mail you all the forms before your current permit expires and you have plenty of time to get it all filled out and turned in.
On the other hand, I did have to show a birth certificate to get my permit way back when I was 15, so that will still be on file, too. Oh well, I have one and that's the point.
And finally, I somehow ended up with a promotional credit from Amazon video, so I used it to buy The Hollow Crown. Shakespeare.
What can I say? I am who I am.
Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go watch the rest of this Olympic hockey game between the US and Denmark.
USA! USA!! USA!!!
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