This Week: 2015.05.29

Chaos Tamed

• Fixed the Ravelry icon issue! Now Rav links will show an R logo next to them to indicate when it's an external site (which may require login). For future reference, the CSS code is below, and I found the URL by adding the photo to a Blogger post, then checking the HTML instead of Compose view. Just another example of when overly user-friendly UI is not actually user-friendly (same for the path-naming, eesh).
a.ravelry {
  padding-right: 20px;
  background: transparent url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL_nzGYgqt1_OR0aPfbKa1Mj7ErawCM0dkibD-jMSULON8n03cV8pj7XVbRMqcoe6-MDM3lql-HTY24fMdvne6OMlVkkYIaGpON72qD27mMCsFFqSTvpcfDdpRJqsBv98fpdEv-jDXhvo/s1600/rav_r.ico) no-repeat top right;
}
• Wove in all the ends left over so far on the Keene Vest, then added both armhole bands (and started weaving in those ends, too!).
• Bus knitting: started the second Spock Sock; I'm up to the heel. The first is basically finished, but I didn't BO in case I need to do any finagling to get the second to match. So far, however, the color changes are only off by about a round or so, which I can live with. It's amazing how concerned I am with tension all of a sudden -- trying to tighten/loosen to ensure I use up the yarn at the same rate as the first sock -- which will probably end up being a waste of concern, but at least it distracts me from thinking about work.
• Had "A Talk" at work. It was probably one of the most uncomfortable things I've had to do, and I'm sure I didn't articulate well at all, but it had to be done. I didn't get the huge sigh of relief I was expecting at the end, but I'm still hopeful that it will improve things and ultimately lower my stress levels and increase morale. I am aware that it may get worse before it gets better.
• I ordered SO many things. Baby things for a cousin's shower, yarn for a (different baby's) blanket, also new sneakers and new tops for me -- both of which I've been putting off shopping in an actual store for, well, months. I'm not a fan of ordering clothing online, but at least it's progress, eh? Expect this to appear in the "Chaos Unleashed" column next week when my apartment is littered with packages and I have to deal with returns.

Chaos Unleashed

• Those overtime nights I worked last week? Half of those were for a feature that unexpectedly got removed this week. So that was a waste of time that could've been spent doing anything else had it been known earlier.
• The Ocean Breeze yarn I ordered the other week came in and needs to be photographed and properly stored until I finish the Spock Socks (psh, like project monogamy ever works for me). More yarn is expected today or tomorrow for a baby blanket and a shawl. I'm at the point again where I fancy myself to be a wonderfully prolific knitter/crocheter who churns out projects like it's nobody's business. That is very much NOT the case, but I can't seem to help ordering yarn as if it were.
• I have so many things saved to Pocket that the app has trouble opening now: it gets stuck on a spinner until I kill it and re-launch. I really need to find the time to either delete articles or write up response posts for them.