most noticeable thing about it was that it took place. after two days off in a row last week and then a weekend, i was starting to wonder if my unconscious was quitting without notifying the rest of me. also wasn't sure what kind of ride it was going to be, since four days off is (i think) the longest i've taken since back in the fall when i was sick. and i spent the whole weekend in pjs and a slouched position, eating junk food and knitting like a dufarge. it's all been a slightly surreal kind of struggle lately with all that darkness, so i felt like i couldn't really remember the ride or make imyself believe that i do it.

but it was great. woke up tired and strung out and put on that don't-think-just-do mental blinker, promising myself that i could stop to take stock once i got to the top of the bridge. the weather's been unsettling me. it's not uncomfortably cold, but cold enough to put a thin film of ice on everything and make even going places on foot feel like something you never got the hang of.

also put on my pair of ridiculously-chunky part-wool socks that i made on the weekend, just for curiosity's sake. they're like instant hobbit feet, so i thought they'd feel awful, but once i forced them into my boots they were lovely. warm and springy and just-right in every way. not sweaty at all. come next week i'm going to barricade myself into a corner away from the cat and knit me a whole flock of socks.

nice ride in the morning. really nice ride home too. i think the rest was good for me. i feel a bit sore, but that's a so-much-better feeling than the tooth-gritting aches of the past couple of weeks. and i'm not renewing even an extra day of my contract, so yee hah. two weeks and two days is all i'll have to do once the new year arrives, and then i might even get a chance to go talk to a physio.

songs: gonna be an engineer, peggy seeger; grey funnel line, traditional