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[debka_notion]

I had two different competing potential plans for tonight: the cantorial choir concert or dancing- I desperately need to get dancing somewhere where I can do some couples dances where there's actual lead and follow happening, if for no reason other than that I stop wanting to dance whenever I'm standing around, which is a silly habit that I'm trying to curb. Said plans quickly became three options: the two above or an early night to bed. And then at mincha, a chance to listen to/talk with Rabbi Gillman and be fed was going on this evening. I chose the last plan, and listened, talked and crocheted. (I've now made a nice kippah that is dark red with gold sparkles: should be good for shabbos and such: now if I can ever finally get the right size hook for the bunch of crochet thread I bought online- they didn't have them at the store I went to locally, I can play with a bunch of other colors now too.) After that, the plan was to do a bit of work and go to bed early. Well, it's now 10:30ish- if I get to bed soon, that still counts as early, right? Even if it's really only slightly before the time I Should go to bed normally- it just is significantly earlier than the usual bedtime.

The conversation was good to hear though: the starting topic was the soul, and things just sort of flowed from there. No answers, but it was accessible enough that I got the gist of what was going on with the occasional gloss from Steve and the nice lady sitting on the other side of me who was a metaphysics teacher, and it's good to keep those thought processes open and working.

Only other events of the day worth mentioning was the fruition of my soup-making and distributing plan from yesterday: I made a big crockpot full of soup and it ended up with 4 sick friends and such and one overworked and overtired friend. It was nice to be helpful, and it gave me that nice little "I'm being useful" burst- can't say some part of it wasn't selfish.

Ok, bedtime in hopes of being far more productive and such tomorrow.

Comments

[margavriel.livejournal.com]

I made a big crockpot full of soup and it ended up with 4 sick friends and such and one overworked and overtired friend. It was nice to be helpful, and it gave me that nice little "I'm being useful" burst- can't say some part of it wasn't selfish.

That always does feel good. I tend to find הכנסת אורחים a very emotionally rewarding experience, especially when the guests are very appreciative.

[debka-notion.livejournal.com]

Err, this wasn't hakhnasat orchim, it was just "here's some soup, I've got to run" for the most part. Just being handy, nothing more specific.

[margavriel.livejournal.com]

Oh, you didn't sit there while they ate it? I see. That's still fulfilling, though much less so (at least in my experience).

[debka-notion.livejournal.com]

Well, I didn't do it so it would be fulfilling, I did it so that my friends would have something to eat that would be warm and easy and that they didn't have to make.

[margavriel.livejournal.com]

Well in that case, it was full-filling! :-)

[eliyahu5733.livejournal.com]

Well, for whatever reason you did it, it was very much appreciated & a very pleasant surprise after a day of feeling lousy :)

[debka-notion.livejournal.com]

Glad it was cheering. I hadn't even known you weren't feeling well until I was fussing on facebook for a moment. So- I guess the internet is useful afterall- for finding out that one's neighbors are sick, if nothign else...

[sharonaf.livejournal.com]

What size hook do you need? We have a couple of well-stocked craft stores in the neighborhood, and they might well have one. I've got a pretty complete hook collection myself.
What size thread is it, and what size hook do you want?

[debka-notion.livejournal.com]

I'm looking for a 5 or 6, but the really little sort, not the letter-number sort. The thread is a size 10. (In other words, larger than the stuff usually used for kippot, but not large enough to be yarn-sized. The thin-yarn sort of thickness is what I've been using, with a B-1 hook.) Does that make sense? I'm getting my info from a friend, so...