Little more sock

 I'm up to the heel flap on the current socks (I can't remember which line of Opal it was, and I don't have the ball band handy, if I even kept it).

I think I like it better now. It's bright, but it reminds me a little of Easter eggs

 Other than that, it's just hot. We're going to be in the low 100s this weekend so I guess I don't go out and do anything.

I also realized today that perhaps part of my summer malaise is that a lot of the things I think of when I think of "comfort things," I think of things like wrapping up in a blanket or making a cup of tea or putting on a big sweatshirt, and none of those are remotely appealing when it's this hot, and I can't really think of anything equally comforting that's hot-weather friendly. And here, hot weather just has to be outlasted - it an go until October some years. 

Also the news of the world, large and small, continues to be distressing, and I guess that's just something that also has to be outlasted.  Sometimes I feel like it would be easier if I had family nearby but that's not possible either.