week's almost over

 Yesterday was long but at least it is easier to use the cane and the smaller brace. When I got home, a few packages of things I had ordered came, and were much easier to get off the porch. (A book that came while I was still on crutches, I had to push it into the house and scoot it over to a chair where I could sit and grab it off the floor).

One of the packages was.....more books. Bookshop was doing a discount for ordering a while back, and there were a couple books I wanted:

I'd never read James McBride before (that I can remember) but I read a review of this one and it looked interesting and I just want a diverting novel (I'm almost done with Uncle Bernac and admit I'm a bit burnt out on it, the protagonist keeps fanboying Napoleon and it's a little....much....)

The book on the moon is a popular science/humanities and science book, I saw someone talking about it on Bluesky (it's brand new) and I wanted to read it. And the Craeft book (about traditional craft) just seemed interesting. 

I didn't start any of them yet; I want to finish Uncle Bernac and I was knitting tonight on the second sock:

I got the heel turned and the gusset stitches picked up, and a few rounds of the gusset decreases done.

For next week, I have to figure out what to take as invigilating knitting - I give two exams at the end of the week. I'm not sure whether to consider pulling Chalcedony back out, or starting a new thing. (Or taking the Orchard and Vine scarf, maybe). I will have this weekend to consider it, I still need to be fairly sedentary to try to let my knee heal.

The other mail order item? A totally dumb comfort purchase but it amuses me. After the horrific wal-mart trip Tuesday (but before the better doctor's appointment), I saw a silly stuffed toy advertised. The person called it a Shorse but I had seen it before - and I think the place I bought it from (Randimals) was the originator - called the Hork. 

It is a hybrid horse/shark. Like I said: dumb and silly, but the Randimals site had a silly little video with the Hork "talking" to people and I am a sucker for that kind of thing (yes, I am a "crouton petter" from way back). Anyway, there was something dumbly appealing about it, and I like horses and also sharks, so I ordered one.

And amazingly - it's fulfilled through Amazon delivery - it came in ONE DAY

that is impossible for here. Even two-day shipped items can take a week.

But nope, I got home yesterday afternoon and there he was

I named him Bruce. Both because I think they nicknamed the shark in Jaws "Bruce" (IIRC) and also, the Hork in that ad speaks in an Aussie accent, and of course Bruce is the stereotypical Aussie man's name. (And there's that "Philosophy Department, University of Woolloomooloo" sketch from Monty Python). 

And Bruce fits as a name.

I kinda love Bruce; he's ridiculous and I like ridiculous things