7.5km into our 10km hike from Manly to the Spit today, I was looking down at a water dragon and walked headfirst into a sawn-off tree branch. Hard. I saw stars. My cap kept me from serious injury, but within minutes I could feel a lump forming. It took us another 30min to get to a cafe where I could get some ice. It hurts like a bastard but I’m hoping my hat is providing some compression until I can get home. No bruise yet, but that’ll be next. Haven’t done that since I was a kid! 🤕
I’m making progress on this cowl, getting through the lace and cable section tonight. I’m pretty sure I somehow inserted a row in the last repeat though, probably due to excitement watching the Shoresy Season 2 finale. I reckon I’ll leave it though…
Mr. Snook got rid of a lot of his homebrewing gear before we moved to Germany, and he’s taken his time since we’ve been back deciding what his new setup will be. He finally decided to go all-in on Kegland Mini-Kegs, getting two 5L and a 10L to start. He’s having a lot of fun playing with them already! Next step is to actually fill them with beer… 🍺
We joined a few folks for a belated birthday lunch today for my old friend Kunaal. He may be greyer and beardier than he used to be, but he still regaled us all with tales from his amateur cricket triumphs. Happy birthday, buddy!! 🎂❤️
This is so freaking cool. Someone designed and 3D-printed a knitting machine! 🧶
Happy International Women’s Day! Today I spent the whole day at the Girls’ Programming Network event at UTS, where we taught 120+ girls how to code in Python. It was controlled chaos, but everybody had a ton of fun! At the last minute I got roped into giving the lecture on opening and working with files, but I smashed it and it seemed to land well. (I told them repeatedly that computers are dumb, which is always a crowd-pleaser.) I even got a shout out in one of the students’ end of day surveys! I also got to eat an entire Dominoes garlic bread all by myself, so… best day ever. ❤️
In honour of International Women’s Day, I’m volunteering at a couple different events for women and girls this weekend. The first was today’s Thread Together’s “mobile wardrobe” at the Newtown Community Center. Thread Together receives donations of unsold, new clothing would otherwise go to landfill and distributes it to the community. Today we gave nearly 100 women each a new dress, hat, scarf, sunglasses, and a grab bag of jewellery. I was on hat duty! Everyone had a great time and was so appreciative, and fortunately the weather cooperated. ❤️👗☀️
