Knitting and Netflix

     An amazing thing happened this week, I was able to think.  To most people this is something that comes naturally but when you're in survival mode and have chronic brainfog thinking isn't at the top of your list.  Yes I can almost always think enough to get me through the day but there's something that feels like its slowing your brain down, so when that clears its amazing!
     Since I've been able to think more I've switched from watching movies I've seen a hundred times to documentaries and I've been loving the feeling of learning!  So far I've watched one about Leonardo Da Vinci and one about Winston Churchill (both on Netflix, btw).  I've found out that I really like history, it's basically just stories about people and I like that.  Another movie that I watched was Gifted Hands, about presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson doing the first ever separation of twins conjoined by the head.  There were quite a few surgical scenes that I didn't watch (because ew gross) and it wasn't a documentary but it was still quite interesting (again this one is on Netflix).
     The next thing I've been doing is knitting, which has helped me feel like I'm accomplishing something.  I found a super easy pattern/tutorial on Pinterest for baby booties and I've been knitting them like crazy.  I had to reteach myself (with the help of my mom and Youtube) how to knit but other than that its been simple, which makes it easy to finish in a day.  It's nice to be able to hold something and say "I made a thing!".  Here's some pictures:

This is the first one I ever made:)

The booties I've made in the last week or so minus a pair I sent as a baby shower gift.

I plan on making a bunch of the white ones because they are so soft!

 I'm super proud of this egg plant purple scarf I knitted over the course of 2 days

 because last time I made one it took me a couple of weeks.

I made hot pot holders for my mom's birthday coming up next month, 

I may have ruined the surprise but I know she likes them:)

     Last week I also came to terms with the fact that my hair was just too long to manage.  I couldn't brush it or do it myself and I started to feel like that was rather selfish, so I cut off 8 inches.  Here's the ponytail that I'm going to donate to the organization Children With Hair Loss:

     Lastly I've had some friends ask about the bed bike that I talked about in my last post.  So far I've used it once and it went pretty well.  I actually have to lay on the floor to use it because its unstable when I put it on my memory foam topped bed, but the floor is just fine.  I might try wearing shoes next time to see if that makes it easier, but so far so good.  I decided that since I was taking photos of everything else and you probably don't know what a bed bike looks like I'd give you a little better idea.

     Hopefully all this positivity can continue and I'll be able to do a little more every week:)