Monday Morning Rambly Bits

-- Purim was good, if busy. Megillah at night, then Megillah-seudah-mishloach manot delivery, then Shabbat prep.

-- Friday dinner with arib's parents and Shabbat lunch with lucretia_borgia and sethg_prime removed *some* of the pre-Shabbat crazy, but it always seems like, even when I don't have a ton of Shabbat cooking to do, the amount of prep spreads to fill all available time.

-- Soon I will segue into the pre-Pesach crazy. This year we're not traveling (except to lcmlc and Abba for the sedarim), so the whole place has to be Pesach-friendly. I will likely start the process this week (I couldn't bring myself to start yesterday, even though that would've been smart).

-- Speaking of Pesach, I said last night to a friend that I had a wish: that Jewish leap years (such as this one) had, instead of Adar I and Adar II, Nissan I and Nissan II. Following the Adar pattern, we'd have Pesach Katan (little Passover) in Nissan I, and the real Pesach would be in Nissan II, thus giving us a whole extra month to do Pesach prep.

-- What did I do instead of Pesach stuff yesterday? I knit. Specifically, I worked on these socks:
( Well, this one is finished now and I'm working on the second, but same deal )

-- Relatedly, now that they've been received, I can show off these, which I knit for thespisgeoff:
( This way to the picture )