2025-09-27: laid up (a bit)

hurt myself yesterday, and now moving is hard. haven't done this since i think elementary school. 33, 34 years? something like that. ice & advil & i've got a topical anti-inflammatory i'm putting on at night. the swelling's not too bad. not the enormous bulge i remember from last time. but enough that i'm slow, & not doing much. this afternoon, my partner is out, and i'm sitting back with a couple of books, a cup of tea, the knowledge i need to get some practicing done on guitar, too.

speaking of which. going to mess around with running my signal to two amps. putting a delay signal of like, 40ms before the second. curious to see how this sounds. i've been thinking of getting a doubler pedal. it's not the same, but it's sorta partway there.

i've booked a trip next month to see my family. been a year-ish since i've seen most of them. looking forward to it. we've got a little cottage near the sea. lots of trails, etc. hoping i'm a little more mobile.

i feel better than i did last week, despite the pain. something i try to tell myself: things are never as bad as they feel right now.

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