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Got pinged by the state preregistration service yesterday with a notice that there were slots available at the mass vaccination sites near me. I appreciated the thought, and honestly it was faster than I was expecting, but I canceled everything and backed out. I'd set it in motion on Saturday about two hours before finding the slot at CVS.

Speaking of which, yesterday was all right. I had soreness at the injection site, as well as stiffness in that upper arm. For a good part of the day it hurt more than I cared to deal with if I tried to raise my left arm above a 90 degree angle, but by the time I went to bed the pain only really kicked in when I was close to having the arm straight up and down. I was tired most of yesterday, too, but I think that had more to do with not having been able to find an easy sleep position the night before due to the sore arm.

This morning there is a little bit of soreness in that arm. Otherwise, I'm good. Still booked the day of injection 2 and the day after as vacation days, though. You know. Just in case.

Meanwhile, working my way through my second attempt at making a T-shirt from the pattern I drafted. Sleeves are weird. I think the next time I do a knit shirt with sleeves I'll use someone else's pattern, ideally with notes on what I'm supposed to do to match things up and what gets stretched or not. Probably going to do either leggings or underwear next with knits, though- I have patterns for both low-rise and higher-rise underpants and it's a small, comparatively short project that I can do multiples of, so long as I have the right elastic. I'm expecting a shipment from artbeads.com soon, though, so I'll probably have a few more climbers made up before that- and be able to do some new Etsy listings for the various Pride options, possibly with option dropdowns for 'gray niobium/yellow anodized niobium/bronze niobium/gold-filled/Argentium silver'. Still have to work out how I want to split the options for listing purposes. Also I need to put together one or two of the inclusivity Pride flag climbers, with black and brown in addition to the six colors. As long as I stick to 3mm bicones that shouldn't be too long to look right.

.... ooh, I should get an order in with Las Vegas Rhinestones just to make sure I have emerald green cupchain available, that's like one of my most popular non-Pride climber items.

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Joyful realization I had the other day: having gotten my first shot and scheduled my second, I could remove the Twitter app from my phone. I'd reinstalled it specifically to give me notifications from the vaccinetime account, which is a bot that that reports whenever blocks of vaccinations become available in Massachusetts and provides a link to sign up.

I don't need the notifications any more, so the app goes away.

I still have my Twitter account for Crowmark Creations, if only so I can post about 'I made a jewelry thing!', but the more difficult it is for me to randomly browse Twitter, the better it is for my mental health.

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note to self: yes, very good, you got the new T-shirt finished, but next time please TRY and make a point of pressing the side seams in the appropriate direction immediately after you sew them, otherwise you will sew them down facing the wrong way when you stitch the hem, and your hems on knit items have enough problems as it stands

I will try to get a picture of the shirt in situ later, or possibly after it's been through the wash. It's not great but given that it's maybe my third time sewing with knits (not counting making my first few masks out of T-shirt fabric, before I knew what the hell I was doing with anything whatsoever), I'm not too upset about it. I will be following a professional pattern the next few times rather than one I drafted myself that comes with no instructions beyond five different web sites' "and then you do this!" spiels.

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Not gonna put up a picture of the shirt after all. I tried something different with setting in the sleeves this time and the result was a weird puffy effect that just looks bizarre. I'm keeping it, but it's getting worn on, like, laundry day.

the next time I try to do a T shirt I will use someone else's pattern, because it will come with very specific instructions.