walked instead of taking the train, mostly because i'd been folded over the bench all day and wanted to feel like a person with legs, which apparently i am, though the first few blocks were stiff
once i stopped staring at my phone my neck could actually move, cool air on my face and my hands finally warm outside the shop
the skin between two fingers stung when i put them in my pocket, had forgotten about that little cracked patch
bought a sandwich and ate it sitting down, radical concept
by the time i got home the headache behind my eye had eased, not gone, but enough that i left the bench light off for once

my sister asked me to come with her to look at something for her room, not fix a watch or carry a box, just come along, and i nearly said i had work because apparently an invitation requires a defensive response
went anyway, she talked most of the way and i was honestly relieved not to have to produce an interesting version of myself
she picked the lamp i thought was ugly, asked again, bought it anyway lol
felt good being included without being useful
then she said we should do it again and i said yeah definitely in the most awkward voice available, but i meant it, hope that part came across

someone on the forum posted a movement i'd never seen and i spent an hour trying to identify it from the bridge shape before noticing they'd already put the caliber in the caption, excellent observational work from me
still learned something comparing the layouts, though, especially where the parts had to fit around the winding arrangement
i like trying to work out why a thing was made that way before reading the explanation, except i usually get impatient and look it up
saved two pictures to sketch tomorrow, just the big shapes, not another plan for a whole watch i'll never start
kind of want to understand the space before worrying about the tiny parts