Adventures in massage and knitting projects

So this was week two of having Mr. Fabulous Massage Therapist come over at 9:30. He'd mentioned cupping last week and I knew of it- so we did that today, in addition to some more serious body work, but also Swedish massage, which is more theraputic. The cupping effects were very interesting: as you can see by pics below, there's something major going on in my left rotator cuff, which is very dark.
( cut for my bony spine and cupping circles )

So I took a shortish hot soak in epsom salts and now am thinking about lunch and writing (two stories now! :D) and knitting. Here's a pic of my the current status of my work in progress Celtic-braid bottomed cardigan:

The 'helper' is my dæmon (a la Philip Pullman), Gymnopedie. My youngest stepsister is expecting her first child in a week or so, and I'd not busted myself to knit something for her because she, too, is a knitter extraordinare. But then it occurred to me that I had plenty of the colorway yarn of the baby sweater I knitted for my brother and I could knit a cute hat that would be its partner! And I checked my yarn stash this morning and I can make this hat, the one in the bottom left.

So I'm having a fabulous Monday. And you all? ♥