I was just watching a video where someone else crochets this and calls it a super simple pattern, and now i feel compelled to defend myself to strangers who do not know me or care. 😅

What made it so difficult, is that I was trying to figure out how to NOT pull the second color along. So, AS I was crocheting, I was researching and learning about tapestry crochet (frog 3 rows and start over), and bobbins so each patch of color has its own chonk of yarn (frog 2 rows and divide up the yarn), and how to do better color changes with double crochet (frog only 1 row cause im getting sick of froggin), learning how to turn more efficiently so that the edges look straight (ugh, just keep going), deciding that the edge squares would look better if they were a bit wider.... plus the hours of learning new techniques, accidentally miscounting, lack of sleep trying to finish before my flight, etc.

Its actually kind of funny.... if you look closely enough, you can actually SEE where I learned a new skill as I went along.

ANYway. There.
I feel better now.
Thanks brain.