Your trousers look amazing and I can only support you in taking them with you. They will conjure up spring (which I still miss here... so cold and stormy)
And the notepad problems I know too good, only a bit differently: I do not loose the notepad, but I often forget to write the name of the pattern above the notes, so later I cannot decipher what I am writing about... also not a good strategy 😂😂
I am sure you will manage with the second sock, and if something is a little different, I guess nobody besides you will notice. The wool you used is still so lovely 😍