scifiknitter

A week ago, I was lost in the altfiber paradise affectionately nicknamed Rhinebeck (the official name is the NYS Sheep and Wool Festival ). It is a huge event, so big that I have to break down the experience into subtopics. I still have a bit of glow left from the experience. Getting There The treasurer of non-profit I work for went last year, and wanted me to go with her this year. I told her I was in. Then I learned a few months ago on the Ravelry forums that a local woman was organizing a group trip, complete with chartered bus and a block of reserved motel rooms. I told my colleague, and she agreed that this was the way to go. So I contacted the organizer, reserved 2 spots on the bus, and reserved a room for two nights. Close to the last minute, my colleague was no longer able to go. She asked me to find someone to take her place, saying that she did not expect reimbursement for the bus. She suggested that I take my daughter. A. would have gone in a flash, but she had two midterms...

I have been a sorry excuse for a blogger lately. Real life has been requiring my attention. My husband's campaign is going well. He has a game-plan, and he's sticking to it. My daughter is working on grad school plans. She procrastinated long enough to make it difficult to take the GRE, so she is applying only to Canadian schools. I suspect that this was her gameplan all along. The budget at work is under attack. We are in a holding pattern until our finders decide just how deeply they want to cut us. I've been able to spend time with family during the past few weeks. Father, stepmother, mother, daughter, son, son's GF, grandkids, in time order. I have two big projects breathing down my back at work - a migration of the email system to a new platform, and expansion of the tax prep program. But right now I am taking some time for myself. I'm on a chartered bus heading towards Rhinebeck for the NY Sheep & Wool Festival. And i'm writing a blog post on my iPhone...