Well, apparently now that I remembered I have a blog I can’t get enough of blah blah blahhing every day.
Today is very exciting because it is a travel day! We are taking a red eye to Chicago and connecting to Rochester, NY because there is no way I will not make a trip more complicated if it means I can upgrade. I had planned to sleep in as part of my red-eye strategy but it is 5:52 a.m. and I am wide awake. Thanks, alarm cats!
ALSO I am traveling with just a backpack. Not a big “I’m hiking across Europe on my Eurorail Pass” style backpack, but my little teensy black laptop backpack. I have never traveled so light in my life. In fact it is making me nervous and I think I will probably take a purse, too, because I need something to hold, right? My safety blanket is a stuff-hoard that I carry through life in a purse.
We’re only gone for a hot minute yet somehow I think I could convince myself to take a whole rolling bag if I don’t stop talking about this.
I have not taken a domestic red eye since my book tour and I’m excited (why I do not know) and it all feels very adventurous and fun. We’re going for a conference and flying back the very next day which means I get to have In-N-Out burgers this weekend! You see, California is a very special place and when you leave the state for any amount of time, you need to replenish your California nutrient levels and shorten re-entry by immediately having a double double and fries upon returning to the state.
And Sunday I hope to do some sewing. In just a couple of weeks I am meeting the boyfriend’s mom (ARRRRGGGGH DO YOU HAVE A VALIUM PLEASE) and his sister and brother-in-law and nieces and nephews at a family thing (OH OK JUST SEND ME ALL THE WINE THANKS) and I am nervous but channeling that energy into making a dress. Not just any dress, I am making the perfect dress. I’m envisioning a wrap dress but with kimono sleeves and ruffles. But in this cool tie dye fabric I found. And somehow in it I am taller and not nervously sweating under one armpit.
But whatever, that is a project for Sunday and today it is Thursday and the clock is ticking. How weird and fun to go to the airport at night. My catsitter/housesitter probably doesn’t agree, as I am notorious for getting to the airport and texting a flurry of: Did I leave the light on in the upstairs bathroom? Can you make sure the closet door in the guest room is cracked? OMG is there enough food? Did I tell you Bob is really into sleeping on a target bag right now and that’s why there’s one on the bed so don’t throw it away ok? etc.
Aren’t I a delight!
Anyway I am sure once I am at the airport and have a good number of adult drinks in my body I will settle down and look at memes and silently assess airport fashion choices, which I assume will be more interesting than usual as the night gets later. Travel days are fun!
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Have fun! I do the same thing when I leave the house — there is a list of instructions for the cats. THEY WILL EAT EACH OTHER’S FOOD AND THEY CAN’T DO THAT BECAUSE MEDICINE! And the helpful THEY WILL BOLT OUT THE DOOR SO BE CAREFUL. The cat daycare providers roll their eyes at me. Then when I come home they are all like, umm, we thought you were crazy but they cats did all the things on the list. Ya! This is why I worry!
But once I am out the door I remind Miss Anxiety that there isn’t much else we can do to control the situation so maybe she should sit down and shut up for a while. And it usually does. Then I can enjoy the trip.
Sandy… I am glad I am not alone in this neurosis LOLz :)))
Rochester is pretty nice, I hope you get some time to wander around. Safe travels!
Thank you, Margie!! I’ve never been there and now I am thinking we should have booked an extra day but ah well. We will pack in some adventures I am sure!
quick! show us the flower top on your body!
Hi Mary Frances I just posted on instagram! Though if the plug in is still working on the footer of this site you should be able to see it there too 🙂
So pleased you have remembered your blog, miss it so much when you forget. Also, best ever destressing watch, do you remember it from a few years ago? Flight of the Conchords got the kids to help them write the charity song for children in hospital – and then the finished song by top NZ music stars. Best ever medication:
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Have fun.
Lesley Oh wow that is such a sweet video!!!!!! Thanks for the link!
I think the top looks great! it makes your waist look tiny! but i am all about the 80s so, possibly, not the best judge?
Aw thank you! Eh I decided to wear it to work anyway, mainly because 1) I already had it on and 2) I did all the work to nicely finish the seams and hems which warrants wearing it IMO. I put a jacket over it and it’s less Torvill & Dean LOL. I’m more about the 60s and 70s, so I think the 80s vibe has way thrown me off!
All your sewing has motivated me to think about sewing…not actually be brave enough to get one or the other of the sewing machines out. Fear. And, I just got back from France where I texted my dog/cat sitter every day and immediately had an In N Out Burger on return. Yay us.
Maxly the In-N-Out burger is a necessity as soon as one gets off the plane!! =) Keep me posted on if/when your sew-jo returns. It’s fun! But also I had a whole decade of keeping my machine in the closet so I get it. You’re either feeling it or you’re not!
Hooray! I love that you are blogging again! Also, I am quite impressed with the backpack-only travel. I am an oldest child who is also nervous-nelly mom (even though my kid just turned 18) and I feel like I have to PREPARE FOR ALL OF THE EVENTUALITIES. I mean, what if I don’t have something the exact minute I need it? The world will end. That said, I am trying to learn not to be this way and seeing this gives me hope! lol
Jeanne, I am also one who likes to prepare for ALL the possibilities and so this will indeed be an adventure. =)
Ah, I work in Rochester. The lilac festival starts tomorrow. You should check it out! Also, I’m dying to know what is happening that would bring you HERE all the way from California.
Hi friend in Rochester! Ooooh lilac festival! I now seriously wish we would have booked an extra day. I think we are in and out in 24 hours. And obviously I am a top-secret spy there on top-secret spy business LOLzzzzz
Deep breaths!!!! His family will love you. You’re awesome. 🙂
Aw thanks, Lauren :)))))))
Yes, you are a delight. Have fun meeting the relatives–hopefully they’re as delightful as the Captain is.
I had an In-N-Out burger on my trip in April and IT WAS SO GOOD. When I lived in California, I never ate there. All those wasted years.
Kathy!! All the more reason to keep coming back and visiting California regularly!
LOL-ing over here about the extra travel leg for an upgrade. My DH still laughs about the time I spent about 8 hours to fly from Billings, Montana to Minneapolis to Seattle (instead of non-stop BIL-SEA for 2 hours) because that was the cheapest ticket and it was 1st class. Plus . . . all that knitting time. In short, I get it.
Agree with all the other comments about sewing, meeting the fam, etc. If they don’t love you THEY are the problem, not you. Plus, you already passed the kid test so the worst is over!