not the most exciting post ever

I do love a 4 day weekend. I went to Rochester, NY this weekend for Toni's thesis show, which was completely amazing. I'm going to do a little PR here, go check out her website and see how talented she is! http://www.tonipepe.com/ .

Rochester's about a 6 hour drive from the Boston area, but my boss let me have Friday off so we drove over during the day so we could make it to her show which started at 4pm, then we had the whole weekend to relax and party it up a bit in celebration of her accomplishment. We headed back yesterday and today is a holiday for all state buildings and because I work in a state building (albeit for a private company) I got a holiday! So I got to have a little trip and I still get to have a little weekend to accomplish all the things I didn't do because I was gone all weekend (and all of last weekend, so I'm about two weeks behind). Plus, it's probably time for me to start thinking about getting ready to leave for Michigan this coming weekend. It's a whirlwind of travels and adventures this month!!

I did (shockingly) manage to finish the socks I made for Toni in time to give them to her this weekend (I mean, I was weaving in ends in the car on the way there, but that's fine. I always put off weaving in ends until the last minute. They ended up being a birthday/congratulations gift because I was too far behind the 8 ball to come up with separate gifts. I think she liked them, she immediately put them on and then wore them all weekend! Here's a photo of her modeling them.

I'm very happy to be back home and have a day to get my act together, 6 hours is a long time in a car, and when you're forced against your will to listen to Howard Stern it tends to feel more like an eternity. Add to that a tendency to get car sick and by the time I got back here yesterday I probably looked like a crazy woman with a twitch about ready to snap. Luckily I have recovered from being on the edge of sanity and for the rest of today I will be watching movies, cleaning my apartment, waiting for my groceries to be delivered (best. idea. ever.) and doing a little work.

I will be in Michigan 4 days from today!