Can you tell I’m excited about taking a vacation!? I’m taking the Southwest Chief to Chicago for a few days to visit Jason! I was going to get a roomette because they’re so fancy and glamorous, but then the price jumped up between looking and booking, so I decided to blow it off and let myself spend the difference if I went shopping.
I’m going to bring my Rhinebeck knitting and my ipod and a little sack of sandwiches and fruit. Maybe a spindle. If I’m really brave, I’ll sing loudly along with my ipod to guarantee avoiding much conversation or interaction (the beauty of the roomette–you only have to talk to the nice conductor and whoever you get stuck with at meals). The funny thing is, sometimes I really love talking to strangers. But this is a LONG train ride, and I don’t want to start anything that’s going to make me want to gnaw off my own leg an hour down the tracks.
In other exciting news: Faith is still sitting on the duck eggs! Zoe has also joined in part-time, but she’s not as dedicated. I candled them last night, and 6 of the 8 are alive and kicking. You shine a light through them in a dark room, and if they’re alive, you’ll see a network of blood vessels and a little blob floating around. One just looked like blotchy shell (stuck yolk?) and one had died–you could see something floating around, but not in the dreamy, mermaidy way of the others, and there were no blood vessels–but not blood ring, either. I cracked it open and found a dead embryo the size of a bean. It looked like a bean-sized cartoon alien, with big black eyes on the side of its head and a slit mouth, and everything below the head just looked like a stringy glob. Both of them smelled absolutely horrendous, as you can imagine.
I’m going to candle them all again the day before I leave for vacation so I can dispatch any duds and prevent a smelly rotten eggsplosion under Faith while I’m gone.
Good luck on the train! I took it to Chicago (from Lawrence) back in May- it was fine except for the Bad Mom and the Bad Kids on the way there. She kept telling them to sit down and be quiet and never gave them any kind of book, game, coloring, nothing to do. So they acted up- what do you expect?? There were lots of kids but the rest of them were reasonably good and everything else was fine. Anyway, enjoy!
Martha, Jan & I did the train for spring YS. It was speciallll. If I did it again, I’d get a room. Have fun in Chicago, must visit Loop yarn shop on Polk St.
Angela
Hello, this is my first visit to you blog and I’m looking forward to reading through it. Your trip sounds fun!
I contacted you on Ravelry about some sock yarn you had for sale was just wondering if it was still for sale. Thanks! Have a nice trip.