It’s annoying how my brain really really really really please please please wants to work on new projects when I have critial WIP on the needles. I have 2 ideas it’s KILLING me not to knit. One’s a winter coat and one’s a 4-ounce challenge top. But in a heroic effort to avoid my usual self-sabotage, I’m staying on task.
I can not believe how summer has whipped by! Yarn School and Felt School are like 5 minutes away. It’s bonkers.
This evening, I planned a little nearby mini-vacation for me & Ron. The original plan was to go on a proper week-long National Parks vacation, but we’ve got too many balls in the air, so we’ve decided on a quickie vacation instead. I was toying with Hot Springs, but decided an 8 hour drive for a couple nights was nuts. But in the spirit of run-down mineral springs resort towns, we’re going to Excelsior Springs, MO.
I stayed at the old historic hotel there for a knitting retreat a couple years ago. I wasn’t crazy about the hotel, which I guess had been redone so the rooms have a pretty generic chain hotel vibe. Plus my room didn’t have a tub. I don’t have a tub in real life, so I really really need one at a hotel or I’m resentful.
Instead we’re staying at a nearby inn with a little lake and paddle boats. We’ll probably spend a day doing NOTHIING, a day sniffing around Excelsior Springs, and a couple days doing little odds & ends we’ve meant to do in Kansas City but never got around to. Mostly, doing nothing is key, though. No obligations, no agenda, no chores. Maybe a massage, a couple museums, a couple tasty meals, a drive-in double feature. And the whole thing’s about the same distance as just going to the airport, so minimal hassle en route. I’m psyched. I’m kind of giddy, actually.
We haven’t had a single-purpose, do-nothing vacation since I was still in Austin. Yippee! My folks are going to hold down the fort, so I don’t even have to fret about the animals.
Ooh, I bet I know the place you’re staying — we’ve stayed there a couple nights and quite enjoyed it. Hope it’s a good break for you!
If you are looking for random stuff to do in KC, I recommend the Steamboat Arabia Museum. That’s not usually my sort of thing, but a friend dragged me there when I was in town visiting a few years back and it was really fascinating. Have a great little getaway!
It’s funny you should mention that! That’s actually the one planned activity we have so far! Visit the Steamboat museum & pick up something for a cold supper at that Italian grocery over there.
And then we’ll probably hit Glore in St. Joe on the way home. I’ve been, but Ron hasn’t.