We’ve got the first part of the weekend planned, catching up with some friends Thursday night when we pick up our passes. It’s become a tradition on the years we all get together that we end up eating sushi and having an awesome evening of conversation. Friday is a full day of panels and roaming around and we’re going to end it with an Abney Park concert. I personally couldn’t ask for more 
Saturday and Sunday are fairly open, we’re going to play them by ear. I’m currently trying to work out how many odd electronic/battery operated devices I will have to carry chargers for, and making sure I update my apps so I can take care of all the essential reporting online of all the cool stuff and totally geeky stuff that we find along the way.
It’s been over a month since we sat down and decided that we really needed to cut back on extraneous expenses. While most people would say keep the land line and ditch the cell phones, we did the opposite. I feel better knowing that I have a means of contacting people if I’m out on the road, or the kid is at a friend’s house, and having Andy able to call me and let me know that the trains are running late is a huge help to saving us time in the afternoons.
As I was sitting here this morning, watching the news and taking pics of the pups, I realized that I’m already used to the silence during the day. On normal days before we dropped the phone I would get an average of 3-4 calls, mostly from charity drives and companies that we already do business with (ATT wanting to sell me DSL and Comcast wanting to sell me phone service) Gotta love marketing. Now there’s nothing. I still try and make donations to the charities I support, and I know when their drives are, or when I have something extra that I can throw in an envelope.
The big thing for me is that when my cell rings, I know it’s someone I want to hear from. There are no sales, few misdials, it’s generally a pleasant thing to hear a ring during the day. Strange how something so simple can make such a difference.
I’m working on a couple knitting projects at the moment. I’m not showing pics because I’m lazy and I knit too slow to show any progress really. One of the pieces is a little girl dress and it’s pretty straight forward stocking stitch, so a big plain square twice with sleeves.
Yesterday I sat down mid day and decided to crank out as much of the front as I could while watching a movie, and I made some decent progress. I also got around to dragging a bag of fiberfill stuff out of the closet and restuffing one of cushions on the sofa. This would have been a successful thing, but for one small catch.
Apparently by fluffing up the back cushion, I managed to slightly change the angle that I sit while knitting. I’m one of those people that curls up with my feet under me and leans into the corner of the sofa. Leaning against my left arm for a good couple of hours and doing a very monotonous repetitive hand motion has left me with knitters elbow. Don’t ask, it is what it is. I have a semi numb tingling pinky and a stiff elbow.
It’s just me that does this stuff isn’t it?
