Spring

Sipping tea on a wet (and I mean wet) spring morning is a lovely way o spend an hour. Shortly I will have to get up and go put a roast in the slow cooker for supper and start in on the next batch of yarn for my 25 hour project, but for the moment I am allowing myself a few minutes of down time before all hell breaks loose.

All hell has broken loose.... the dog has started barking vigorously which means someone has arrived.... sigh!

Phew! Nothing serious.... just the neighbours using my driveway to turn around....

I will be leaving on Thursday to head over to Terrace for Synod which is the Anglican's version of a really big conference. A day and a half of driving to get there and a day and a half of driving to get back home with two days there which means five days away from the family. I am not looking forward to it. The secretary at the Diocese office heard how busy I was and thought that Synod would be a lovely break for me away from all my work.... I'd rather stick forks in my eyes.... What it means is that I have one more thing to do.... I have more time away from the things that I want to do. Sitting in a car for three days and then in meeting for two is not woo hoo, frankly it sucks! But I have no choice. Someone has to do it and since our minister retired and I'm the next in the line of fire it falls to me to do the dirty deed.

I will bring with me a drop spindle so that I can do a little spinning at the meeting. I think I will bring something totally luscious to spin that way I can feel a little naughty while I'm among God's chosen.... (smirk)! I have some glorious aqua bamboo which spins llike a dream and I have some champagne coloured silk and yak, I have plain brown yak, and I have angora....hmmmmm....

Spindle spinning also is a conversation starter.... it means that I can talk about something with a total stranger and feel comfortable. When I spin I am in my element. That's a very good thing when you are among so many uncomfortable high falutin' people. Spindles make me less awkward. This is something to truly praise God about.
I'm just really hoping that it all goes off well. I've been having nightmares for the last few nights... and I'm not sure if that is the heat at night or the fact that I have this awful trip hanging over me.

Anyway if I don't get a chance to write before I go I will write when I get back and tell you all about it..... I'm sure I'll have a lovely time once I get started. Anticipation is so not good for me.....

See ya soon...