The snow was indeed gone when we got home on Saturday.
Before I get into a weekend recap, this is one photo in a series I took playing with depth of field and focus. I love columbine flowers and seed pods. The leaves below are a baby maple tree’s statement that, “Hey! I’m a real tree too! Look at me change colors!”
The trip to Virginia was short but fun. Unfortunately, I didn’t feel great most of the weekend, but that was probably due to the hotel beds being un-sleepable. (I hereby declare “sleepable” to be a word.) Thursday night we had a bit of a kerfuffle with the car service who was supposed to pick us up at the train station in DC and take us out to Vienna, VA. Standing in the chill while figuring out transportation may have contributed to my lack of greatness over the weekend. We had fabulous steak for dinner to console ourselves. Yum steak!
I didn’t sleep well on the un-sleepable bed Thursday night and couldn’t even convince myself to sleep in. When you think to yourself, “Maybe I’ll feel better when I get up.” it’s not a good sign. I did get up and got my one thing for the day accomplished - I hit the Mall for a haircut. My hair is shorter and thinner now (hurray for cool thinning shears!) and in general neater. I wandered the mall for a while and lost my book somewhere. *grumble* I also found one of the tiniest Lush stores I’ve ever been in - it was basically a short, glassed in hallway, perhaps six feet wide. Tiny but well organized and just wide enough for 2 people to get around each other. I resisted spending money in Levenger but I couldn’t resist Lush. In general, my mall outing was lethargic despite the caffeine… I felt better once I got back to the hotel and had some fruit salad and more water but spent the rest of the afternoon vegging out in front of the tv with my laptop.
The Fop’s company’s holiday party was pretty awesome. I got to meet most of the people I’d been hearing about (or hearing on speaker phone) for the past couple of years. Everyone was delightful, smart and amusing. We figured out that of the 16 people there we had 4 people from Maine! That’s pretty exciting, at least to us! The food was delicious and the whole event was lovely thanks to the fabulous planning Kristi did (one of the Mainers!). I think we all ate too much but it really was gloriously yummy. (Yum! More steak!) It’s always fun to dress up too - imagine, the Fop wore a suit!
Friday night was another night for not sleeping. Stupid un-sleepable bed. Saturday we needed to get to the train station a little early because the automatic ticket printer in Philly had failed to print both of our return tickets. Someone figured that out for us and we hit the lovely bookstore in Union Station to find me something to read. Not that I needed the book. Once we got on the train I crashed and slept fitfully most of the way back to Philly. The nap helped a little, but essentially the rest of our day was shot because we were both so tired.
I do like Amtrak despite the ridiculous prices. At no time did Amtrak security make me show them my personal hygiene products or make me remove my shoes. I didn’t even have to unload my computer from my backpack. I appreciate that so much.
Sunday was spent sleeping in. Happy sleepable bed, at least comparatively speaking! Grocery shopping and other stuff was achieved.
The weekend now seems very far away (as does the beginning of this post)! I started writing this at some point this morning and work got… busy. Very busy. But in a mostly happy way. My boss is out of the office unexpectedly today and tomorrow so I got roped in to a couple of unexpected projects beyond my usual Monday fun! I really enjoy feeling productive and today was definitely all about the productive. I was on enough of a roll that I even made something new for dinner (lollipop lamb chops with 3 different experimental seasonings) and then made a batch of fudge. Go me!
tags: amtrak, cooking, photographs, photography, sleep, travel, virginia, weekend, work
Another favorite quilt from the quilt show last month - this one is titled “Persephone” and was quilted by Peg Collins of Alamosa, Colorado. (Sometimes I did successfully get the info card in the photo!) I love that the edge of her gown is the edge of the quilt. The division between winter and summer is perhaps predictable but beautiful all the same. Persephone seemed an appropriate quilt to post for May Day.
