Shawn and I have no plans, however. Nothing super-duper romantic, at any rate. I think our big plan is to maybe finally sit down and watch a documentary about the local Co-op Wars, which we've been meaning to do since forever.
Otherwise, this weekend was taken up largely by a visit to meet my GRAND-nephew, Fredrick. He's the 3 month year old baby of Shawn's brother's son, Jon. I had made a quilt for him some time ago, and so we wanted not only to deliver that and a collection of Winnie-the-Pooh books, but also to see how Jon and his wife are doing with the new arrival. I will tell you that seeing a three month old brought back a lot of memories from those early days, staying home with Mason. (In case you are wondering, yes, we did each take a rapid, at-home COVID test before heading over.)
Speaking of, we got a chance to Zoom with Mason earlier on Sunday and he continues to do well. He's facilitating a writers' group for Writers' Block, his dorm, and he's very excited about that. This week is also his first week having office hours for the environmental studies class that he's a TA for, so I'm hoping we'll hear later how all that went. He told us a very funny story about how the Writers' Block's usual "dumpling day" turned into a bit of a disaster, as the smoke alarms went off (there was no fire, only low oil in the frying pan that caused a lot of smoke,) they had to evacuate, of course, and the ENTIRE Middletown fire department arrived to shut off the alarm, etc. I suspect this is a story that he will be telling for years to come, honestly.
One really nice thing that happened is that I got some surprise money in the mail. A person that I did some guest lecturing for a LONG time ago, out of the blue, dropped me a VISA gift card for fifty bucks. This was totally a gig I thought I was volunteering for, so that was a lovely (and very much welcome, though not at all expected) surprise. I have been happily using it to supplement my caffeine addiction. It will no doubt be emptied in a matter of days since I'm very much in the mode of, "COFFEE ON ME, EVERYONE!"
I spent Saturday working on quilts. Shawn has discovered the joy of "crumb" quilting on the sewing machine, so while she was playing with that, I continued working on the final border for a quilt I am making for![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
rachelmanija ... I am pretty sure at this point that the quilt is much larger than she wanted, but I'm committed now. The border is quit lovely, so....
Anyway. that's kind of all I know. I didn't go on any HeyGo tours this past week, though I am scheduled for Osaka tonight, if I decide to go. How've y'all been? What are you up to?
Otherwise, this weekend was taken up largely by a visit to meet my GRAND-nephew, Fredrick. He's the 3 month year old baby of Shawn's brother's son, Jon. I had made a quilt for him some time ago, and so we wanted not only to deliver that and a collection of Winnie-the-Pooh books, but also to see how Jon and his wife are doing with the new arrival. I will tell you that seeing a three month old brought back a lot of memories from those early days, staying home with Mason. (In case you are wondering, yes, we did each take a rapid, at-home COVID test before heading over.)
Speaking of, we got a chance to Zoom with Mason earlier on Sunday and he continues to do well. He's facilitating a writers' group for Writers' Block, his dorm, and he's very excited about that. This week is also his first week having office hours for the environmental studies class that he's a TA for, so I'm hoping we'll hear later how all that went. He told us a very funny story about how the Writers' Block's usual "dumpling day" turned into a bit of a disaster, as the smoke alarms went off (there was no fire, only low oil in the frying pan that caused a lot of smoke,) they had to evacuate, of course, and the ENTIRE Middletown fire department arrived to shut off the alarm, etc. I suspect this is a story that he will be telling for years to come, honestly.
One really nice thing that happened is that I got some surprise money in the mail. A person that I did some guest lecturing for a LONG time ago, out of the blue, dropped me a VISA gift card for fifty bucks. This was totally a gig I thought I was volunteering for, so that was a lovely (and very much welcome, though not at all expected) surprise. I have been happily using it to supplement my caffeine addiction. It will no doubt be emptied in a matter of days since I'm very much in the mode of, "COFFEE ON ME, EVERYONE!"
I spent Saturday working on quilts. Shawn has discovered the joy of "crumb" quilting on the sewing machine, so while she was playing with that, I continued working on the final border for a quilt I am making for
rachelmanija ... I am pretty sure at this point that the quilt is much larger than she wanted, but I'm committed now. The border is quit lovely, so....Anyway. that's kind of all I know. I didn't go on any HeyGo tours this past week, though I am scheduled for Osaka tonight, if I decide to go. How've y'all been? What are you up to?
