The long trip home provided much knitting time. It's a little boring, though, just knit stitches in the round over and over again, with no movie to watch or audiobook to listen to. However, the Summer Sorrel top is coming along.
(You're looking at reverse stockinette stitch, normally done with purl stitches, but the designer has us turn the project inside-out, so we can knit instead of purl.)
Our first full day in Onalaska, Peter and I ran over to Fitting Knit Shop in La Crosse to pick up my yarn, which I bought in January after having bought two skeins in December and then decided I wanted more for a cardigan.
I started the project on Thursday. I couldn't wait to get started! Now, for a while, I have one interesting project and one mindless-knitting project.
This model doesn't look anything like me, but it will give you an idea of what the cardigan will look like when it's finished, only I'm adding at least one pocket, or two if I have enough yarn. The pattern is the 5 Naisen neuletakki by Lea Petäjä.
Our last two days in Wisconsin were very busy. Peter and I ran errands on Monday. I was still on PEG feeding duty and he was in charge of the Hoyer lift on Tuesday, so Karen could take Daphne for a regular doctor's appointment, but they retuned in time for us to leave early to drive back to Minneapolis. We dropped the car off at the car-rental place, which was a few miles past the airport but provided a shuttle.
At the airport I tried to use my e-passport again, but it didn't work, so I had to dig out my physical passport, which was OK, only I left my cell phone on the counter, so a TSA person had to run after me, and then I had to wait for the phone to go through the machine. The TSA rep had the nerve to ask how old I was! Fortunately, they weren't too busy, so I didn't hold anyone up.
I waited with Peter for his flight, which was a couple of hours earlier than mine was scheduled. I found out my flight to Seattle was delayed, but I had my knitting, so I was fine. That added an extra 40 minutes to the time I had to wait in the airport, but I had my knitting, so I was fine. On the flight, I was seated between two very large young men. One of them had lost access to his charging cord when he gave his carry-on bag with the cord inside to Alaska Air to check for free, and he was worried that his phone would die before he could call his ride from the airport. I didn't need to use my cord to charge my phone because I have the cordless charger now, and both it and the phone were fully charged, so I gave my cord to him, and he used it for the entire trip. He was very grateful. We landed a few minutes ahead of the original arrival time, which the pilot attributed to "short cuts." When I arrived in Seattle, I learned that my connecting flight to Redmond was also delayed, so I sent Charlie a text so he would know to check arrival times before he left home to pick me up. That flight also arrived ahead of schedule! I had checked my carry-on bag for free, and it arrived in Redmond when I did, praise be! Total time awake on Tuesday: 21 hours. (I never can sleep on the plane.)
The dogs went absolutely nuts when they saw me. Charlie even seemed happy to see me, too. I took two naps on Wednesday and then went to choir practice. I started cooking again with what was left in the fridge.
Sandy got the idea of posing for a photo, while Dusty was focused on that piece of brownie on his plate.
Then we received our Voter's Pamphlet and ballots, along with some promotional materials from candidates.
Sunday's anthem was fun. "Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled" by Mary McDonald. It's a gospel-style piece and fun to sing. Steve, the saxophonist, joined us again.
As for the new book, I didn't really have time or the ability to concentrate on it during the trip, so only got minimal work done on it. I changed my mind about the fifth story and spent some time deciding which story to replace it with. However, once I made up my mind which story to use, it only took a day to switch out the story I had already put into the layout and then go through and adjust the photo sizes to make the layout look as polished as possible. Another read-through, and it should be ready to go to my editors. Ahead of schedule.
Now for another nap....
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