weekend report

…that’s the weekend summed up in two words, ha.

I took a “freelance Friday” and went to the fabric store in the next county with my friend, where I bought more quilt fabric:
That bottom row of fat quarters might become a quilt coat? With a white background this time instead of black? How many quilt coats does a person need?

Toby has another glucose monitor on at the moment and we’re increasing the dose, which gave us a scare on Thursday when his blood sugar plummeted.  So otherwise I hung around the house most of the weekend, watching him do a lot of this:

(Saturday, his numbers were normal for most of the day and he was SO happy. That’s a good sign! Hopefully we can get this dose dialed in for good.)

It’s not fall yet (it’s going to be 103 today, yikes) but it is September and the Autumn of Ease and Abundance is just around the corner, I can feel it.  So I spent the long weekend practicing for it: sitting streamside in Millcreek, starting a quilt, watching Toby show us how it’s done.

Having a week off was SO NICE, my friends: We celebrated my dad’s birthday with pies I made; I went to a fabric store with a friend; showed another friend the magic of sergers; organized and cleaned so much; and ended up at Bear Lake yesterday with our nephew.

Is there a way to keep life like this while also being able to afford food to eat and a roof over our head? I think I want to find out.

I have very few pictures for my time off but a lot happened, not all of it great: I stained the deck but didn’t get new outdoor cushions made (or a trip swimsuit); I saw a lot of friends but also had to log in to work to write an “emergency” email and manage a “crisis” about a tradeshow booth; I did my quick trip to Lava Hot Springs but worried about Toby for most of it, since we heard from the vet about his second blood test and he does indeed have feline diabetes.

So I also added “read all about treatment, schedule a vet tech appointment to learn how to do the injections, and visit a compounding pharmacy to pick up a cat-sized vial of insulin” to the list for my time off. The appointment and first injection is tomorrow and I’m hopeful that he’ll start improving really soon.

Anyway, here’s a picture of a waffle from a place in Lava Hot Springs called “Lava Waffle,” which has been repeating itself in my head since yesterday. “Lavawaffle… lavawaffle… lavawaffle…” 

It rained most of the weekend here, which meant that outside chores were off the agenda (aw shucks) and inside relaxing was on it.

I didn’t even go to the gym (!)–the biggest outing of the weekend was a trip to JoAnn for some zippers and some supplies for new outdoor cushions, which Toby graciously tested out for us.

What a nice weekend, though. A lot of the time I forget to really rest, but it’s wonderful.

I got stir-crazy in January but heading out of town to somewhere warm just didn’t feel doable yet. Good thing I remembered our favorite hot springs are open year-round and make their own warmth.

Doc has Tuesdays off so we headed up yesterday and it was pretty perfect: Snow falling gently, steam rising, swans going by down the river.

Of course, now that I’m all about feats of strength, I had to try the cold plunge…in the river. Which isn’t warm even in the summer.

That’s me yeeting myself right back out but I did it–twice! Up to my neck! I think the Scandinavians might be on to something.

The weather has been lovely in the valley–sunny, with the trees still pretty colorful. We went to the local arboretum yesterday to enjoy the sun and the trees…and to see an orchid show that their calendar of events promised. There were no orchids anywhere (we never did find out when it was actually supposed to be) but we saw grasses and autumn crocus and a very Bob Ross waterfall. Definitely not a wasted trip.