Queen of the Road!
I made it home! I was on the road just about eleven hours (including a long lunch break and a 30 minute nap in the mid-afternoon). I'm close to exhausted and still feel like I'm moving at 70 mph.
It was an incredible trip: 450 miles to Oakmouse's house, having a deer cross directly toward me across a main arterial early Friday morning, walking around the town buying gifts for Wolfling and becoming addicted to beads (wait until you see my first project!), then a drive to and up a mountain with walking around, and then a 450 mile trip home.
In addition to the good folks I met with Oakmouse, I had the pleasure of dining with sannion and erl_queen on the outbound trip and Hob on the way home.
The point of the trip, the initiation, went very well. I'm still processing what is and is not appropriate to share about that, and under what filters. More later, as energy, time and discretion permit.
Because of Mom's bone scan tomorrow and the wait until Thursday for the results, Wolfling is staying with my sister until Thursday night. I miss her a lot, but she's having a good time. I'll be able to enjoy the time alone in my own space this evening, including the use of the jacuzzi tub to relieve my tense muscles, but I really, really could use some kid hugs and snuggles right now.
It was an incredible trip: 450 miles to Oakmouse's house, having a deer cross directly toward me across a main arterial early Friday morning, walking around the town buying gifts for Wolfling and becoming addicted to beads (wait until you see my first project!), then a drive to and up a mountain with walking around, and then a 450 mile trip home.
In addition to the good folks I met with Oakmouse, I had the pleasure of dining with sannion and erl_queen on the outbound trip and Hob on the way home.
The point of the trip, the initiation, went very well. I'm still processing what is and is not appropriate to share about that, and under what filters. More later, as energy, time and discretion permit.
Because of Mom's bone scan tomorrow and the wait until Thursday for the results, Wolfling is staying with my sister until Thursday night. I miss her a lot, but she's having a good time. I'll be able to enjoy the time alone in my own space this evening, including the use of the jacuzzi tub to relieve my tense muscles, but I really, really could use some kid hugs and snuggles right now.