Surviving the Letdown

What do you do after an awesome week at ZK2022? How do you handle the letdown after a 6-day sleepover with roughly 150 other knitters who love yarn and needles (and crochet hooks, and fiber, and the internet) just as much as I do?

Well, if you get a text from your daughter on Sunday afternoon, about halfway between Rochester, MN and Cleveland (while you are in the thick of Chicago traffic), I suppose that means an impromptu trip to your favorite amusement park! Yes, after much laughter and yarn acquisition

the thing to do was certainly a day in the sun with these cuties 

So excited for all the rides!

Grammy and Pappy came too!

Pop Pop helps him buckle in.

Everyone but the baby in this photo...

There's the baby!

Giant Ferris Wheel...so high!

Perfect end of the day...

Cotton Candy Coma!

And one last turn on the Merry-Go-Round.

before planning what to do with all that new yarn!

By the way, I've already started knitting up some of the minis I acquired at Woolapalooza (some Nomsters and Tiny T-Rexes are first)

and now I am planning for some Gneutral Gnomes out of some of the new stash of minis (see those greys and off-whites bundled in front of that stash photo at the front of this post? Mmmmm!). It's going to be a fun knitting year, that's for sure!

If you're looking to really keep the excitement up, you schedule a tiny procedure for pain management the Friday after returning home, and hope it doesn't impact the holiday weekend too much. Lol...for those who knew I was going in for a Lumbar Epidural, I'd like to report that I am ok. It wasn't what I expected, and the procedure kicked me in the...back ...hahaha!, but I am feeling better today than yesterday, and I hope to feel better tomorrow than today. Thanks for the prayers and good thoughts!

Having said all of that, I'm going to sign off here and take another nap. I hope all my US friends have a safe and happy 4th of July weekend, however you may celebrate, and that all of you have a nice weekend where you are. 

Thanks for stopping by, and Knit in Good Health!

No Sleep 'Til Sunday (Night)!

So, here I am, in Rochester, MN, running on yarn fumes and coffee...truly part of the Zombie Knitpocolypse experience for me. 

I'm not sure if anyone here is able to just go to bed at the end of these days of friends, fun and frantic knitting. I suppose the introverts perhaps do better at the resting part, but I am not sure...I am NOT an introvert, to be sure!

I am a knit-in-the-car,

knit-in-the-lobby,

knit-in-the-ballroom,

knit-in-the-classes-and-showcases,

and-take-all-the pictures and talk-to-all-the-people kinda Zombie, and I am having so much fun!

The only part of this experience that has caused me stress this year is the trying to not miss out on anything! FOMO is a real thing for some of us, at least! Coffee is keeping me going (and I love the new coffee sleeve design by Shanalines Designs!).

We have not yet reached the Closing Ceremonies, so I'm not sure if my 5K efforts will win me another championship shirt this year, but I did come in close-ish to my time again this year, even with the half-mile detour I took with my buddy (BTW, I saw the sign, and I'm not sure why I did not turn...lol!). 

And I finished just as strong as last year!

Today is the Market Place, and the yarn fumes will be strong, so I'm eeking out an earlier-than-usual post. Cue Aerosmith...I don't want to miss a thi-ing! After the Market, I'll be teaching a class, which I am super-pumped for!

Then early tomorrow we'll pile it all back into Lauren's car and head east. My own bed is already calling me, but I'm still all in here. I am completely Zombie-fied at this point, but still totally all in! 

The New Nomsters are looking forward to seeing the condo when we roll in, and I'm looking forward to a new pair of completed socks from ZK2021 yarn at the other end of the journey. I am also looking forward to seeing what jumps into my hands at the market! 

If you are/were at the retreat with me, thanks for stopping by! If you have a minute, and you won't miss out on anything, drop me a comment below, and tell me: What was your favorite part of ZK2022?

Until next week, Knit in Good Health!