Well I made it. I am back home in beautiful Colorado Springs, Colorado!
I got to spend just a couple of hours walking around the Loop in Chicago because the train up there was late. I had intentions of going to the Art Institute as it used to be free on Tuesdays, but they changed it to free on Thursday evenings after 5 PM so I took the advice of a photographer I met on the way there and went to Millennial Park. OMG how beautiful! I wish I could show you but I ran in to a slight problem with the micro memory card Deanna gave me. My computer won't read it. It worked fine in her computer so I need to look for drivers for it later. I did take it to Walgreens to have the images put on a CD but they couldn't help me with the videos. *sigh*
Anyway Chicago rawked as usual but the train ride did not. It was packed so they assigned us seats and the young man that had to sit with me would rather have poked burning hot needles in his eyes I am sure. He was the rudest person I have ever met on the train! I was going to make a video of me saying how much he didn't want to sit with me and point the camera at him to make him even more uncomfortable but he sat in the lounge until they found him another seat. I didn't get another seat mate until 9PM and she smelled heavenly so it turned out a little better. Still, I couldn't lay down to sleep so I didn't get much rest. Jack can sleep sitting up or reclining in his chair but that's a skill I never acquired. Unless it's off-season, from now on I will fly and skip the cramped quarters.
I did meet another knitter! Her name was Christina M (sounds vaguely familiar hmmmmmm lol!) and as soon as she adds me on Ravelry I'll give you her name on there.
The train was ONLY 1 1/2 hours late into Denver. Grrrrrrrrr why don't they just say on their schedules..."We'll be late, you can count on that!" I did manage to catch the last morning FREX bus.
My friend Pam was busy so I caught a taxi home from the Tejon Park and Ride. (For some reason I didn't feel guilty about spending the last of my cash on it. When I looked through the mail I saw that Jack had received Mommy Kim's income tax refund lol...I must have sensed it)
My house was immaculate, the laundry was done, the mail was sorted and waiting for me on the table and all my plants looked good! Wow am I lucky or what!?! Now today I am playing catch up on a few things and making plans to get my etsy shop back up and running. I have some website work to do for Michael, a mother's quilt to do for Sissy, and when my UPS boxes get here from Illinois, I have fabric to sort. Busy busy me.
How can it be Thursday again already? I 
mean seriously, my last post was a week ago?!?
dealing with this mess on my desk, that much I know. See that cell phone? I had to wait for Fed Ex to deliver it then I had to spend an hour on the website trying to activate it. When that didn't work I spent a half hour on the phone with customer service only to learn they need to send me a new SIM card and then I have to call back and recite a zillion billion numbers to get my case opened back up. Oy Vey! Maybe I should keep my piece o crap phone with the Elvis charm dangling off it. There's no room for Elvis on the new phone :(
I don't have a lot of traditions in my life, but one thing I do try to do every year is attend the Street Breakfast downtown at Tejon and Pikes Peak. The soldiers from Ft Carson cook a field breakfast of powdered eggs and pancakes and you get milk, coffee or juice to drink. Chute Nine plays their unique brand of country mixed with rock and roll and 
if you've never sat on a bale of straw...this is your chance! I focused on the Range Riders this year. It's thrilling to see them head out on their annual ride up Pikes Peak. The parade lasetd about 5 1/2 minutes. I video taped it but haven't decided on whether or not to post it on youtube yet. Oh my, the sight of Cavalrymen really does something to me!
