Before I Chicken Out
Monday, September 28th, 2009So, when I was talking about needing a weekend to myself, a quiet-but-insistent voice in the back of my head was whispering “quilting retreat, quilting retreat.” No joke. It’s become a big thing for me. Well, sometimes it seems all you have to do is put the question out into the universe. Within an hour or so of publishing that post, something came up on Google Reader from one of my favorite blogging quilters. She’s teaching a retreat. In Colorado. In November. Was it just too crazy?
Lo and behold, I could get a direct flight using mileage… and my beloved M said he’d check with his boss to make sure he could get that Friday off to stay home with the kids. The moment he emailed me the approval, I picked up the phone to call the Inn that is hosting the retreat, and then booked my flight before I could chicken out.
It’s done. I’m going. Three whole days, all to myself, doing something that I enjoy with someone I admire.
Do I feel a little bit guilty? Of course. That’s what we moms do, right? I objectively know that I deserve some me time and all of that, but you know how it goes. And I might second-guess myself. But it’s booked, so I’m saving myself from my own cold feet.
So yes, Cheryl, this totally Makes my Monday.
And, may I say… WOOHOO!



































