Going Going...Gone

I'm taking off in a few hours to attend a four day seminar on Fiber Sorting/Grading down in Terre Haute.  That's four days away from my family and my farm.  The most I am usually gone from the Wonder Farm is at shows which is leaving Friday afternoon and returning Sunday night.  I have to say, I am already missing the bears.  As I type, Sister Bear is sleeping behind me.  She got up in the middle of the night and left her room to sleep on the living room couch.  Don't worry, she's not sick.  We've been battling over a night light in her room.  She doesn't want one then wakes up in the middle of the night to a dark room.  I don't know where she gets her stubborn attitude from.  It can't possibly be me!

So...for the next four days I will be at a seminar so I can start the process to become a Certified Grader/Sorter of Fiber.  The worst part about the next four days is where I am staying has no wi-fi and I'm not driving so I am going to have to bum rides into town to find a hotspot to use my laptop.  Yes, it's an addiction.  I need my blog and my ravelry.  I can access twitter and facebook as long as I have a phone signal but my blackberry is not friendly to blog or ravelry.  Yes, I know that I am there to learn but my evenings and early mornings are for me.

So...we'll see how this works.  Hopefully my not driving isn't too stressful on me.  Really.  I am so independent and I debated about riding down with Martha, who lives 25 miles away, because I don't like to be dependent on other people but the idea of being passenger in her vehicle for a 10 hour round trip meant essentially 10 hours of knitting.  I could finish my Clap (once I figure out how to fix a mess in an unintentional dropped stitch that  happended where theres a SSK, YO=MESS) plus possibly crank out another hat or two.  Yes, I am packing needles, yarn and patterns. 

The drawback...no independence.  I am at the mercy of the other alpaca farms that are there for driving into town.  I can't load my vehicle up with whatever I want...like my spinning wheel.  Yes, I want to take my wheel.  Spinning is a stress reliever for me.  I will take my drop spindle but it's not the same.  I LOVE MY SPINNING WHEELS.

As you read this, you see the great debate I'm having.  I will ride down with her and be a good girl.  Life will not end if I don't have internet or one of my spinning wheels for a few days....will it?  I'm supposed to be focused on learning so I will...but I also have ants in my pants.

Don't worry...Fiber Arts Friday will be posted this week.  I have it all set so even if I can't get to the internet, I can walk my darling husband through posting but honestly...I would walk through a blizzard, up two mountains and through a jungle to get to my internet.  I'm that pathetic.  I am taking my camera and notes so be prepared for some great blogs next week.   In the meantime, I am leaving you with the first of a few Fiber Arts Friday Buttons you can copy for your blog.