Crunch Time

Over the weekend of November 3-6 I was supposed to take 2 classes with Arne and Carlos at Wool & Co in South Elgin, IL.  I drove to Chicago on November 3.  I was staying with a friend of a friend.  Thursday night my new knitting pal, Nada, and I went over to Wool & Co for the Meet and Greet.  Arne and Carlos gave a talk and then sat at a table to personally meet people.  I didn't bring my book that I wanted them to sign because I figured I would as them on Saturday around the classes.  

As luck would have it I woke up on Saturday with horrible vertigo.  It was a huge struggle to get out of bed.  I was nauseous and threw up a couple time.  I called my doctor who reassured me that it was not serious, but I could not drive myself home.  Nada went to the pharmacy to get some motion sickness medicine.  I called Ed, who along with Blake, drove to Chicago to pick me up and drive my car home.  I'm very grateful for the guys doing that.  I'm also very upset to worry Nada and having missed meeting Arne and Carlos.

The vertigo lasted about a week and thankfully resolved itself.  My doctor treated me for an ear infection but doesn't think that was the cause.  I have an appointment with a neurologist (not until February!!) to discuss what might be the issue.

 We are only a few days away from having the photographer come in and take pictures of our house.  We have purged so much stuff.  Most of it has gone to donation centers.  Several loads of electronics went to a store that recycles them.  A carload of books went to a reseller.  Last week was the first time we set out a pile of trash.  It feels very good to not have to send most of our unwanted stuff to the landfill.  We still have things in the laundry room, pantry and basement storage area to go through. Hopefully I can find a place to donate the household chemicals.

Last night I took a break from packing to babysit my grandson.  On my over to Trisha's house I drove by the new house to see how it is coming along.  I was happy to see that as I pulled up guys were taking my kitchen appliances into the house.  They has warned us back in the spring that they were having supply chain issues with appliances.

We were told a couple weeks ago that they were hoping to get the landscaping in.  It didn't happen and the weather is now too cold to do.  I guess we won't have grass until April or May.

The evening was spent snuggling baby J.  He is starting to vocalize and interact.  I start babysitting him during the day on Fridays in 2 weeks.  It's going to be fun watching him develop his personality.