Weekend Away

The upcoming months are going to be crazy.  November and December are usually extra busy in any year, with the holidays and birthdays for Trisha and Blake.  But this year it's going to be extra busy for a variety of reasons. Next week my husband is having shoulder replacement surgery.  I started my new job this week.  Trisha and Craig's postponed wedding celebration is in December.  Kristin bought a house and will be moving in the next month or so.

So, before we dove into all of those events, Ed and I decided to get away for a quick weekend trip to Florida.  Normally when we go to Orlando we stay at a Sheraton resort east of the Disney property.  This time Ed wanted to check out another resort, a Hilton resort in Kissimmee.

We flew down on Friday morning, getting a direct flight on Allegiant.  What we didn't realize, though, is that Allegiant didn't fly into the main Orlando airport, but Orlando Sanford airport.  It was an hour drive from the airport to the resort.

We got to the resort early afternoon.  After we ate lunch we changed into are bathing suits and relaxed by the pool for the rest of the day.

Saturday we drove onto the Disney property and went to what used to be called Downtown Disney.  Now it is called Disney Springs and is at least 3 times larger than what it was last time we were there.  It was an extremely hot, humid afternoon and I didn't enjoy walking around in the crowds.  So we headed back to the hotel and the pool.

Overnight a cold front blew through so Sunday was much more pleasant.  Another afternoon by the pool was in order.

Monday we woke in the middle of the night, drove back to the airport and caught a 6:00 am flight back home.  The above picture was taken halfway through the flight somewhere probably over Georgia or South Carolina.

After we got home Ed logged into work and I crawled into bed.  I napped for a couple hours with Squeaks next to my feet.  She really missed me us.  Shortly after I woke up I got a phone call from my vendor telling me that the contract that I've been waiting 7 months for had been signed and I could start work on Tuesday.

Now that I'm working, my knitting productivity is going to drop.  I finished the Cozy Cardigan this week while finishing binge-watching Shameless.  It's upstairs blocking on Blake's bed.  I still need to find buttons for the front.  I have a couple shawls on the needles.  One is a good mindless knit, but the other has sections that require some attention.  I want to cast on another sweater, but need to decide which one to grab from the stash.  Pictures of all discussed here will follow.