Tampa!!!

No pictures today, but I'm happy-dancing.

Sunday morning I'm leaving to go to Tampa. I'm going to be meeting a group of dear friends - called my Sangha, or alternatively the SOCs - sisters-of-choice. It's been a long time since we've all been together, and one of them I've never met face to face!!! I can hardly wait. We first became friends years ago through the Compuserve Crafts Forum - my first foray into the online fiber world. The Forum is long gone, but the friendships get deeper every year.

I didn't register for Convergence - the plan is to buy day passes so we can see the exhibits and visit the vendor hall. Mostly, I'm just going to spend blissful time with my buddies. :-)

It's hot today in San Diego - an unusual event! I think it's the universe giving me a sneak preview of heat, then the humidity will get added when I get to Florida. I should be able to handle it okay - after all, I grew up in the southeast with hot and humid summers. The difference is that there we had AC everywhere.

Other good news, I have a new job!!! I will start as soon as I get home. I'm very enthusiastic about it - it's a small company with very nice people and a fascinating product. I'll be doing Java GUI development which should be fun, and the best part of all? I'll be working at home. Time to recreate my disciplined lifestyle.

The ironic thing? Here I've had several years home fulltime, but I haven't done much of what I love to do - because time has been spent job searching, and.... spending time weaving or spinning during the day always felt like playing hooky - so to dispell the guilt, I suppose, I just didn't do much of the fun stuff. Now that I will have way less time, I expect to get a lot more done. Aaah, the cosmic ironies of life.