This past weekend, at the kind invitation of Jess, I escaped from the city for an amazing weekend at SPA in Freeport, ME. It would be an understatement to say that I needed this time away with wonderful, funny women and an abundance of cheese and wine.
The past few weeks have been particularly hard in terms of dealing with my the anxiety of my job search and the frustration and sadness about still not finding work in my new field had really been wearing on me. It's not that I didn't think the search would be hard, it's just that I never thought the search would drag on so long. When I first starting looking for post-graduation work, the economy was just smoldering a bit at the edges, having not yet so thoroughly gone up in flames. And somewhere in the long stretches of not having to get our of my pajamas or put on makeup, I started to forget how blessed I am to have job at all, let alone one that allows me to be a part of such an amazing community and to work with people that I truly love. I now feel like a complete idiot for being so sulky, but I think this sort of thing can creep up on all of us now and then.
So to say that I had high hopes for my weekend away would again be putting it lightly. I had hoped that weekend would somehow snap me out of the doldrums and I was not at all disappointed! Just the overall sense of camaraderie and the infectious laughter made me so happy that I had tagged along for the ride. Meeting new, wonderful people and getting to know friends even better over a glass of wine or decadent snack buoyed me and certainly made me feel like I belonged. And I am so glad that I took the plunge and decided to get a drop spindle! Many, many thanks for Amy and Adrian for their instruction and encouragement! And then, I made yarn!! Here's the proof.
It's one of the 4 pictures I managed to take this weekend and it just makes me smile.
So to all the lovely ladies that made this weekend so fun and who know just how to get in the perfect amount of trouble, THANK YOU!! You're all getting hugs at knitting night next week, whether you want them or not! ;)
So to say that I had high hopes for my weekend away would again be putting it lightly. I had hoped that weekend would somehow snap me out of the doldrums and I was not at all disappointed! Just the overall sense of camaraderie and the infectious laughter made me so happy that I had tagged along for the ride. Meeting new, wonderful people and getting to know friends even better over a glass of wine or decadent snack buoyed me and certainly made me feel like I belonged. And I am so glad that I took the plunge and decided to get a drop spindle! Many, many thanks for Amy and Adrian for their instruction and encouragement! And then, I made yarn!! Here's the proof.
It's one of the 4 pictures I managed to take this weekend and it just makes me smile.
So to all the lovely ladies that made this weekend so fun and who know just how to get in the perfect amount of trouble, THANK YOU!! You're all getting hugs at knitting night next week, whether you want them or not! ;)
