Cloud 9-10-11

Things have been going pretty darn well as of late. So much so that I have kind of holed myself up and haven't written in awhile because I have to keep shaking my head and pinching myself. Oh and, no, I did not win the lottery. If that happened then I would be flying somewhere tropical right now.

My son is completely potty trained. All that muss and fuss and it took him less than a week to finally cave in and do it. As long as he is sitting on the potty backwards, he is good. He always has to find his own way to do things. I have no idea where he gets that from. *pointing at myself*

This week marked five years that I have been with the same law firm working for the same attorney. I truly love the firm and attorney I work for and would not have it any other way. It is even better that they feel the same about me. My review was glowing and they remarked that I am basically working at an Associate level. Associate attorney that is. My husband and mother-in-law sent me some beautiful flowers to mark the occasion. My husband also picked me up from work to go see Star Trek and have a yummy dinner of popcorn and Junior Mints. The movie was awesome!

Then I decided to go for something I had been mulling over for months. My birthday is the first week in August. Same time as the Sock Summit in Portland. The registration for classes opened this week. I had decided I would try to get some classes and if so, then I would make it a little vacation all to myself, for myself, for my birthday. Well, registration was freaking nuts!!!! Their server got 30,000 hits all at once of people trying to register for this thing. The knitters of the world broke the internet!

After much sadness at all the classes being taken up within the first 30 minutes, I started to hit the Ravelry boards. Seemed there was some problems with registrations. I kept my eyes peeled on the Sock Summit website. And then a shining light appeared, all the classes opened up. I got every class I wanted. I then raced over to the Rav boards and told everyone to "TRY AGAIN." Tons of other people got their classes too and all were thanking me profusely for letting them know as soon as it came back up. I felt like a knitting hero! Needless to say, I did not get much done at work that day.

So I will be at Sock Summit in Portland for four glorious days. All to myself! My schedule is as follows:

Thursday, August 6th: Rivendell and Beyond with Janel Laidman
Friday, August 7th: Toe-Up Socks for the Stubborn with Deb Barnhill
Saturday, August 8th: Knitting for Speed and Efficiency with Stephanie Pearl-McFee
Saturday, August 8th: Conquer Short Row Heels with Chrissy Gardiner
Sunday, August 9th: Top-down Socks That Use Up All The Yarn with Charlene Schurch

There are tons of vendors that will be there. There is going to be a massive Ravelry meet-up. I plan on hitting Powells and Voodoo Donuts, doing tons of knitting, and tons of reading. Not to mention my brother lives down that way and hopefully I can see him too.

So yep, all is well and good and I feel most lucky!