back at the end of october, we did a show in ann arbor--the anniversary of my first show, as a matter a fact. i was ill-prepared. it came in the middle of a roller coaster loop-de-loop, and yarn dyeing just kept getting pushed to the back burner. the next show on our line up was the arkansas fiber extravaganza in hot springs. hot springs is a long long way from home. i was ridiculously prepared and excited about this show. sally melville was the headliner! my mom and dad were going to meet us there with no-no and jc! it was going to be warmer than wisconsin! last year this show was so much fun! okay, enough with the exclamation points.
anyway...i was prepared--even called in the troop--ravven. i had a ton of yarn, and 90% of it was already labeled. (one of my biggest issues is getting the labeling done.) all the yarn was reskeined. i didn't eat a pint of ice cream every day the week before we left, so i could button my pants. of course, we were late leaving, but that's par for the course.
after driving all night--literally--we got to arkansas only to find out that a ice storm was moving in. it had been raining most of the day, and the temperature was going to drop. well, great news, huh? that meant that my mom and dad didn't come. who in their right mind would risk it? it also meant that it was not warmer in arkansas. it also meant attendance was down. and did i mention that it was cold?
and the kicker--we left the odds and ends box at home. this is my favorite box. it holds business cards, the camera charger, scissors, band aides, gum, tape, glue, extra labels, stress balls...all the things that you need to make shows go more easily. so no business cards and no labels and poor attendance and tow headed kiddos and nothing open in hot springs. blah. not a great weekend.
luckily, it only took us 19 hours to get home.
No comments:
Post a Comment