Road Trip: Vegas

Returning from Kansas, I had only one day at home to do laundry before heading out on my next trip. I went alone on this hastily planned road trip to Vegas, to meet my sister at a conference there. But before leaving, I attended my sewing class and finished my shirt for Kai. It's blurry, but this is my favorite picture of her in it:

I was able to bring home the matching bag and take a picture of her with that as well. The second shirt she is wearing is a much smaller size - I had to turn it in for grading, but we will likely put it on one of her dolls or teddy bears as it matches her shirt and bag as well. Here is the set:

At least I needn't feel bad about missing my class on Thursday, I completed two shirts before leaving. Aside from one classmate who also made two shirts (our TA thinks we should start a small company called "Simply Shirts" - I could make girl's shirts and Rebecca could make boy's shirts - because we finished our first baby shirt so early that our teacher suggested we each make a second), everyone else in my class was struggling to finish their shirt. In fact, the rest of my class was still finishing their first shirts today.

But while Ann was at her conference, I had a bigger goal - finishing the course design work I undertook but haven't found time to complete. So I set up an office in her hotel room:

If you're wondering, I made my soy chai latte in a wine glass that morning. I wasn't so completely taken with Vegas to think I could work properly after other beverages.

Ann and I found time for several meals together. Including the following, which we ate at a club with music so loud as to preclude one from thinking, let alone speaking to one another:



We did some shopping at the canal shops. I fell in love with this piece, but the price was just a bit too high (okay, it was twice what I could have comfortably paid for it):

If we weren't planning to buy a house...

I had a great time in Vegas, catching up with Ann and nearly completing my course design. The trip back home went much more quickly, as Ann rode along with me. We spent the weekend taking a whirlwind tour of LA - a local tour, pedicures with Courtney, dinner with the family, Universal Studios, Craig's office, another dinner with the family, several rounds of Catch Phrase at the house, Rosco's Chicken & Waffles, Gamble House tour, and Ikea - packed into about 50 hours. It's really no wonder I haven't had time to write.