Life's a Stitch

We’re back from our wonderful cruise, but I have no pictures as my USB cable is somewhere between here and San Diego.

When the kids returned from camp or a school trip I always asked them what was the  best and worst parts of their trip. Upon our return all three kids asked us the traditional two questions:

The best parts: 1. Climbing up Telegraph Hill in San Francisco and seeing the wild parrots. 2. Seeing multiple pods of humpback whales at sea. 3. A day at Balboa Park in San Diego.

The worst: It took me along time to think of anything  and all I could come up with is the fact that I didn’t feel well for about an hour and a half after getting cold on deck one afternoon. I feel like a spoiled kid!

On the cruise ship there are meetings of Friends of Bill (AA meetings) and Friends of Dorothy (gay friendly social events). I’ve come up with a new group – Friends of Jane. This is the group of latter middle age couples you see doing their laps around the ship or brisk walks in the neighbourhood. I figure many of them are heart attack survivors participating in their cardiac rehab walking programs similar to the one taught to us by our rehab nurse, Jane. Cruise ships seem to attract Friends of Jane, but their dining rooms aren’t particularly Jane friendly. I have four additional pounds to prove it.

No pictures to show for it right now, but between my friend Marsha and I, there was a lot of on board knitting happening. And interesting visits to San Francisco’s Art Fibers and Victoria’s Beehive Wool Shop.

I’m not coping well without e-mail and USB cable. Hopefully we’ll have our computer back on Tuesday, so until then…