It's official! Got my confirmation today :) I will be in the freehand lace workshop (1st choice; have been curious about freehand lace for a couple of years)... Making lace with Peter Rabbit, er... *George* (Juraj) Rabbit (Zajonc) <g>
And I will be at both the official "do's" -- the general meeting and the dinner. But I've decided to pass the post-Congress tour; will take a couple of day trips instead *during* the Congress. Just as well I decided to do that, too; got my "investments statement" for the quarter yesterday and, where (on the interest from the same principal) 3 yrs ago I was able to go to Tonder *and* to bring a friend from Poland for a visit, this year I *might* be able to pay for the gas to take me to the airport and back (50 miles). With luck, I'll have some change left to pay for the public toilets in Warsaw and Kalisz (visiting friends and family ahead of the Congress)... <g> Getting involved in a war seems to be an expensive proposition... :(
As I also paid for my ticket today, the trip is beginning to look "real", and the time's started ticking very loudly. I may have to expand my "lace time" (on the pillow, at the drawing board, on the 'puter writing instructions...; I move with the light <g>) to more than the current 8-10 hrs a day (thank goodness for spring and days which are longer at both ends. But Arachne-time may have to be trimmed severely)... I wish I could say I'll appear at the Congress wearing a spider collar (the one on the Irish site *was* stupenduous), but it's bloody unlikely :)
Hope to see again/meet many of you there, ----- Tamara P Duvall Lexington, Virginia, USA Formerly of Warsaw, Poland http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd/
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