Today has been somewhat unexpected.  Earlier in the week I had been reminded by BiologyTeacher that there was a fieldtrip planned for the zoo today.  I really wanted to go.  But I was travelling uphill in waist-high water to get us ready for a much-anticipated trip to Raleigh for some hockey games.  This trip also involves seeing some family in Greensboro and taking some friends with us.  It’s complicated.  Yesterday I cried, “Uncle!” and declared that the LightChildren would go in the company of FlamingEwe and BiologyTeacher, but I would stay home and attend to details.
This morning even those plans went somewhat awry when (how shall I put this delicately?) a combination of potroast and cider that I ate for dinner last night revealed that it was a chemistry experiment gone bad in my digestive system.  I’ll leave the rest to your imagination.  Suffice it to say that I was not as productive this morning as I had anticipated.  Now I was also a bit frustrated.  If I wasn’t going to get to see the zoo, I’d like to have something to show for the day.

Do you have a hero?  Someone that you’d like to be like when you grow up?  I have a couple of heros.  One of my heros is a guy named Kaffe Fassett.  He’s a quilter.  But he’s more than that.  He has a way of looking at and using color that is musical, lyrical.  It’s like setting color to music.  He designs fabrics and makes quilts.  He uses traditional patterns in new, fabulous ways.   If there were any quilt teacher in the world that I would pick to study under, it would be him.

Several months ago my favorite quilt store announced that he would be coming and they offered 3 workshops and a lecture by Kaffe.  By the time FlamingEwe and I found out about it, the workshops were full and the waiting lists were yards long.  But we put ourselves on the waiting lists anyway.

The phone rang at about 2 this afternoon.  It was the store calling to say that there had been cancellations, would I be interested in one of the workshops?  “Um, what date again?”  Monday, Nov. 6 and Tuesday, Nov. 7  “How many spaces are in the Monday workshop?”  Three.  So …. in between reminding myself to breath because I kind of forgot, I signed up to take a class …. with OMIGOSH!!! Kaffe Fassett.  I can’t believe it.

I signed FlamingEwe up as well.  We’ll figure childcare out another time.  But right now I can’t believe my good fortune and I’m grinning from ear to ear.