Monday I wore a pair of jeans I haven't been able to get in to lately... granted they were stretchy jeans, but at least I was able to zip them up.
Yesterday was my second day with 10,000 steps.
One of the teachers at the crafting retreat was a dyer who has published one of the most respected books on natural dyeing - I have the book and love her aesthetic. I chatted with her briefly about how she schedules classes at her shop in San Francisco, as I hadn't signed up for her classes at the retreat. Sunday she posted on IG that she was going to be teaching at a shop in Nashville in September, and shortly after that the shop, which I also follow, posted about the workshop. I have this rule where I pay attention to things I hear twice, so I started to think... hmmmm... Nashville or San Francisco? I've never been to Tennessee... so I started looking at travel options and hip hip hurrah I'm booked to go to Nashville in September! I won't have a lot of time to explore, but should be able to get to the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Pantheon before class starts the first day. And Tennessee will become the 42nd state, in my quest to visit all 50. That'll be two that I've added this year.