Guild Meeting and On Finding Courage

Well I went to the guild meeting on Wednesday. And I decided to be the designated driver. Which sounds very mundane, so what.

Well I haven't driven on a freeway in over 10 years. When I was younger I would drive anyplace any time. Then when I was in my fifties my thyroid stopped working, it took about a year for the Doctor to figure out what was wrong with me I actually thought I was going mental. I think my family thought the same. The chemical imbalance was quite severe and I started to have panic attacks, mostly it seemed to happen when I was driving. My Mother was terminally ill at that time. And it was a nightmare progression of events. Finally I was put on the correct medication ,my Mom died (of course I didn't want my Mom to die she had the most sound common sense of any one I know ) and the stress level abated to a normal cycle. However I slowly stopped going places except around town. and I only drove routes I knew. No more heading out to places unknown.

Since I have started to make changes in my life I decided to get going and find my courage. Your never to old that's what I tell myself. So with a full car load of lovely ladies I headed out on the freeway. We didn't have to take food as our hostess put on the soup pot and baked lots of goodies. Insane as this sounds I was so proud of myself we got there safe and sound and I had a great time. I took my Alice Schline runner. Network drafting twill. I was really happy with the way this turned out. My first computerized draft and the first time to use Cotlin? I may have spelt that wrong.I'm still fiddling around with up loading pictures and I'm learning about digital cameras. But as one of my fun friends said the other day it is what it is.