h+h, briefly

Today I’m exhausted because I flew to Chicago Tuesday afternoon to attend h+h americas, briefly; the show runs through today but I came home late last night. My badge was as little acorn creations and my goal was to source yarn and notions for my students, and see what I might be able to do design-wise. I did. I was also there as PSG Studio and it was great to see clients’ feet too; we generally only see each other on Zoom. I also went as myself and it was awesome to hug friends¹ and make new ones.

It was my first trip — and trade show — since 2019.

I am both/and right now.

I’m refreshed and excited in all the ways from seeing products, friends, and doing all the work things. And I’m bloody exhausted from all the peopling, walking the show floor, and still making sure my businesses were okay while I was away. If that wasn’t enough both/and: my flight home was delayed, and I walked into my house about 1.5 hours later than I’d hoped. Not as late as it could’ve been, but late enough that I’m very happy it’s Friday and erev Shabbat. I quipped that I earned the delay because I got to the airport faster than I expected²; shout out to the Blue Line and the ten-minute trip from Rosemont to O’Hare.

1. Many of the clients and companies I work with are also my friends. ↩︎
2. Conceptually I knew this since I read the train schedule, but I really didn’t expect it to work out. ↩︎