Leaving Lawrence this morning

[pegkerr]

What I'm leaving behind:

Vols. 1 and 2 of Neil Gaiman's Sandman, which I'd borrowed from kijjohnson previously.
A bottle of Woolite I'd bought to wash out my workout clothes but don't want to take with me on the airplane.
The copy of People magazine I'd read on the plane coming out.
The BBC Lord of the Rings radio production I gave her as a Christmas present.
The mobile I gave her as a birthday present. (Kij says, "It was our birthday present, precious, and we wants it!")

What I'm taking with me that I didn't have with me when I arrived:

A few new ribbons sewn on my ribbon coat.
New books (Christmas presents from Kij): The Annotated Hobbit, Annotated Classic Fairy Tales and Charting Your Goals (for thinking about future moving-into-the-writer's-life planning).
Vols. 3 and 4 of The Road to Science Fiction, personally inscribed and autographed by Jim Gunn.
Borrowed books which will be eventually returned: One of the Jeeves (P.G. Wodehouse) books I'd picked up to read this weekend, The Private World of Georgette Heyer and the next two volumes of Sandman.
The first two episodes of Sharpe (with Sean Bean). kijjohnson is giving them to me since they've decided to get the whole set.
The outlines of kijjohnson's next two novels.
A new swing coat, in black, that I got at a store downtown.
A couple wee gifties for my little girls, bought in a toy store, also downtown.
The doggie bag with my leftover dinner from the Middle eastern restaurant last night.
NOT the Paradise Cafe, unfortunately. It won't fit in my luggage.

And a thousand wonderful memories.

Back to my wonderful family today. I hope they haven't self-destructed without me.

Cheers,
Peg

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/_lindsay_/]

I'm so glad you had a good time...and I am v. interested in this ribbon coat. Could you explain it or put up a picture?

Ribbon coat

[pegkerr.livejournal.com]

It's a blue denim jacket that has had ribbons sewn all over it in parallel lines. I got the idea from kijjohnson, who has created several. Kij got the denim jackets that she used at thrift stores, but I cheated and just went to the Gap. I was too impatient to wait to find something perfect in a thrift store, but I suppose my jacket is insufficiently bohemian. Anyway, I do love it. I got the ribbons from kijjohnson, elisem and radcliffe. I have antique bone buttons sewn on the pocket flap (and a little pewter fish button, for the fish of wisdom, and a few satin roses scattered over the jacket, too. A one of a kind creation; I'm quite proud of it.

If I can ever figure out how to access my webspace, I'll try to scan a picture of the jacket and put it up . . . but don't know how long that will be. Don't hold your breath.

Cheers,
Peg

[amandageist.livejournal.com]

Yes, please, what is a ribbon coat? It has overtones of great symbolic and memory potential....like most of your wonderful ideas.

~Amanda

[pegkerr.livejournal.com]

See my answer to _lindsay_ here

[kijjohnson.livejournal.com]

What I'm leaving behind:

You forgot to mention: a friend who misses you already.

Love, Kij

[vass]

Kij says, "It was our birthday present, precious, and we wants it!"
It even, presumably, rings.

Oh. *Mobile*. As in dangly object, not the Australian word for cellphone. Ignore me.

[kijjohnson.livejournal.com]

It does ring, actually -- it has a little bell on it.:g:.