I am sallying forth today! I am meeting up with fellow knitting bloggers in Manhatten – we are getting together at Knit New York.

This is a big deal for me on a number of levels.

First off — I am going to meet what I am sure will be interesting women – and that’s always great.

Secondly, I am going by myself. My sense of direction is non extant. Kathleen will attest that at yesterday’s Guild meeting, I got a bit turned around leaving the library. And there are a great many others out there who would love to tell you all about the time that I got lost doing something or other, or how I asked for directions a million times — but they will need to get their own damn blogs! What I always say in my defense is ‘I always get there don’t I? And on time — so how lost can I be exactly??!!’

And of course, there is the nervousness about meeting new people. I hope they like me. I know I sound like Sally Field – I really think she got a bum rap with that. All the ridicule that has been heaped on her. Who doesn’t have an inner Sally, hoping, wondering if they will be liked? She was just honest and brave about it.

With all that in mind, going into the city all by my lonesome is something of a milestone for me. If I had an adult years baby book, this would definitely have to be in there.

Lookit Ann! She took her first Big Girl Steps Today!!