Win Fail Win

I need distractions today. I drove over to Raleigh this morning to pick up my second quilt (a surprise for someone so I can’t show it to you) from my long arm quilter and drop off my third quilt, (also a surprise). I got back in time to go play real bridge with my friend Deanna. It was not a mentor/mentee game so I was playing against very experienced players.
I did not do well. I was a little preoccupied with Carter and Russ going to meet up in Amsterdam. In the middle of the game I got an emergency text from Carter that she was locked out of her debit card. She was trying to get a pair of tickets for the Anne Frank Museum that had been unavailable until just that moment. The museum is undergoing renovations and the tickets are severely limited. Even though she solved the problem I never quite regained my composure. I wasn’t supposed to get any text during the game and I was worried I would get in trouble for that!

After my poor bridge showing I decided that I needed to be productive at something I am good at so at 4:40 in the afternoon I started making 52 quarts of black bean soup. Ending the day with a win in the kitchen took my mind off the things I was not so good at. It worked for the four hours I was cooking, but now I am exhausted, but not really able to rest.
Russ is on an overnight flight and as happy as I am that he is going to spend the weekend with Carter I am a little hyped up waiting to hear that they connect in the airport. Now that I cooked the food I was going to do tomorrow I need to find something else I can’t fail at. Perhaps laundry or washing the kitchen floor. I am fairly certain Russ and Carter will have the better weekend!