She asked me that question, wondered if I felt like she was abandoning me. I said very honestly, no, not at all, and told her that overall she's been the epitome of consistency for me for a long time and that I truly hope she has a wonderful time on her trip. She's never taken this long of a vacation in the 9 years that I've seen her and I she totally deserves it. I also told her I plan to keep our session time for myself every week the rest of this month and have been planning what I will do during that time.

Yep, I make afghans (blankets) too. Not as often as smaller stuff because they take longer, but I've made at least a couple dozen of them in the last 30 years of varying sizes. I wish I could make a pair of slippers for each of my couchies! It's a fun pattern. I'm so fortunate that my grandma taught me to crochet when I was young. I don't know that I would have been able to teach myself, as I have zero patience with myself. She had an angel's patience with me. (As does L, most of the time.)

I'm glad you got yourself some chocolates! I haven't had that kind in years, one Christmas as a previous job our boss gave us a little gift box of them, they were so yummy!