Great! Thanks vw.

I'll call Drew once I get close so you all will know the moment that I begin the inevitable process of getting lost driving into Boston.

I swear, I can get around San Francisco, LA, New York, DC...but Boston kicks my ass every single time. Luckily DX sent me directions and multiple MAPS! I may actually make it.

We won't be at Connies till around then too. (5:30-6ish)

Crap.

Family stuff came up this afternoon. Nothing bad, just time-consuming. Anyway, I'm heading out now (yes, 5 EST), so I'm obviously going to miss Connie's. I don't know how long the drive will take, but I'm guessing about 1:45 to 2:15, which puts me in Boston between 6:45 and 7:15, just in time for the tour.

I will still call Drew when I get to the Boston outskirts to figure out where I should meet everyone.

So I just met the lovely Am-Chau. She's a wonderful person you should make every effort to meet if you have the opportunity. She's sweet and amusing, and she and her kind mother Stephanie were so terribly gracious towards me, helping me take my ridiculous amount of luggage to the place it is being stored. I was so grateful for their help. And lucky to meet her!

ETA: There's a picture, which I will upload when I have a chance.

So I've got my days free on Monday and Tuesday in NYC and would love to hang with folks if anyone is free and not trapped in one of those job things. I'm kinda thinking I'd like to be a big dork and go ice skating.

Me! Me! Mememememe!

(Um. Yeah. Me=dork.)

Am-chau and me from this evening.

ETA: Fixed link.

It's locked, SA.

(BTW, I sent you a card, though it looks like I mailed it a few days too late for you to get it before you left Wales. So, watch for it in January, I guess.)

Whoops! I didn't know it did that. That's bad. But, new link, anyway.

Thanks, Lyra. I'll look for it when I swing through Wales, then.

t waves weakly

Hey folks. I'm feeling slightly better today, but still far from actually well. Stupid stomach bug. I'm really bummed that I couldn't make it to Somerville yesterday! I hope you all had an awesome time. (Jon, were you able to find someone to take my ticket? If not, let me know and I'll send off a check to you.) I'm sad to have missed not only Drew, but Ellen too! I haven't seen her in something like a year and a half. As well as the McWarnigles, whom I met only very briefly AGES ago, and Jon, Connie, DX, and Kristin. Very sad now. (Kristin, thanks again for your incredibly kind offer to come and pick me up. I really appreciated it.)

SA, lucky you, getting to meet Am-Chau and all. Did you meet up with Fay like you had planned? Isn't travel-by-Buffistas the best way to go?

t smugly

All of your ND are belong to me.

I had so much fun last night (sorry Kate...)! Jon B. did a fabulous job with the Illuminations trolley tour (and even managed to mix in a Bronski Beat joke, which I believe went over the heads of most of the 80-year olds on the tour). I met FAQ Girl, who I liked very much, and got to hang at Theodosia's house with the McWarnigles, DX (giver of directions into Somerville), Ellen, Nutty, and ND. Afterwards, ND and I drove back to my place and are now about to go find food.

This post brought to you by the parentheses.

t /smugly