Word! (Although I may express my thrilledness by being gauche and shy. Or by being really bouncy and chatty. One never knows. Either way, consider me thrilled, even if I find myself bereft of social skills. Just in case.)

What!? How did I miss that? YAY for Emily and the Bug, and whatever magic happened for us to get to see their beautiful faces!

Who else got chill bumps?

katep - your fannish butt is OURS. Can't wait to see you, sweetie!

wheeeeee! I can't wait to see YOU! *bounce bounce*

And yay Val and Emily! This just keeps getting better all the time.

Also, smonster et al., I replied over email too, but I'm all for getting the room on Saturday night.

I'll let Lilibeth know about Friday/Saturday at the good rate for VW and Emily, and about a Saturday night for a four-sleeper for the QoH (Quadrana of Hotness) that is juliana, Smonster, amyth and Kate. But she doesn't get in until ten and I am late like a late thing.

VW, I see by the forty-plus emails that all have the same subject line that you guys are booked on flights. Excellence! A hearty thanks to all who kicked in, including a few people whose names you've never heard, and especially to Suzi, who handled the hard part, which involved having functional grey cells. I've been shedding mine like an Afghan hound with dandruff. It's pathetic.

Raq, my trust Info sheet (which will go out tomorrow to everyone who sent me their cellphone info or who actively requests it) informs me that Theodosia is arriving at SFO Friday morning at 10:51, and that Perkins is picking her up, with SailAweigh already in tow. I suspect that Perkins' extremely hot car will be full of luggage, though. I should be down in that neck of the woods Friday morning myself, picking up erika's van, so maybe...? Although it would be a curbside pickup, because there's no way I want to try to park a van in the Labrynth of Hell that is SFO's parking structure. So if you want the pickup, flight info, please.

And did someone ask about Friday night? It's opposite the Alcatraz tour; I'm looking at a nine o'clock reservation at Angelinos, fingers crossed.

Deb, insent with our info.

Deb, is there any information about guest parking at HICC?

Katerina, yep - I set that up with Lilibeth and Eva. The Prom agreement I'm going to fax back to her today says: Parking for a non-hotel guest is $10/day based on space availability.

Oh good, that is a reasonable price. I figure having the van available may well come in handy. Please to LMK as to how to interface with them for payment?

I'm picking up Deena, vw and Emily at the airport in Suzi's van on Friday afternoon, Deb. So they're taken care of. Just an FYI.

Is anybody else arriving at Oakland 10am-ish on Friday? We could hook up and travel together. If there's a bunch of us maybe we could cab it.