KristinT, if I share the room I'll do my best not to succumb to Oldest Child Syndrome and try to take care of you and get you to do my bidding. (Yes, I do both, ask my sister.)

Transport and money are now the issues.

You mean like inviting people from England, Israel, or even worse, Kentucky that you have never met to come stay in your apartment

I had people from Tennessee and DC that I knew only from a music mailing list stay at my house several years ago, while they were in town to attend a concert in Atlanta. Later, the band who were the topic of the aforementioned mailing list stayed over for two nights when they had gigs in Athens and Atlanta. That was fun.

KristinT, if I share the room I'll do my best not to succumb to Oldest Child Syndrome and try to take care of you and get you to do my bidding. (Yes, I do both, ask my sister.)

In my experience, only children and oldest children are much the same beast. I think we'll do just fine.

Transport and money are now the issues.

Can't help with the transport, but I've already paid for the hotel room. You would be my guest. Hopefully that will help with the money.

Yay! Hypothetical roommate!

Hahah! You've always wanted to sleep with women, yeah? :) Sure.

Woohoo! Dream come true! So meara and I will be sharing a room with RL and Reema for Saturday night.

I was able to travel through Australia due to the kindness of several Buffistas who'd never met me before. Then there was San Francisco... sigh. And I had Fay to show me around London for my brief layover there! Buffistas--it's the only way to travel.

There is the bonus that there's a readymade Buffista guide somewhere near most any destination in the USA and Canada, and many major cities abroad.

Can't help with the transport, but I've already paid for the hotel room. You would be my guest. Hopefully that will help with the money.

Oh my goodness. On the one hand I'm like "I can't accept that!" On the other, I'm like "I'm a student!" And then I have a third, compromising hand (what? Doesn't everyone have three?) that says "Take her to dinner as a thank you, and accept her hospitality."

Kiba - whatever works for you, but I wasn't expecting help with the room fee anyway, so it's not a problem at all.

I'm gainfully employed with student loans (nearly) paid off. I can afford to be generous. Accept - it will make me happy.

You have three hands? Drat this already committed to someone else thing! ;-)

Also - I'm not coming in until Saturday, so I only have the room booked for Sat and Sun. If you're coming in on Friday, you may need to find a couch to crash on.

I'm not coming in at all yet - still working on that transport thing, which will determine when I'll be coming in. And trying to figure out if I have friends in the area who are non-Buffistas, and I do believe I have one in Arlington with whom I may be able to spend a night if nec.

No worries. Email me when you figure it out. Profile addy is good.

I'm sure we'll be able to find a bed or sofa for you while you are in the area Kiba. Lots of us have rooms at the hotel so far.