It’s more pictures than anyone wants to see, and I’m still editing like a banshee. What I really recommend is checking out the slide show of me, Anne, and Veronica, because that was truly the best part of the trip.
Well, I’m home, and I’m SO tired! No time to properly blog, but a few quick things to share. First, a wonderful surprise! I got to see Mynxie at the airport!
It was a total fluke. I texted her saying I was a bad planner and should have told her I’d be around during a layover. She was like, "I’m in my car! I’ll be right over." YAY! It was brief, and there was lots of amusing trouble finding each other at SFO, but in the end, we succeeded and had a lovely chat. What a total treat! I love it when things like that work out.
Also, I don’t have time to share the whole story, but I wrote a haiku about an experience I had near the beginning of my 5 1/2 hour flight home:
Iced cran-apple juice
Spills, crotch soaked, window seat, trapped
Flight attendant, help!
So I just walked out of the bathroom in our hotel room, and Veronica and Dan are standing there both backed against the wall giggling. I inquired what on earth they’d been doing, and apparently, they just knocked on the window and mooned some guy walking past. Just a second ago, Veronica said, “My butt’s cold from the glass on that window.” Guess they really did it with gusto!
So I can hear Veronica (AKA Smoooochie) typing away on the next bed, while I have spent the last half an hour or so rotating pictures and cutting the 414 pictures I took today down to 178 to upload. I’m making fast decisions, since I can’t leave this work until I get back. When I get back, it’s work time again. And so there will be the text documentation of the trip (a la Smoooochie) and the visual documentation (a la me).
It’s been great seeing Anne and Veronica. They are such great friends, so easy to be around. Even though I rarely see them IRL (“in real life”), I talk to them more than just about anyone else. I never have to give a back story for anything, because they know it all. I love it! Dan has been a seriously great 4th wheel, as has Paige. Tonight, they will both be with us at karaoke. Yes, it’s Friday night, and a karaoke adventure has been planned for me – and I thought I’d have the week off. We may even see some people from Ask MetaFilter! That would be nutty!
The Seattle Flickr set keeps expanding. I know there are too many to view casually, but in the end, the pictures are for us, and we don’t mind! If you happen to enjoy them, too, then that’s an extra bonus. 😀
OK, so before I left town, I was all packed, and I couldn’t find my rain jacket. Gah! And so I’ve tried to call the places in Boston where I thought I might have left my jacket. If any of my friends in Boston are bored and want to be my big hero, you could help me out by checking the Common Ground in Allston (617-783-2071) to see if I left my jacket there at Game Night on Tuesday or if I left it at karaoke at the Charles Playhouse Lounge (617-824-1921) on Friday. Whenever I call, it seems to be the wrong time. I know some of you will be out at these places. Maybe you could ask.
The jacket is black and blue from EMS, Women’s size Medium, fitted, and CUTE!
It’s the blue/black one in this animated gif:
