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Conflikt: The Hotel (mostly gripes, but not all)

Monday, January 31st, 2011 05:11 pm

Posting this now, before I forget any more than I have. Or, say, fail to have any time to do it. :) We just got home a couple hours ago from Conflikt, and it. Was. A. Blast. A BLAST. I will write about that shortly. First, the gripes about the hotel, because they're right at the top of my head. Despite all of these I had a GREAT time, and if you don't want to read my grumblings (and notes on possible solutions I may use if it's in the same hotel next year), please to leave the cut-tags unclicked. :)

(This year was at the Holiday Inn Seattle - SeaTac International Airport.)

( Short form of twitchy mood )

( The details of the hotel stuff, for my memory (and, if Conflikt is there next year, anyone who wants to be aware/borrow solutions) )

And on a non-gripe note, if we're in this hotel next year I need to bring the swim stuff, as the pool does allow little ones in it even in diapers as long as they're in a swim diaper (many don't) and is inside and thus usable in January, unlike the last hotel.

Current Mood: thoughtful
Crossposts: http://kyrielle.livejournal.com/1593010.html

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Still alive. :)

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009 07:31 am

Oh man, I have not posted in forever. Sorry about that. Baby continues cute. Life continues busy. I can no longer use the computer as much during nursing because if I type at all, Drew refocuses on the computer instead of on food. :P

I had a complete freakout this morning but all is okay. Scott was heading out with Drew when I heard a crash from downstairs, as of something large falling. I yelled out "You okay?" No reply, but sound does not always carry well, so I was only slightly nervous as I headed downstairs to check. As I come down the stairs I hear Scott asking Drew "are you okay?" and freak.

What ACTUALLY happened was Scott knocked something fairly small but loud (not sure what) off a table, then checked on Drew because Drew had a coughing fit. But, briefly, OMG freaked-out mama.

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Still alive. :)

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009 07:31 am

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parenting,
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I didn't want this morning to be interesting.

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008 07:26 am

But, it wasn't all bad. Just some of it. And some odd. Left the house at 3:45 to have Scott at the airport by 4:30 (for a 6 am flight).

( Bizarre semi truck moment )

Then it was a clear drive most of the way - I was thrilled to see a bright, bright meteor. I wasn't LOOKING for meteors, I was driving! But I saw one partway up 205 anyway. I figured I'd spend time on the deck when I got home and watch for more. (This didn't happen, for various reasons. Perhaps tomorrow morning.)

There was something else really funny I meant to post about, but I've forgotten it since then.

Then I dropped Scott off at the airport, and headed back home. I was enjoying the drive (hey, I seldom get to see 205 that peaceful and clear) and was about 2/3 of the way home when my cell rang. ( And we explain why I never watched the meteor shower today, and what I did instead. Yes, Scott said I could share this. )

I'm glad, in a lot of ways, that I'm not going to GenCon. With all that needs doing around here, it's handy - and this morning's misadventure would have upset me a lot more if it had affected my travel also. Now to stay up just a little bit longer so I can call the City of Wilsonville. A few days ago, signs appeared that they'd be sealing our street. YESTERDAY signs and notices with the date arrived, which we got yesterday evening - and it is Thursday. No street parking after 8 am Thursday (don't care), no in or out by car from 9 am Thursday until the seal is dry (4-6 hours after it is placed). I want to get the exact schedule for the street so I can better estimate the impact on my Thursday...because that's the day of Babe's appointment. I'll have to leave about quarter to 9 for that anyway, and in theory I won't pick her up until afternoon, but - I need a firm idea of when I can get in. It's supposed to be 95 tomorrow, and what am I going to do, drive around with the cat in my car losing her mind and the AC on? Come ON. (I also need to call the vet, because emergency procedures can take over time and could prevent the biopsy being done that day, since it's not a critical procedure. I need to know that if I drop the cat off, they're keeping the cat. Otherwise, we have to move the appointment, because this is just not gonna work.)

Then, I go back to bed and nap, because hi, only six hours of sleep. I'd like a couple more. ;)

Hmm. I need a 'determined' or 'keeping on' or 'getting things done' type icon. *frownies* I don't have one I feel suits for a post like this.

Current Mood: amazingly okay, considering the chaos

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Aie. Or, please, drive somewhere else, PLEASE.

Monday, May 19th, 2008 08:13 pm

This morning, on my way to work, I was scared silly. I was going along Stafford Road (which is a 45 zone there) when someone rolled up to the end of one of the streets, slowing neatly down, and - swung right through it in a left turn across my path, maybe 4 car-lengths in front of me, maybe a bit more or less. NOT much room.

I managed to brake, swing out and around and back into my lane, and he hit his brakes too or that maneuver wouldn't've worked. I had nowhere else to go except the ditch or into his car. (The way he was turning, he blocked my ability to swing into the other lane of the street he was coming from - he was cutting across it - that would have been dubious when braking from 45 anyway.)

No harm done, except to my nerves (and maybe his). But it could have been much worse. Luckily, there was no oncoming traffic. I am not sure if my brain processed that fact or not in choosing its course of action - as has been the case in every other accident or near-accident I've been in, I reacted without recording every step of the process or even most of the data. I assume that, had he failed to brake, I would have continued into the opposite ditch, but I'm really not sure if my brain had kept that in processing or not. I may be being overly optimistic.

Scary. Really freaking scary. Fortunately it was a nice, clear, dry day, so I didn't have to fight a wet road surface. I am not sure the over-and-back swerve while braking would have been doable, had the pavement been wet.

By the time I was back in my lane and glanced in my rear-view mirror, he had finished his left turn and was driving off, apparently not considering stopping or checking on me (perhaps because I kept moving and ended up on the road, but it still sort of upset me). But he has to have noticed me, because if he had kept going as he was, I would NOT have swerved around him while staying on the road. Either he would have hit me as I went past him, or I'd have been in the ditch.

Gotta say, my nerves didn't need that jolt. Really, really didn't. The rest of the drive to the new office was MUCH more uneventful, and I really like the new office, but I didn't need that bit of excitement in the morning for contrast. Really. Did. Not.

Current Mood: unimpressed

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"Send this to N friends"

Sunday, September 30th, 2007 09:35 am

Okay, why is it nice to send your friends a chain email that says if they delete it (or don't send it on) it will give them a year of bad luck? It is either absurd, or nasty, depending on whether you believe that stuff. It is sure not very friendly, even if sending it on includes good luck, to send someone something that under any circumstances wishes them bad luck.

I can't stand chain letters like that, though at least these days few people send them on, most delete them or just read and file them, I guess. I used to get more. Perhaps people have (mostly) realized I don't care for them. This is not to say I don't share the occasional one if it is funny enough, but, VERY seldom.

But the ones that have any negative "consequence" stated for not sending them on are just rude to send, IMO.

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Weather and so on

Thursday, January 11th, 2007 08:47 am

Well, I am at work this morning. I was thoroughly nervous, to be honest, with the weather - but the reports said the roads were clear in this area, and the school districts involved weren't doing anything real weird - late or closing or anything - so I came on in. It was a nice clear drive. It is snowing out there now, which is very pretty. It would make me nervous except it is supposed to be warmer and drier this afternoon, so hopefully the drive home will be fine too.

Kind of funny. I'm cautious about driving in weather like this always. And I like to stay home and enjoy the pretty, even if I'm working as I enjoy the pretty (for some reason it feels more 'postcard-ish' to be at home with no drive ahead). Those are normal. But today when the Portland schools closed (they announced it very late, just as I was about to head out the door), I froze in a brief panic. What if? What if? That's not normal. I might have paused and tried to decide whether to come in, but not the momentary freak-out with it.

After I posted the one-a-day photo yesterday, I ended up taking a couple more - I left the computer room and paused in the hallway to pet cats. And noted that Babe was REALLY playful. So started playing with her. And then Scott was playing her and I got the camera and got
some shots. I will have to put those up tonight if they turned out, or at least one of them. It was terribly cute, and rather funny to watch. (She was chasing one of those 'fishing line' like toys with a ball and feather on the end. Next to a scratching post. So there are
these 'paws around the post' pictures and such. Hehe.)

Anyway, back to work. Funny. At the start of the week this was doable, now there's this low-grade ache and dread combination that has nothing to do with work and everything to do with my parents being gone. And in a bit I need to call the neighbor that is helping to watch the
place and ask them to check on it weather-wise, and the outdoor cats. At least I know the outdoor cats have some sheltered areas to get into, and should still have plenty of
food.

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Conflikt: The Hotel (mostly gripes, but not all)

Still alive. :)

Still alive. :)

I didn't want this morning to be interesting.

Aie. Or, please, drive somewhere else, PLEASE.

"Send this to N friends"

Weather and so on