travel
These are my various blog posts about travel, whether it be convention travel, Disney travel, or other places.
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Planning
San Diego tickets bought – expensive, ouch! We leave Memphis at 6AM (again, ouch!) – plane change in Minneapolis – arrive San Diego at 11 AM. So we’ll have plenty of time to swim and rest (especially rest – if I have to be up at 4AM to catch a plane, I’m going to want a nap! haha) before Preview…
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when i posted my schedule
For no reason, here’s my travel schedule thus far this year (cons and otherwise) March – Jackson for spring break, don’t have exact dates yet. MidSouthCon – April 2-4. Celebration III/Indianapolis – April 20-24 A-Kon/Dallas – June 3-5 Comic Con/San Diego – July 13-17 Dragoncon/Atlanta – uh, September 2-5 I think. Maybe sometime mid April go to Sewanee for a…
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Quickly, before I leave for work…
I just made my Comic Con reservations 😀 We’re at the Omni again. I love that hotel. I would have cried if it were sold out.
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when we went to milwaukee
Oh yeah! Hi! I’m back. Here’s what I did this weekend. Thursday: -Left the house at 7. -Ate dinner at McAllister’s in Cape Gireaudo (sp? no clue.) -Got stuck in traffic in St Louis -Got lost in Springfield looking for our hotel -Checked into our hotel at 2 AM (technically friday, of course) Friday: -Slept too late, alarm didn’t go…
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when i presented a paper
I’m off to present my Study of the Social and Moral Themes of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings at Marquette’s Lord of the Rings Conference this weekend. See you cats on the flipside!
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when we finally got to enjoy spran diggedi
First round of San Diego pics HERE!! Preview night, plus the zoo and Balboa Park. A few selections… AHH!
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paris day 2
So after the long ass night, we finally got up and got dressed and headed for the Louvre. Today was a first day trying the Metro. Well, of course we screwed up and got out at the wrong place, and had to walk quite a ways to the Louvre. Luckily it was sunny and wasn’t too cold, so it wasn’t…
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Paris day 1
So, our flight left at 5:30. We had checked in online, which apparently threw everyone else in our group off. (we had been registered through a travel agency, and apparently if us three hadn’t checked in online the night before, they would have been able to check in the whole group at once there at the airport or something. I…
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when i went to paris and london
I’m home! Ok so I’ve been home all weekend, but I came home sick and jet lagged so I’ve been sleeping 😀 I’ll go through the whole trip later, when I’m on the other computer where it’s easier to type. I’m going to start downloading my pics tonight, too. I took around 600! The quick story, though: Paris was fun.…
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bonjour from paris!
I’m here in a little internet cafe in Paris! I’ve only got a few minutes so I have to be fast. We’ve been to Notre Dame, the Louvre, the Eiffel Tower, and the Orsay Museum. I woke up feeling woozy this morning so I stayed at the hotel all day asleep, while Kristie and Ash went to Sacred Heart and…
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when it was time to go to katsucon
Going ahead and saying good bye! Not leaving until tomorrow evening, but I’m going to be busy tomorrow! I’ll be back late Sunday. yay! I’m so excited about the con :B
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when i coughed up a lung
I have bruised my ribs coughing. But I’m finally starting to get better. Tomorrow is a big day! I’m really excited. I’ll explain more later. Katsucon is weekend after next. Tohru is done except for one little thing, but I still have a lot to do on Belldandy. I’m really, really excited about it now, because I’m going to be…
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New Orleans!
Well let’s just jump right in shall we? Cath got to my house around 7:30 monday morning and we piled into my car and went over to pick up Mel. Then we picked up Josh and met up with Mel’s parents at a gas station, and Mel and Josh rode with her parents the first leg of the trip while…
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when i was going to new orleans
I have 2 papers to write tonight and studying for my math final exam tomorrow to do, but I don’t feel like it right now! So, here’s a reeeeeeallly long post. I’m leaving for New orleans on monday and I’m nowhere near done with my dress. Tomorrow night when I get home I need to bust out some fabric paint…
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Last minute-ness
1. My boxes made it to the hotel OK. 2. We are checked in for our flight. 3. My girls have their white tights. 4. Teela is finished, albeit somewhat ghetto-ly, lol 5. Neither girl is spending the night – picking up ash, meeting cat at airport. What’s left to do? 1. Double check everything in suitcase 2. Pack carry…
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when i met a mountie
I’m home from niagara! only story worth telling is that early today, while still in canada at the duty free shop, my cousin david and I were at the makeup counter. I was putting eyeshadow on his arm trying to make it look like a bruise. All of a sudden the attendant comes over to us and in this outraaaageous…
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when i played catch up
Ok, new blogger takes a looooooong time to publish on my computer. yuck 😛 what else have I not gotten to whine about lately? oh yeah! My credit card was about to expire. Last time this was about to happen, they upped my limit. That was a while ago, and the current limit is just not enough for traveling expenses.…
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Anime Expo 2003 recap!
OK um hi! I’m home. how are ya? I’m just going to hit a few details of the trip. I’m not going to post our report because it’s boring. -We went to Universal and I got my pic taken with Storm. -At Universal my dad had to get up in front of the Spiderman Rocks audience and dance. -AX is…
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Upcoming 2003 Schedules & Plans!
I would just like to say here that I do not want to be a babysitter and tour guide at Dragoncon. That is all. Anyway. Other than that, I’m SO looking forward to Dragoncon. FINALLY a convention where all 3 or us – me, ash and cath – are together. So, so excited. God, Cath is going to LOVE dragoncon.…
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stranded at katsucon
Hi guys… um… I’m still here… at Katsucon. We got snowed in, our flight on sunday was cancelled. So we’re STILL here. (I’ve never seen this much snow…) We supposedly have a flight out tomorrow. Ugh. I want to go home!
