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Oct. 31st, 2008
awwwwwwww YEAH
Oct. 31st, 2008 10:49 amChecked out of the Swampy Ghetto, checked into room generously paid for by credit card rewards...
Front Desk: I see they've put you in a different room[1], do you want to keep your old one?
Your humble correspondent: I'd rather not--it had a sort of mildewy smell to it
FD: Oh... Would you like one of the renovated rooms in the tower?
YHC: Why, that would be lovely.
So here I am in the 17th floor, the "Club Floor" I thank you, in the newly renovated tower. I have a beautiful view north past the convention center (which is a handsome building, at that) towards the city proper. I have real furniture and a king-size bed with, I counted, ten pillows. And I couldn't swear to it but I think the intarwubs are faster.
Happy Vacation To Me!
[1] the "Aquamarine Area", where my con hotel reservation was, was not one of the reward choices. I had booked the "Ivory Area", which is the same concept but on the other side of the complex and closer to center. It is also the "kid friendly" area, oh dear.
Front Desk: I see they've put you in a different room[1], do you want to keep your old one?
Your humble correspondent: I'd rather not--it had a sort of mildewy smell to it
FD: Oh... Would you like one of the renovated rooms in the tower?
YHC: Why, that would be lovely.
So here I am in the 17th floor, the "Club Floor" I thank you, in the newly renovated tower. I have a beautiful view north past the convention center (which is a handsome building, at that) towards the city proper. I have real furniture and a king-size bed with, I counted, ten pillows. And I couldn't swear to it but I think the intarwubs are faster.
Happy Vacation To Me!
[1] the "Aquamarine Area", where my con hotel reservation was, was not one of the reward choices. I had booked the "Ivory Area", which is the same concept but on the other side of the complex and closer to center. It is also the "kid friendly" area, oh dear.
I can haz vacation?
Oct. 31st, 2008 07:33 pmIt was warmer today, but of course by the time I swimsuited up and sauntered to the pool, it was partly-cloudy (the part in front of the sun) and exceedingly windy. Which is fine as long as you are in the water, but upon exiting for some serious lolling around and maybe reading, it was insanely chilly. So I swam for awhile and then came back to the room and, oh dear, played Ultima IV which there is a Mac OS X port for. But that's relaxing! So it's okay. NYAH
I was not going to spend the whole evening doing that, however. So I have installed myself in the patio bar (which is empty, mua ha ha ha; there is some kind of convention or gathering here at present but it is all oldsters so they are not so much with the night life) with a fruity drink and a jerked chicken snack and am alternately intarwubbing and working on the D&D character class Dr. Nick and I have been giving painful breech birth to for the past N months; something that I love to do, but never have a block of time at home that I am not urgently doing something else.
It is a very nice fruity drink. The weather is chilly and windy, but I have a jacket and I am wearing pants now, so that is okay.
Tomorrow: Happy World Land!
I was not going to spend the whole evening doing that, however. So I have installed myself in the patio bar (which is empty, mua ha ha ha; there is some kind of convention or gathering here at present but it is all oldsters so they are not so much with the night life) with a fruity drink and a jerked chicken snack and am alternately intarwubbing and working on the D&D character class Dr. Nick and I have been giving painful breech birth to for the past N months; something that I love to do, but never have a block of time at home that I am not urgently doing something else.
It is a very nice fruity drink. The weather is chilly and windy, but I have a jacket and I am wearing pants now, so that is okay.
Tomorrow: Happy World Land!