Things I Have

[mrissa]

1. Concrete steps! Concrete apron for where the driveway meets the garage! Jaunty yellow caution tape surrounding the said steps and apron! The concrete people showed up bright and early this morning, and by the time I was making my lunch, they were gone. This means that anyone who drops by my house in the next 24-48 hours should not walk on the steps, but anyone who comes around after that is certainly invited to do so.

2. A confirmation number for my WFC hotel reservation! Whew. I had made my reservation online and saved it in e-mail, and then I could not find it. Not anywhere. And that hotel is booked, and so is the first overflow hotel, and I have heard reports that the second overflow hotel was as well (no confirmation on that). So the phrase, "Well...you're not in the system..." kept running through my head. So I called and got my confirmation number, hurrah for peace of mind. Also I got tickets into the Albany airport. Heaven knows how I will get from Albany into Saratoga Springs. Life is full of mysteries. Worst-case scenario is renting a car and driving myself, so it turns out that the worst case is rather bearable. As many worst cases not involving ninjas are.

3. A very lovey bop who helps write books! And appointments for her yearly vet check and her considerably-more-than-yearly haircut.

4. An idea of how to finish Chapter 22! And with it a bit of history that will not go in the book but may come in useful later.

5. A plan for the rest of the day after that!

Comments

[buymeaclue.livejournal.com]

It's probably a little far in advance to be making concrete plans, but it looks like I'll be driving directly through Albany en route to WFC, and then of course back the same way. I'll bet we could make arrangements to pick you up/drop you off at the airport. Drop me a line in October, if you'd like?

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Nifty. If it turns out that won't work with timing -- if you want to be there before my plane gets in Thursday afternoon, that sort of thing -- I won't have any expectations of it, but it'd be awfully convenient if we could arrange something.

[buymeaclue.livejournal.com]

Excellent. We shall talk in the fall.

[dichroic.livejournal.com]

Re #3, now I keep thinking "She's Nurse Puppy! She helps write books! She plays hockey!"

Only it's probably hard to manage a stick with no opposablle thumbs, not to mention the problem that there's only one of her.

[athenais.livejournal.com]

Huzzah! Driveway!

[mkille.livejournal.com]

I hope the ride thing works out, but if not, there is public transportation (http://www.cdta.org/riding_maps_service_areas.php#ss) in the area. (Schedules and maps in pdf format, which I unfortunately can't double-check on this computer at the moment, since we haven't installed Adobe yet).

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

I am mostly seeing transit within Saratoga Springs and within Albany on this bit of information, rather than between the two, and also there's the Amtrak, which I checked already and found that according to the schedule they were willing to give me at this moment, there will be one train from SS to Albany on Sunday, and that after my flight has already left. I will poke it further, but it didn't look promising, alas. Thanks, though.

[onyxspydyr.livejournal.com]

My father lives in the area, I can ask him about transportation options, if you'd like. He's usually helpful if it doesn't involve me directly.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Thanks; if we get to that point in the fall, I will ask you.

[haddayr.livejournal.com]

I LOVE jaunty yellow caution tape.

[sethb.livejournal.com]

The plan is for the convention to arrange a bus or two traveling between ALB and the con. It should be available Thursday, Friday and Sunday, but I don't know the details yet. Something like every hour or so during peak times.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Very good to know! Thanks much. I'm traveling at obvious sorts of times on Thursday and Sunday, nothing deeply exotic, so this ought to be just the thing.

[kendwoods.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday!

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Happy my birthday to you!