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14 June 2004
Update from all Heck!  
So I'm up to my elbows in work waiting for me after I got back from my conference. Joy. I knew it was the only way to make some arrive. Anyway...

Thursday was fun. Went to breakfast and had already gotten breakfast when I discovered the Belgian Waffle Maker. I made a mental note for Friday. The conference continued in conference-y ways. I attended a session on blogs and what it could mean for my profession. The presenter asked who had a blog, and I was one of like two people who raised their hands. So what if I have 3?

After the last session, I forwent having dinner at the dorms so I could go visit my friend who lives outside of DC. We had been talking on the phone so we had concluded that I had go to Baltimore Penn Station to hop a train down to University of Maryland (Hi Susie!), etc. So I hailed my first cab (ooh, I felt so adult!) and got down to the train station (it seems as though we read the maps wrong and I had to go to Baltimore Camden station. Now this wouldn't have been a problem as I could hop a light-rail train from Penn to Camden and still make it to Camden in time to catch the 5:15 train which would have put me near my friend around 6 giving us time for a leisurely meal and then to get her to her hockey game. Except the light-rail train was broken, so we went one station and then had to change trains, therefore I missed the MARC train to College Park by like 5 minutes and had to wait an hour to catch the 6:10 train. This train would still have put me near my friend by 7ish, which made for a more-rushed dinner and still get her to her hockey game in time. Only the MARC train had a sucky signal. I think all of them did. It meant that we went no more than 15-20mph the whole trip, stretching a 45 minute trip to an hour-and-a-half long one. They had to switch the switch manually. AND there was a screaming baby! This put me to my friend around 8 or so which meant we had to grab fast-food in order to get to her hockey game) but I eventually saw her.

Went to her hockey game. She scored two goals! YAAY! One of her teammates was a professor at the place where my conference was and was going to pick up her hubby on campus after the game, so she gave me a ride home. :)

It was only then I discovered housekeeping had stolen my towel. So I got up early Friday morning and made a complaint to the conference housing people and they told me there was nothing they could do since a supervisor wasn't in. And besides, the towels had probably been sent out so I wouldn't see it until Monday. Not a solution since I was leaving that day! I was calm about it all and pretty understanding. I realize why they got confused since my towel was yellow and in a quirk of fate they happened to provide light yellow towels in my room. Fortunately for me, a custodial person was there, and he took pity on me and unauthorizedly took me down to the laundry section and helped me look for my towel. One yellow towel out of a pile of many! But I found it! Go me! I got it back. I was happy.

Of course, the shuttle had to pick me up in the middle of my last session. The driver didn't know his way around, but we eventually made it to the airport. I checked in no problem. The security guy was super-nice! He told me that my shoes might set off the alarm, so I took them off and walked through without setting it off (of course, I came prepared and went bra-less, too much information, I know!), and he smiled and wished me a nice day. I wish all security people could be friendly like that.

Then I got to my gate. I bypassed lunch because I'd get home at like 2ish and I was still full from Breakfast (belgian waffes, yaaay!). Only the plane coming from Virgina had 'mechanical problems' so the plane was delayed an hour and a half. Then we boarded so very quickly. And got on the plane.... and had to wait another 30 minutes for the fuel to arrive. *sigh*

So I didn't get in until 4.

Discovered parking was $30. That combined with the cost of the shuttle and I should have driven. At least I would have been on my own damn schedule. *curls lip*

So that was the end of my conference.

After that on Saturday, I was a vegetable, sleeping in until noon or so until the EO called and wondered if I wanted to take a road trip. So we went to look at camping supplies. And then found cool poles for possible banner/standard/pennant holders.

That evening was spent with J and M, and was a good evengning all around. I was inspired to sew.

Which I did on Sunday. I pieced together harem pants--which were left unfinished due to the need for elastic (which I later found, but was on a different project by then)--a chemise, which suffered the same fate. A coat for Defltwood wear, which I did finish enough to wear, but it needs decoration, which I will be deorating. Little fun blades of windmills on the front and then perhaps (if I have enough beads) a windmill on the back. :)

I started on my bodice... finally! :) It will be pretty and red and I have enough of left over fabric to make the tabs and weee! :)

On a side note... I really hate when people bother me as if I don't look swamped enough!

Shann--back in the 70's now, but oh, the 90's in Baltimore were so much fun!

Jen--I'm back now! look I live!

Liz the Mischievous renovated @ 09:50