Back from fetching the car
Rob and I had a stress-free trip to Seattle, where we retrieved the Mercedes. We did a little bit of shopping and then drove home without problems. The cats seem surprised to see us.
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Heading to Seattle to retrieve the car
The Mercedes is ready! It was actually ready last week, but Rob and I were still feeling poorly so asked if we could put off fetching it until we were better. We’re taking the train up to Seattle where we will spend a little time playing tourist and then drive back down to Portland. At
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Just call me Typhoid Mary
You might recall that I made a passing reference to being ill last week and that Rob was also ill. Yesterday, we both went to the doctor. The good news is that it isn’t pneumonia. Rob had been at work with two people that had pneumonia for a couple of days the week before this
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I am home! Home at last!
The cab picked me up this morning with no problems. I hopped in and the driver said, “Are you paying with cash? I said, “No… I asked on the phone and she said I could use a credit card.” “Well you can, but not for trips under $20.” He looked aggrieved. “Sorry. The dispatcher should
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A brief update on my travel plans du jour
I’ve called a cab which is picking me up at 7am to take me to Amtrak for the 8:13 train. The other trains were sold out until the last one at 7:00pm. I am getting to the station absurdly early, but at this point feel that I should build in crazy amounts of extra
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The ongoing saga of Mary and her journey home
In our last episode, Mary was reunited with a high school friend who offered her a ride back home. Shortly after joining forces with Irene and Edwin, our intrepid heroine was in the back of a comfortable auto heading to Portland. As they motored along, traffic slowed because of an accident to the side of
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The further adventures of a girl and her husband’s car
So I’ve gotten to explore a lot of Seattle with Cherie today. We went to lunch at Bad Albert’s and afterwards stopped at Fremont Coffee to get some writing done. While there I called the mechanic to see how things were going. He cheerfully said that they had gotten the car to start and that
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Back in Portland from Dragon*Con and Tennessee
Once again, my body is on random time. I’ve just returned from the trip to Atlanta and Tennessee and wasn’t there quite long enough — or rather — I didn’t have quite enough of a regular sleep cycle to have truly gotten on East Coast time but neither am I acclimated to West Coast at
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Dragon*Con 2010 schedule change
I just got an update from my airline that they’ve changed my itinerary. I will now not arrive until 2pm tomorrow which means that I will miss my autographing session. I believe that is the only thing affected by this change. Besides my blood-pressure, of course. I’m impressed that my travel karma is inserting pre-emptive
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Mary’s Dragon*Con 2010 schedule
This will be my first Dragon*Con and I’m very much looking forward to it. Since it is a costume friendly con, I’m bringing the full Regency wardrobe for evening wear. I’ll also have the sandalwood handfans for folks who would like them. But where can you get one? Just find me at any one of
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Behold! I am home and Lo! I have baked.
Clearly being gone for two weeks brought out the nesting impulse because I came home made a casserole, soup and cookies within the first four hours of being back. I’m moving on to laundry and am considering mopping the kitchen. Rob is off at the vineyard and left his cell phone at home so I
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Arrived in NYC, reading, puppets, and bedtime
I’ve arrived in NYC where I will be until Thursday morning. I’m reading from Shades of Milk and Honey at the KGB Fantastic Fiction series on Wednesday night with Laura Anne Gilman. You should come. For those who have been following my travel adventures, you will be pleased and baffled to know that I had
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Back in Portland for three whole days!
Travel back from Raleigh was largely uneventful. On my second flight I had duplicate tickets with another passenger. Any annoyance I might have felt was quickly overcome by the reason behind the duplicates. I’d been upgraded to first class but they hadn’t issued a new ticket for me when I boarded. While I was sorting
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Heading to NASFIC
I am waiting for the flight to NASFIC and am suspicious. The plane is here, it is not oversold and we are boarding on time. If you have been following my travels you understand why I find this confusing. However, if things go as planned, I will change planes in Minneapolis and arrive in Raleigh
Mary’s NASFIC programming schedule
Ta-da! Here is my schedule for NasFic in Raleigh, NC. Who will I see there? Thursday 3:00 PM — RCC 305B Schmoozing: How to Network at a Con Davey Beauchamp [m], Dan Kimmel, Mary Robinette Kowal 4:00 PM — RCC 305A Reading I’ll be reading from Shades of Milk and Honey. Not surprisingly… Friday 10:00 AM
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