Where am I going?

Well, I'm back, got in about six-thirty and the ever-amazing dremiel picked me up from the airport. I'm unpacked and the cats are very needy. I'm also pretty clogged up from spending a whole weekend breathing Hotel Air and then Airline Air today. I have a HUGE blister on my right foot. And I sure miss those "highs" of 80F. But all in all it was a fun/awesome trip!

Back to work tomorrow and I'll try to get my millions of photos culled and up by the weekend. I'll also be finishing up my Con reports and add all those little bits that I forgot to put in in the first place.

Night, all.

What a long day.

I got up at 5:30 to make my 9am flight. (The fabulous and amazing dremiel  gave me a ride to the airport!)

Got to San Diego about 10 am local and took a taxi to my host's place and then on to Balboa Park where I wandered through the Natural History Museum and the Photography Museum. I would have gone through the AIr & Space Museum but I really wanted to get my badge, so I took the bus/train to the Convention Center.

The big (as in cover the sides of the hotels big) billboards this year are for Batman (a video game? a movie?), Cowboys & Aliens, and Immortals (from the people who brought you 300! Yeargh.). All the interior banners at the convention center seem to be for Game of Thrones, True Blood, and all the Showtime things.

After trekking to the far end of the Convention Center, I picked up my badge very quickly (and got the Fringe souvenir bag!), then proceeded to have to walk ALL THE WAY TO THE OTHER END OF THE CONVENTION CENTER to get to the Disabled Services booth. The irony did not escape me. Fortunately, the shuttle bus that I need stops right in front of that entrance, so I was spared making yet a third trip across the Center.

The shuttle took me to a hotel about 3/4 mile from where I'm staying, and I was able to take the bus for a large chunk of that. I went to Trader Joe's to stock up on snacks, grabbed dinner, and then took the bus to a Walgreens where I was able to buy a replacement cane, having cleverly left mine at home.

I'm finally at my host's house, where she is bustling around finding me sheets and towels. I brought her 2 bottles of Stubbs BBQ sauce (local to Austin) as a thank-you and they were much appreciated.

Tomorrow I'm donating blood, hitting the dealer's hall, and then on to WootStock!

Oh yeah, the Evil Knee hates me. A lot.

Spent a good chunk of Saturday waiting on my car. Went in to get the oil changed, fluids topped off, etc. and found I needed new front brakes. They caught them before I needed rotor work, so I only spent $170 instead of $500. *only*. Sigh. Wound up being a slug on Sunday, though I did get rid of a couple of printers I no longer need. Yay floor space!

Went to the new dentist and got my temporary crown today. The real one will arrive in a few weeks. The new dentist is good--very gentle, and as soon as I flinched he gave me more Novocaine. (Which was the real stuff; I got the bad jitters for several minutes after the injections from the epinephrine.) I was out in under 2 hours. Though my tongue is a bit raw from chafing and also from the leftover glue on the temporary crown.

Had a gritty headache from my jaw being held open so wide for so long but a couple of aspirin killed it, thank goodness.


Comic Con bits:
I've signed up for the Slasher's Dinner at ComicCon. I bought an Entertainment Book for San Diego mostly for the museum passes since I hope to be able to spend a chunk of Wednesday at the Gem exhibit. And maybe the Zoo. Or LEGOLand. Thursday I'm picking up my badge and going to WootStock 3.0 that night, but otherwise I have no other plans. Anyone who wants to meet up with me is welcome!

I've had my 4-day ticket for a while now, and this evening the World's Best Niece and I bought our plane tickets to San Diego! Tomorrow she is calling a friend of her father's who lives in San Diego to get her assistance with hotel rooms.

Now I just have to save enough money to make it a fun trip.