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The Countdown Is On!

In two and a half hours I’m out of here, and ready to start our vacation. I’m so ready for it, too.

Last night I re-torqued my back (I had hurt it earlier in the week) and just couldn’t get comfortable in bed. I wound up getting up to take some Ibuprofen and didn’t get back to bed until a little before 1 AM. Couple that with the alarm going off at 5 AM and yeah, I’m dragging a bit today. If this is a problem tonight, I’m absolutely hitting the Flexeril.

Speaking of tonight, it’s going to be busy. takaza and I are packing the car for Furry Connection North when we get home from work, then it’s over to the movie theater at Gurnee Mills to see This American Life Live! with roho and genet. After that wraps up at around 9 PM, we’ll be driving to Mishawaka, Indiana, spend the night, then head up to the hotel in Novi, Michigan on Friday. We expe

We’ll be at FCN until mid-Sunday afternoon, and should be leaving for home at around 3 PM. I’m looking forward to a fun convention, some great company, good food, and entertaining parties. Rumor has it they’re looking at around 650 folks this year, and I’m not surprised – it’s a great convention, and I know the whole staff has worked really hard to live up to the great reputation they earned their first year, last year. It’s going to be a blast!

Beer, Naan, and Easter!

Busy times over the past few days. Last Thursday we met with perro and darkwolph for some MFF stuff, followed by a thoroughly unpleasant dinner at Ram Brewery (stupidly crowded, stupidly loud, and mediocre food). Friday night we joined linnaeus for a delightful dinner at roho and genet‘s featuring chicken tikka masala and homemade naan – yummy! Saturday I worked in the morning, then takaza and I did some shopping, including finally ordering a console for our sectional sofa – hopefully that’ll be here by Memorial Day! And on Sunday, we spent the day with Dan’s family.

Not much going on this week, though. I’m dabbling with possible hotels and restaurants for our trip out to Iowa (in early June, maybe?). On various people’s advice, I’m looking at Iowa City, but we’ll see how that works out. Also, last night we nailed down our travel plans next week for Furry Connection North. After going to see This American Life Live! on Thursday night in Gurnee, we’ll be driving down to scenic Mishawaka, IN, where we’ll arrive way late and spend the night (yay free hotel room!). Then on Friday we’ll hit the road at a reasonable hour and arrive in Ann Arbor just in time to pick up lunch at Zingerman’s Deli. From there we’ll head over to the FCN hotel in Novi.

Dan and I will both be working Security, so we’ll be all over the place during the convention. Depending on our security scheduling, I’m hoping to be able to hit Zingerman’s Roadhouse for dinner on Saturday, perhaps followed by a celebration of libations (look for a more specific posting about that soon).

Then there’s Memorial Day coming up – we’re expecting a house full of people, and we have a lot of projects that we want to get done before then. You know, all those cleaning projects that normal people wouldn’t worry about but I actually fret about (“floss between cracks in banister”) 🙂 Lots of stuff to do!