Hi! I'm an Integrated Contrast Agent!
(Okay, no I'm not, as I'm not used to develop x-rays. It's a, uh, long story.)
Oh, man, I don't actually know where to start. Okay, see, last Sunday I was in a web meeting and
general_jinjur said something along the lines of, "Hey, Blue! I have an extra ticket to a concert in St. Louis on Friday and car space and hotel space and you wanna go? I'll pick you up!"
So then I said, "Uh... um... uh... oh, hell, why not?"
Which is how I ended up riding first to
juniperphoenix and suzat's house Thursday, then
juniperphoenix joined us in heading to St. Louis for the MCR concert on Friday. We met up with
renay and (a very fangirl tolerant)
zachariah at the hotel, had dinner, and then squished all 5 of us into a vehicle for the ride to the venue. Saturday morning was a long breakfast, then (another) long ride back to
juniperphoenix and suzat's, before another layover. Today,
general_jinjur and I wound our way back home by way of lunch with
raanve.
That is, of course, the very, very short version of events. It was awesome meeting everyone and the concert was fantastic! We didn't really have a chance to do the tourist thing in St. Louis since it was pouring rain Saturday morning, but Friday night was just fine. The hotel was right beside the arch and we enjoyed a really nice 4 block walk to dinner Friday evening.
renay was a trooper - she badly sprained her ankle on Thursday and not only still made it to town (with crutches), but also walked with us to dinner, through the obstacle course of a parking lot at the amphitheater and up 4 flights of steps! Then she managed to stand up for a heck of a long time amidst the crowd before having to go back down the steps and hike back through the parking lot with its 50 million guard rails blocking the way. It was all very impressive.
The hotel was nice - seemed very clean and had an fantastic shower as well as a tasty breakfast. We all whiled away some time before dinner and after the concert on our laptops, which meant I had the time to do that last recs post. There was a lot of riding in cars over 4 days, of course, but I was either in the front talking to
general_jinjur or in the back reading The Passage (or napping, but whatever :P). Then there was the food consumed! I ate some awesome food this weekend, but favorite meal is going to have to go to the cafe down the block from
juniperphoenix and suzat's place of residence. Not only is it an SGA AU waiting to happen, but the corn quesadillas were fantastic and the tiramisu I had for dessert was amazing.
This was officially the longest I've ever been separated from the pups, and the only time I've ever managed to take a trip away of any duration over a day away from them without worrying constantly about their well-being, so that made the weekend doubly successful. They seem to have weathered the extra boredom fine, but were quite happy about my return... for 20 minutes. Then Jack decided he wasn't speaking to me. After about a half an hour of the silent treatment, I located him sulking behind the couch and dangled a collar in front of his nose, asking if he wanted to go outside. He judged that sufficient and has since been out twice, had dinner (properly at 8pm instead of 11pm when D arrives home), had his belly rubbed, and is currently passed out beside me.
(D leaves for 5 days training tomorrow, though, so the poor pups are going to be very confused as to why one or the other of us keep abandoning them.)
tl;dr: Long weekend was brilliant. There were fangirl meet-ups, new fandom intros, a concert, lots of car time, the start of a hella long book, fanfic reading, recs posting, web comm discussion, canning/gardening talk (♥), fooooood, lots of coffee, laughing, dancing, and much, much more. :D
Crossposted to Dreamwidth where there are
comments. Comment here or there. ♥ Blue :)
Oh, man, I don't actually know where to start. Okay, see, last Sunday I was in a web meeting and
general_jinjur said something along the lines of, "Hey, Blue! I have an extra ticket to a concert in St. Louis on Friday and car space and hotel space and you wanna go? I'll pick you up!"
So then I said, "Uh... um... uh... oh, hell, why not?"
Which is how I ended up riding first to
juniperphoenix and suzat's house Thursday, then
juniperphoenix joined us in heading to St. Louis for the MCR concert on Friday. We met up with
renay and (a very fangirl tolerant)
zachariah at the hotel, had dinner, and then squished all 5 of us into a vehicle for the ride to the venue. Saturday morning was a long breakfast, then (another) long ride back to
juniperphoenix and suzat's, before another layover. Today,
general_jinjur and I wound our way back home by way of lunch with
raanve.
That is, of course, the very, very short version of events. It was awesome meeting everyone and the concert was fantastic! We didn't really have a chance to do the tourist thing in St. Louis since it was pouring rain Saturday morning, but Friday night was just fine. The hotel was right beside the arch and we enjoyed a really nice 4 block walk to dinner Friday evening.
renay was a trooper - she badly sprained her ankle on Thursday and not only still made it to town (with crutches), but also walked with us to dinner, through the obstacle course of a parking lot at the amphitheater and up 4 flights of steps! Then she managed to stand up for a heck of a long time amidst the crowd before having to go back down the steps and hike back through the parking lot with its 50 million guard rails blocking the way. It was all very impressive.
The hotel was nice - seemed very clean and had an fantastic shower as well as a tasty breakfast. We all whiled away some time before dinner and after the concert on our laptops, which meant I had the time to do that last recs post. There was a lot of riding in cars over 4 days, of course, but I was either in the front talking to
general_jinjur or in the back reading The Passage (or napping, but whatever :P). Then there was the food consumed! I ate some awesome food this weekend, but favorite meal is going to have to go to the cafe down the block from
juniperphoenix and suzat's place of residence. Not only is it an SGA AU waiting to happen, but the corn quesadillas were fantastic and the tiramisu I had for dessert was amazing.
This was officially the longest I've ever been separated from the pups, and the only time I've ever managed to take a trip away of any duration over a day away from them without worrying constantly about their well-being, so that made the weekend doubly successful. They seem to have weathered the extra boredom fine, but were quite happy about my return... for 20 minutes. Then Jack decided he wasn't speaking to me. After about a half an hour of the silent treatment, I located him sulking behind the couch and dangled a collar in front of his nose, asking if he wanted to go outside. He judged that sufficient and has since been out twice, had dinner (properly at 8pm instead of 11pm when D arrives home), had his belly rubbed, and is currently passed out beside me.
(D leaves for 5 days training tomorrow, though, so the poor pups are going to be very confused as to why one or the other of us keep abandoning them.)
tl;dr: Long weekend was brilliant. There were fangirl meet-ups, new fandom intros, a concert, lots of car time, the start of a hella long book, fanfic reading, recs posting, web comm discussion, canning/gardening talk (♥), fooooood, lots of coffee, laughing, dancing, and much, much more. :D
Crossposted to Dreamwidth where there are
comments. Comment here or there. ♥ Blue :)