Dragon*Con post-game and OMG fires
Got home about noon today.
Saturday: Not as busy as it should have been. I got the distinct impression that there weren't as many feet on the floor as usual, for whatever reasons. Sales were solid but not spectacular. Still had problems with the credit card machine. We went to the Vortex for dinner because they had some low-carb options for the 2 people in our party who are seriously on that bandwagon. We had a bit of a wait and it was smokier than Friday night, but the burgers were just as good (and we had the same waiter that
wolfshark and her husband and I had on Friday night--he remembered me!).
Sunday: Another solid day, much busier than Saturday. Which is weird. I saw the cutest baby, only 8 days old, wearing a Jayne hat. It was adorable. Did a little bit of wandering but nothing really caught my eye except for the $225 Ralph Bakshi book, complete with doodles. I put some books on hold at my book dealer and did some gossiping with my dealer friends. When we discovered that the Brazilian steak house we wanted to eat at had closed we ate at Genghis Grill. Mmmm, stir-fried veggies.
Monday: Another solid day. We were busy right up until closing. We got out about 8:30--we have a good crew and the new guys worked really hard.
alycorn and I shared a hotel room and went to the airport together this morning. My amazing sister-in-law picked me up and we had lunch at my favorite Szechuan place. Then she showed me how she had put Spencer the Goober Cat on a leash to take him outside. I almost died laughing. (But I may get him a bigger harness since he tolerates it really well.)
Am now caught up on Dr Who and Project Runway. Trying not to be completely freaked out about all the fires. This morning, our pilot had to divert around the Bastrop fire and the smoke is everywhere. I sound froggy from the smoke and dust in the air. However, it's blessedly cool (comparatively speaking), the winds have died down, and some of the fires are getting more contained. Others are not. At least one was deliberately set; one was set by some idiot who was grilling in 40 mph winds and managed to set his back fence, and then his whole neighborhood ablaze. The damn things are visible from space.
Seriously, all we need is some freaking rain. Just some. Please? This entry was originally posted at http://lillian13.dreamwidth.org/31821.html. Please comment there using OpenID.