H'okay. Leaving in about half an hour, as soon as Ethan is tucked into bed. I'm all packed, I'm going to pick up a Venti Caffeinated Something, and then I hit the road - my trusty Google Maps tells me it's about an eight-hour drive in the absence of traffic and stops.

Boston, here I come.

I'll be in MA from Friday 5/16 through about Wednesday 5/21.

!!!

Dulles International Airport is the armpit of the universe.

United Airlines is the infected boil inside that armpit.

Baggage Claim is the pus oozing from the infected boil inside the armpit.

Nevertheless, I had a fantastic weekend. A big immense gigantic ker-huge public display of gratitude to changnut and uberchang for letting me crash with them and drink their ( Read more... )

Boston trip has been rescheduled for the weekend of March 7th. Flying in on Friday evening, flying back on Sunday afternoon. If folks will be around, I'd love to see all y'all!

And there will be NO SNOW this time!

After two different trips to the airport, the cancellation of every flight into the Northeast corridor, a brief but serious romance with the idea of driving through a blizzard, the naive optimism of placing myself on standby (#81 in the queue), and two hours standing at baggage claim 3 waiting for my luggage, I am sorry to say that I've been forced ( Read more... )

1. One more week until my Boston vacation ( Read more... )

I am putting this in italics to denote that I am saying it very quietly because I am not sure yet and I don't want to jinx it: There is a chance I'll be coming up to Boston the weekend of February 23rd.

Tiny squee!

( My trip report, in not-so-much brief. )