So Stress, Much Frustrate
So yesterday Jason says "hey, the PAX south website is up. Badges aren't available yet though." So I'm like OK. Then this mornig, I'm thinking about that, and I go look at the website. I notice that PAX recommends following thier twitter account for the latest updates and I think "I guess I'll sign up for a twitter account today so I can be ready when badges happen." At lunch, I sign up for twitter, and type in PAX and THE VERY FIRST TWEET is from 13 minutes prior and says 3 DAY PASSES SOLD OUT and I'm like OH SNAP WUT. So then I go over to the main computer to jump in the line to buy badges and jump in the snag some hotel rooms and my lunch winds up being 2 hours long and Jason and I hadn't discussed what days we'd be going or anything and I'm like UGGHHH MY LIFE.
I'm sure it wouldn't have been so stressful if my workweek hadn't already been too stressful. But still. Was not ready to buy PAX South stuff today.
I only grabbed passes for saturday and sunday. I figured, friday, if its like Pax Prime, will be super busy and crowded. Plus since it's tax season, I should limit the number of days off I need for this trip. I'm hoping Jason agrees with me. There is no schedule up so I can't tell what all I've passed up by not grabbing friday passes. I do know that friday would cost an extra 60$ for badges, plus an extra $150 for the room, so by skipping friday I save $200.
The hotel room thing was super frustrating. Of course the three closest hotels were sold out by the time I sat down to get a hotel, but the 4th closest happened to be a La Quinta. I happen to be a La Quinta rewards member. PAX didn't have a group code listed anywhere, but instead had a strange website that apparently you had to use if you wanted the group rate. I have enough points as a La Quinta member to have one night for $60. So I tried getting the reservation through the La Qunita website but since I was trying to book 3 nights it was like "you don't have enough points" which was stupid. So i had to use the PAX site and I didn't get to apply my points, and I'm not sure if my stay will earn me any points either >.> So Frustrating.
I really wanted one of the closer hotels. The La Quinta doesn't look that far on the map. But we'll have to haul a baby around so I'm sure the extra distance will be a nuisance. I hope baby is good and healthy. I'll be able to cancel my hotel and get my money back if I need to, but the only way to get my money back on the badges is to resell them somehow. Lol I briefly had a moment, as I sped back to work after buying all this stuff, when I was like 'OH SNAP does baby need a badge??" so as soon as I got to my office I had to search it - no badges required for children under 6.
It'll be so cute if everything works out. Baby's first convention ^_^
I'm sure it wouldn't have been so stressful if my workweek hadn't already been too stressful. But still. Was not ready to buy PAX South stuff today.
I only grabbed passes for saturday and sunday. I figured, friday, if its like Pax Prime, will be super busy and crowded. Plus since it's tax season, I should limit the number of days off I need for this trip. I'm hoping Jason agrees with me. There is no schedule up so I can't tell what all I've passed up by not grabbing friday passes. I do know that friday would cost an extra 60$ for badges, plus an extra $150 for the room, so by skipping friday I save $200.
The hotel room thing was super frustrating. Of course the three closest hotels were sold out by the time I sat down to get a hotel, but the 4th closest happened to be a La Quinta. I happen to be a La Quinta rewards member. PAX didn't have a group code listed anywhere, but instead had a strange website that apparently you had to use if you wanted the group rate. I have enough points as a La Quinta member to have one night for $60. So I tried getting the reservation through the La Qunita website but since I was trying to book 3 nights it was like "you don't have enough points" which was stupid. So i had to use the PAX site and I didn't get to apply my points, and I'm not sure if my stay will earn me any points either >.> So Frustrating.
I really wanted one of the closer hotels. The La Quinta doesn't look that far on the map. But we'll have to haul a baby around so I'm sure the extra distance will be a nuisance. I hope baby is good and healthy. I'll be able to cancel my hotel and get my money back if I need to, but the only way to get my money back on the badges is to resell them somehow. Lol I briefly had a moment, as I sped back to work after buying all this stuff, when I was like 'OH SNAP does baby need a badge??" so as soon as I got to my office I had to search it - no badges required for children under 6.
It'll be so cute if everything works out. Baby's first convention ^_^