Arrangements made
I now have the 18th and 19th of November off work so I can go to Midwest FurFest. I'll be leaving MFF early Sunday afternoon. I did find out that the Fairmont Glows parade (where I'd see those Belgian horses again, most likely) is on the 19th so I'll miss that this year. Fortunately there should be another, better chance to see them in early December.
I also have the 24th off, so jmaynard and I can travel to southern Missouri before rather than on Thanksgiving.
I also finally found some good snap-on sunglasses (not the old flippy clip-on style) that are polarized and will actually be useful when travelling. I still need to gather up a few things for the MFF trip, but it's all stuff I can find locally without too much effort. Hopefully kinkyturtle will arrive at the hotel before I do - and hopefully he won't be waiting around for me for just too long.