All right, laundry is in, soup is in the microwave, and my chair isn't bathed in the fiery rays of the Burning Orb. Time for an LJ post ( Read more... )

Hey all! I meant to keep up posting from DC, but with the walking the feet off and all, nothing was coming out polished. I do need to go backdate some of those entries, though; Day 2 in DC is "visit a zillion memorials, including one they don't put on the maps" day, and it is a day that needs a little more...release ( Read more... )

Hello yall from DC! Where I am the only one awake in this place, as both my 'rents conked the hell out about an hour ago. Good time to write a journal entry, ne ( Read more... )

I hope everyone is having a lovely holiday! I am doin' pretty well; I've spent a good chunk of quality time with both sides of the family, I've made contact with friends, and I've gotten some good relaxation in.

Which is nice, because I've had some crap days in the past two weeks. And who better to tell it to than my lovely flist?

( Tuesday of Finals Week )

Things I Learned From This 'Bout of Airplane Travel


• Seatbelts really are different sizes depending on the airline; the United flights on the way out were fine in the department, while the US Airways flights on the way back were really not.
  
  
• If you stay quiet and pretend to sleep, they really won't notice you.
  
  
• Corollary: If you had asked me to ( Read more... )

I was all set to post a swath of the beautiful Vegas lights here.

Except, as it turns out, I can't take night pictures for excrement with Mom's camera.

So here's a few that turned out all right, instead.

( Not too bad )

( Water! )

This day did not start off well ( Read more... )

Last week apparently really did a number on me. I fell over (metaphorically) on Thursday and have only really crawled out a time or two since. But I got some writing done--by myself!--and looked at a great many soothing YouTube videos, and did quite a bit of social connection. Plus I bought spiffy underwear and sweaters. Hard to resist, that ( Read more... )

There's a saying I've picked up from working in the office: on travel. A feature of every staff meeting is discussing who'll be on travel in the next few weeks. When the office heads to conferences (sans me, sadly), they're always "on travel," and the Admin Assistant has to arrange "travel" for everyone ( Read more... )