Well, not quite on my way but my bags are packed, the fuzzies are all introduced to their sitter, I have currency (and hey, the US now has some coloured notes...obviously it's been too long since I've been) and my case actually came in under the weight limit. Wonders will never cease. And once I offload the chocolate and tim tams in Dallas, it should be lighter coming back. Except for that whole free book thing. Hmmm.
All I have to do now is relax. Simple!
I'm hoping to blog from Dallas if I can score time on a computer somewhere along the line. If not, I'll take notes and do some retrospective blogging.
Until then, just talk amongst yourselves for a week or so!
July 09, 2007
July 08, 2007
Two
Less than forty eight hours until I get on the plane.
Had a minor virgo brain induced stress out yesterday but since then have organised most of my stuff (just the good old US dollars to buy tomorrow) and calmed down.
My pitch is still annoying me but I've still got tomorrow and then three days at National to practice. So all is good. I'm trying to avoid taking my giant case but looking at the pile of stuff that is growing on my smaller case, I'm not sure that's possible. I'm not the world's lightest packer. And I'm not sure how you can pack lightly for something that involves several separate evening events, pitching, a full on formal award ceremony and cold hotels indoors and Texas summer outdoors without ending up paying a fortune for hotel laundering. I'll take another run through the pile tomorrow and discard some things hopefully before the final case decision is made.
Today in my continuing efforts at distraction, I had a lovely breakfast with the VT and hubby at the Commoner in Fitzroy (lovely middle eastern influenced breakfast food - highly recommended) then dropped in on other friends to meet their new kitten (who is adorable though at that crazy zap-around-and-change-your-mind-about-what-to-do0-every-five-seconds pounce and bounce kitten stage (and I have cute teeny tiny kitten claw marks to prove it). My two seem practically comatose in comparison. Then I came home, did a bit more pitch wrangling, read the last part of the fabulous Chris's wip and even did some exercise. Go me. Tonight is McDreamy night, so yay. Now if only I convince myself I don't really want a hamburger for dinner.
Tomorrow, I pack for real and then probably freak out. Maybe a movie would be good....
Had a minor virgo brain induced stress out yesterday but since then have organised most of my stuff (just the good old US dollars to buy tomorrow) and calmed down.
My pitch is still annoying me but I've still got tomorrow and then three days at National to practice. So all is good. I'm trying to avoid taking my giant case but looking at the pile of stuff that is growing on my smaller case, I'm not sure that's possible. I'm not the world's lightest packer. And I'm not sure how you can pack lightly for something that involves several separate evening events, pitching, a full on formal award ceremony and cold hotels indoors and Texas summer outdoors without ending up paying a fortune for hotel laundering. I'll take another run through the pile tomorrow and discard some things hopefully before the final case decision is made.
Today in my continuing efforts at distraction, I had a lovely breakfast with the VT and hubby at the Commoner in Fitzroy (lovely middle eastern influenced breakfast food - highly recommended) then dropped in on other friends to meet their new kitten (who is adorable though at that crazy zap-around-and-change-your-mind-about-what-to-do0-every-five-seconds pounce and bounce kitten stage (and I have cute teeny tiny kitten claw marks to prove it). My two seem practically comatose in comparison. Then I came home, did a bit more pitch wrangling, read the last part of the fabulous Chris's wip and even did some exercise. Go me. Tonight is McDreamy night, so yay. Now if only I convince myself I don't really want a hamburger for dinner.
Tomorrow, I pack for real and then probably freak out. Maybe a movie would be good....
July 07, 2007
Decisions, decisions
So I'm starting to pack stuff or at least put stuff in piles to be packed. The most important decision, seeing as I have the GH frock sorted, is what books to take for the plane trip. As I've said before, I read fast, so with 19 hours of flying ahead of me (not counting layover times) I need a few books. I've taking Stray, which I've been saving up but I need some more. I usually take books I've read before. Because I've found on the long haul flights, that reading is really more of a distraction than anything, so I want books I know I can enjoy and that it won't matter too much if I'm a little (or a lot) tired and not really able to concentrate 100%. Movies, attempting to sleep and eating plane food can only take up so much time.
The trip back is fine, RWA is apparently the land of free books plus there's the literacy signing where you can buy books to get them signed, so I'm sure to have some new copies of old faves signed or some new books to try.
So what's your idea of a good plane book? I'm not running out to buy anything new (see above), so what should I take? Recommendations anyone?
The trip back is fine, RWA is apparently the land of free books plus there's the literacy signing where you can buy books to get them signed, so I'm sure to have some new copies of old faves signed or some new books to try.
So what's your idea of a good plane book? I'm not running out to buy anything new (see above), so what should I take? Recommendations anyone?
July 05, 2007
Done!
With the day job for a couple of weeks. Vacation here I come. Dallas here I come.
I have several days to pack, make obsessive lists, buy stuff, add more stuff to lists, repack, sleep, relax, work out my plane books, write a pitch, catch up with folks and generally have pre-trip fun and games.
I have several days to pack, make obsessive lists, buy stuff, add more stuff to lists, repack, sleep, relax, work out my plane books, write a pitch, catch up with folks and generally have pre-trip fun and games.
July 03, 2007
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