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Jan. 16th, 2001 03:30 pmWell I'm tired both mentally and physically.......
Where to start? Arisia (The last few days my whole world has been Arisia)
Thurs: Had a problem with the Hot water and my car insurance was due. So I ran Home durring my lunch break to take care of both of those. Couldn't get the Hot water dealt with untill that evening (Oh Great I'm supposed to load in to the convention that evening). Ok Ran home after work and dealt with hot water, called A at work and Had her meet me at the hotel. Then I finished packing all out stuff for the weekend, and loaded the car. A quick run to BJ's to get the cake and some soda for the staff party that night and off to the convention.
I get there and unloaded. My people have started setting up and gotten most of their stuff into place, but one control freak was martyring himeself to get some work done. (Others had offered him acceptable solutions but thats what controls freaks are like.)
Ther convention gets setup and partying starts to happen (Minus martyr who is still going, despite my offers to let it go and give hime a ride home.)
My hosiptaily hotesss did a wonderful job, and I gave her a ride home. Followed by driving two others who were close to running to catch the last train. (or was it the other way round, I don't remember)
Friday: I wake up fresh and ready to start the con, (Ok it wqas 7:30 am but I had to be ready Coke could deliver at any time there after) There are a couple of issues to deal with (Ok lots of little things that eat up my time). Coke hasn't arrived by 9 and I want a shower. So guess when they do arrive..... :-/
You know looking at a nearly $1000 order of coke is impressive (More impresive if you buy it wholesale, but the convention wanted it delivered this year. It's still impressive)
1pm rolls around and I start to get everything finalized for the food run, but there are a few more details to attend to. and then the truck is taken off site to deal with something else. Oh great I don't get to leave till 3:30-4:00pm ish and it takes extra time because of long weekend traffic.
We do the food shopping, and get back, but by then it's almot 6:30-7:00pm ok get the increadably packed truck full of food unloaded and stashed for conumrtion by the attendees.
A has gotten back to the hotel, and has been looking for me for nearly an hour, she only got about half the message I left for her. Of course my cell had picked this time for the battery to run down. We go out to dinner. when we get back to the hotel I spend some time catching up with some people I haven't seen in a while.
Mean while all hell is starting to break loose in one of my dept.'s. Leading up to a very stressfull situation that if we didn't deal with that night we'd have to deal with when we'd be nearly unconsious, early the next morning (and none of us are morning people). Well needless to say it didn't work as we would have liked.
This put me in a sour mood and I only made it to one party.
Saturday: I get up. A and I have breakfast with some long time friends of mine. I get my first B siteing, She waves but is headed somewhere (Probably registration, as I ddin't notice a badge). I get annoyed by the cold shoulder routine I get stemming from the situation the night before. Ideal with all my dept.'s I spot B a couple more times. Once I was even able to quickly get a chance to talk to her, but of course then I was running to some meeting or other so I couldn't talk long.
I did some shopping with A and she managd to get a wonderful mask that matched one of her corsets. Then we went to dinner with my old house mate and her bf.
Got back to the hotel and went to help A get into her outfit for the evening. She looked stunning. :-) Stopped in at the Masquarade, It was over and they were handing out awards.
Beyond that I don't remember much of saturday. (At some point A takes off with some boi she's flirting with.)
I do remeber Krista's band was great, as was Lady Bathory's DJ'ing (ok her DJ'ing is always great)
I stay awake for a lot of the dance (It was still going at 4:30 am)
Sunday: A minor crisis as I can't find the people who said they do some work for me. A quick scramble and all is solved.
Everything starts to shutdown, and get packed up. All of my dept.'s did a great job.
Packing takes untill 1:00-1:10 am. (The logistice peope spend even longer unpacking the track after it gets back to stroage)
Monday: A is off to workagain, and I spend the day cleaning up and getting rid of the leftovers. (There still some in my car even now)
Then I get home and find out from my landlady that they are going to replace the burner for my apt. (An old oil, with new gas). Because it is spewing soot all over the basement.
Where to start? Arisia (The last few days my whole world has been Arisia)
Thurs: Had a problem with the Hot water and my car insurance was due. So I ran Home durring my lunch break to take care of both of those. Couldn't get the Hot water dealt with untill that evening (Oh Great I'm supposed to load in to the convention that evening). Ok Ran home after work and dealt with hot water, called A at work and Had her meet me at the hotel. Then I finished packing all out stuff for the weekend, and loaded the car. A quick run to BJ's to get the cake and some soda for the staff party that night and off to the convention.
I get there and unloaded. My people have started setting up and gotten most of their stuff into place, but one control freak was martyring himeself to get some work done. (Others had offered him acceptable solutions but thats what controls freaks are like.)
Ther convention gets setup and partying starts to happen (Minus martyr who is still going, despite my offers to let it go and give hime a ride home.)
My hosiptaily hotesss did a wonderful job, and I gave her a ride home. Followed by driving two others who were close to running to catch the last train. (or was it the other way round, I don't remember)
Friday: I wake up fresh and ready to start the con, (Ok it wqas 7:30 am but I had to be ready Coke could deliver at any time there after) There are a couple of issues to deal with (Ok lots of little things that eat up my time). Coke hasn't arrived by 9 and I want a shower. So guess when they do arrive..... :-/
You know looking at a nearly $1000 order of coke is impressive (More impresive if you buy it wholesale, but the convention wanted it delivered this year. It's still impressive)
1pm rolls around and I start to get everything finalized for the food run, but there are a few more details to attend to. and then the truck is taken off site to deal with something else. Oh great I don't get to leave till 3:30-4:00pm ish and it takes extra time because of long weekend traffic.
We do the food shopping, and get back, but by then it's almot 6:30-7:00pm ok get the increadably packed truck full of food unloaded and stashed for conumrtion by the attendees.
A has gotten back to the hotel, and has been looking for me for nearly an hour, she only got about half the message I left for her. Of course my cell had picked this time for the battery to run down. We go out to dinner. when we get back to the hotel I spend some time catching up with some people I haven't seen in a while.
Mean while all hell is starting to break loose in one of my dept.'s. Leading up to a very stressfull situation that if we didn't deal with that night we'd have to deal with when we'd be nearly unconsious, early the next morning (and none of us are morning people). Well needless to say it didn't work as we would have liked.
This put me in a sour mood and I only made it to one party.
Saturday: I get up. A and I have breakfast with some long time friends of mine. I get my first B siteing, She waves but is headed somewhere (Probably registration, as I ddin't notice a badge). I get annoyed by the cold shoulder routine I get stemming from the situation the night before. Ideal with all my dept.'s I spot B a couple more times. Once I was even able to quickly get a chance to talk to her, but of course then I was running to some meeting or other so I couldn't talk long.
I did some shopping with A and she managd to get a wonderful mask that matched one of her corsets. Then we went to dinner with my old house mate and her bf.
Got back to the hotel and went to help A get into her outfit for the evening. She looked stunning. :-) Stopped in at the Masquarade, It was over and they were handing out awards.
Beyond that I don't remember much of saturday. (At some point A takes off with some boi she's flirting with.)
I do remeber Krista's band was great, as was Lady Bathory's DJ'ing (ok her DJ'ing is always great)
I stay awake for a lot of the dance (It was still going at 4:30 am)
Sunday: A minor crisis as I can't find the people who said they do some work for me. A quick scramble and all is solved.
Everything starts to shutdown, and get packed up. All of my dept.'s did a great job.
Packing takes untill 1:00-1:10 am. (The logistice peope spend even longer unpacking the track after it gets back to stroage)
Monday: A is off to workagain, and I spend the day cleaning up and getting rid of the leftovers. (There still some in my car even now)
Then I get home and find out from my landlady that they are going to replace the burner for my apt. (An old oil, with new gas). Because it is spewing soot all over the basement.
