Sitting directly in front of me in First Class on the Acela to New York today was Gilmore Girls Lauren Graham (a.k.a. Lorelai Gilmore). Having lived in L.A. for so long, I was used to this sort of thing and remained calm, even though I knew that he11o_sunshine would be excited about it. It was…
I was able to use one of my free upgrade to upgrade to Acela First Class. I’ve ridden Acela First Class once before, last year and it’s actually pretty nice. Those who’ve ridden the Acela train know that the entire train is business class, and very nice. The advantage of First Class is (a) a…
I was up at 8 AM this morning, and headed to IHOP for breakfast. While there, I was trying to figure out what I wanted to do this weekend. I had fun at happy hour last night, but had no plans this weekend. I wasn’t in the writing mood, and didn’t feel like going to…
The moon is roughly 238,000 miles from the Earth on average. On my recent trip to L.A. and Las Vegas, I passed the 238,000 lifetime mile mark on United Airlines. I’ve flown the distance to the moon on United! It seems to me that there should be some kind of award for passing this milestone.…
[Written on May 27 and backdated to May 26] Saturday was a long day! I was up at 5 AM because I couldn’t sleep any longer. I packed up the remainder of my stuff and headed off to LAX to catch my plane to Las Vegas. There were no lines. I checked in at the…
So last night, after work, a bunch of us headed over to El Cholo for an extended happy hour. Me and Pam and Will headed over. We were met there eventually, by Rita, Carol, Cord, Jon, Michelle, Lisa, Carmen and possibly others that I am forgetting about at the moment. It was lots of fun.…
(4:49 AM PT). I was up at 4 AM and just couldn’t sleep and longer. I lingered around in bed for 40 minutes and finally had enough, got up, and got ready for my workout. I’m eating my protein bar and banana as I write this . I’m going to head to the fitness center…
I got into L.A. on time this evening. I had to wait a while for my luggage, but once I had it, it was a quick taxi ride to the hotel. I’m checked in, ran over to the local market to get some water, a banana and energy bar for the morning. The fitness center…
I was up just before 7 AM and logged into work, since I am working from home this morning. I took care of a few work-related tasks and then collected Zeke and his things and brought him over to the vet at about 8 AM to be boarded while I am in L.A. I’ve still…
I am becoming more and more of a social animal. There are, for instance, Friday Happy Hours, of which I have become an enthusiastic participant. There is softball. There is my attendance at science fiction conventions and my participation in a writer’s group. Who’d of thunk it! I was reminded of this when I looked…
It’s official: I will be heading out to L.A. for work the week of May 21. I’ll be flying to L.A. on the 21st and in the office there the rest of the week, and then returning home early on Saturday the 26th.
I found out that my team is going to probably be having a retreat the week of May 21 and that I will likely be flying out there, for at least a few days, to take part. (It’s not really a retreat in the sense of a bunch of us going off to a fancy…