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Sep. 27th, 2010 10:37 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stormdogI'm planning to attend Windycon this year. I'm not sure when the last time I attended a convention by myself was. A long time, certainly.
My schedule for those couple weeks of November looks like this:
I'm going to request the Friday of Windy off work. No one else has requested it yet, so I think I'm good there. I'll be at Windy through Sunday, and I'll leave Sunday evening, or early Monday morning, for New Orleans.
I'll be in New Orleans through Sunday the 21st, and will drive home late that evening, or *very* early Monday. I have that Monday off too, and I should be able to make the fifteen hour drive in a day. And then collapse. *fwoomp*
What I still have to do, soon, is:
Confirm a date with Juan to fix my car and let him know about the exhaust so he can get parts.
Get reregistered on couchsurfing.com and find someone to stay with down there.
Buy a membership to Windycon.
Buy a membership to the AAA conference.
Find a roommate for Windy/otherwise determine lodging.
I don't want to spent the amount it would take for a room to myself at Windy, especially with the New Orleans trip coming up. I could commute I suppose. I don't really drink, so driving even if I go to parties is not an issue. It'd be nicer to be closer though.
Well, it's good to know what I have to work on this week!
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And here's another picture from my trip with Posicat!
Hobo Fire
Posi took a picture of me in front of our campfire at the hobo jungle in Rochelle, Illinois.
Rochelle is the site of a crossing of two mainline railroad routes. The city has built a raised viewing platform there with piped-in radio dispatch traffic, lights, and picnic tables. As well, at the far end, there are steps down to this gravelly area with a firepit and small overhanging concrete shelter.
I've wanted to have a campfire here and watch trains ever since I read about this place. I'm so happy to have had the chance to do that with my friend.
My schedule for those couple weeks of November looks like this:
I'm going to request the Friday of Windy off work. No one else has requested it yet, so I think I'm good there. I'll be at Windy through Sunday, and I'll leave Sunday evening, or early Monday morning, for New Orleans.
I'll be in New Orleans through Sunday the 21st, and will drive home late that evening, or *very* early Monday. I have that Monday off too, and I should be able to make the fifteen hour drive in a day. And then collapse. *fwoomp*
What I still have to do, soon, is:
Confirm a date with Juan to fix my car and let him know about the exhaust so he can get parts.
Get reregistered on couchsurfing.com and find someone to stay with down there.
Buy a membership to Windycon.
Buy a membership to the AAA conference.
Find a roommate for Windy/otherwise determine lodging.
I don't want to spent the amount it would take for a room to myself at Windy, especially with the New Orleans trip coming up. I could commute I suppose. I don't really drink, so driving even if I go to parties is not an issue. It'd be nicer to be closer though.
Well, it's good to know what I have to work on this week!
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And here's another picture from my trip with Posicat!
Hobo Fire
Posi took a picture of me in front of our campfire at the hobo jungle in Rochelle, Illinois.
Rochelle is the site of a crossing of two mainline railroad routes. The city has built a raised viewing platform there with piped-in radio dispatch traffic, lights, and picnic tables. As well, at the far end, there are steps down to this gravelly area with a firepit and small overhanging concrete shelter.
I've wanted to have a campfire here and watch trains ever since I read about this place. I'm so happy to have had the chance to do that with my friend.
