Heading Out

[aearwen2]

Yes, I'm still breathing air.

Today is the day I'm taking off (so to speak) to travel to AZ to visit my brother and attend the Arizona Renaissance Faire. I'm taking Amtrak, as I really am not fond of the idea of having to go through the TSA security crud at all - much less the fact that the airplane seats are comfortable only for folks with anorexia (which I definitely don't have!!).

My daughter decided she didn't like the idea of my driving the LA freeway system with all the painkilling meds I have to take nowadays in my system - especially since I would have to borrow her car to make the trip. I've noticed some side effects dulling my responses myself, so I was more than amenable to changing the travel plans.

BUT...

I'm REALLY not looking forward to 22½ hours on a train (two trains & a bus, actually) to get to Phoenix. I'm traveling coach this time, so hopefully being able to recline the seat a bit will mean I can sleep a little better than I did in the sleeping car to OR last May. That was an exercise in futility, I swear.

JJ will be responsible for taking care of the tropical fish that he's become obsessed with to the point of having three (count 'em, THREE) tanks now, with daughter Súl poking her head in morning & evening to make sure that he does what he's supposed to. Hubby will be doing the cooking and continuing his creative stuff in the Man Cave outside.

Then again, I'm only gonna be gone a total of 5 days, so hopefully there isn't a whole lot that can go wrong in that time. I have plenty to keep me busy on the long ride: music I need to create a piano arrangement for, creative writing (both o-fic and fan fic) and my tablet with all the unread Kindle books I've got in the last month or so. If I get bored, it'll be my own damned fault.

Anyhoo, ta until this coming Wednesday, F-list folks...

Comments

[jkahane.livejournal.com]

Have a good trip to AZ, and enjoy the Ren Faire! :)

Should be posting and taking pictures and stuff with the camera phone while there, and posting stuff up for us poor folks who can't be there. :)

[engarian.livejournal.com]

I can't wait for the full report next Wednesday. It was just as well that we gave up when we did, within 15 minutes of the end of our foreshortened conversation I was in the car heading back to the shop because my staff had crashed the computer. Then they finally called back when I was half-way there and told me they managed to get things up and running again *sigh*. I'm rather wishing I could disappear in an Amtrack car myself by now - LOL.

Travel safely and have a wonderful time.

- Erulisse (one L)

[sykira]

Awww trains can be romantic! Write train fic!

I wish you safe travels, love, and look forward to hearing how it goes ♥

[nancymaralina3.livejournal.com]

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