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Hello, GenCon!
Aug. 15th, 2007 06:59 amWell, since I last posted about this, there have been Developments.
I spent the last couple of weeks stumping for a carpool to GenCon, and didn't have much luck. One carpooler wanted to leave Wedsday at noon, to get there early for registration. I was barely able to get Thursday and Friday off; I didn't want to try for Wednesday, too.
One carpooler looked promising; I even went down to a game store to meet him. But then one of his passengers decided he wanted to bring his son, and I was bumped off of that ride.
Another one wanted to leave Thursday evening, which was a trifle too late for me; if I'd wanted to do that I'd not have taken Thursday off too.
Meanwhile, all of last week I put in a lot of extra overtime, to make up for the three days I'm going to be on unpaid leave this month (for Archon and GenCon). By the time it was over, I'd worked 16 1/2 extra hours, which nicely filled the gap plus a little more (especially considering the 2 1/2 hours I'd put in a couple weeks earlier).
It's been getting down to crunch time, and I had just about decided to bite the bullet and rent a car; I could have done it for about $200, gas included, if I only rented one-way to get there on Thursday, then one-way to get back on Sunday. But in the nick of time, it turned out my friend's circumstances had changed (in ways that really aren't mine to relate here), and he would be open to carpooling after all.
So, what I'm saying is, I'm going to GenCon! I expect to be leaving at 6 a.m. Thursday morning, hitting Indy a little after noon.
If you want to get in touch with me, email me for my cellphone number, or, during the convention, you can use LJ's interface to send a text message to my cellphone with yours.
If you're going, I hope I'll see you there!
I spent the last couple of weeks stumping for a carpool to GenCon, and didn't have much luck. One carpooler wanted to leave Wedsday at noon, to get there early for registration. I was barely able to get Thursday and Friday off; I didn't want to try for Wednesday, too.
One carpooler looked promising; I even went down to a game store to meet him. But then one of his passengers decided he wanted to bring his son, and I was bumped off of that ride.
Another one wanted to leave Thursday evening, which was a trifle too late for me; if I'd wanted to do that I'd not have taken Thursday off too.
Meanwhile, all of last week I put in a lot of extra overtime, to make up for the three days I'm going to be on unpaid leave this month (for Archon and GenCon). By the time it was over, I'd worked 16 1/2 extra hours, which nicely filled the gap plus a little more (especially considering the 2 1/2 hours I'd put in a couple weeks earlier).
It's been getting down to crunch time, and I had just about decided to bite the bullet and rent a car; I could have done it for about $200, gas included, if I only rented one-way to get there on Thursday, then one-way to get back on Sunday. But in the nick of time, it turned out my friend's circumstances had changed (in ways that really aren't mine to relate here), and he would be open to carpooling after all.
So, what I'm saying is, I'm going to GenCon! I expect to be leaving at 6 a.m. Thursday morning, hitting Indy a little after noon.
If you want to get in touch with me, email me for my cellphone number, or, during the convention, you can use LJ's interface to send a text message to my cellphone with yours.
If you're going, I hope I'll see you there!
