Done yesterday (20100128 Th)

[mdlbear]

0128 Th
  * up 6:30; W=196.4; drugs, nose, teeth
  * order lisinopril/HCTZ
  : YD can't find her freaking glasses.
    ! Lost it several times.  Not handled well at all.  Feedback.
  * buy lomotil, D at Kaiser
  * print directions, hotel info
  * turn off (desltop computer) dorsai
  * remember to pack:
    * music stands, drink holders (stuff with underwear)
    * all chargers, including the scooter's (carry-on)
    * scooter's walker rack.
    * CDs  XO with charger
    * N wants fruit leather: plum and cherry and pomegranate.    Cheese
  * get to airport by 3:30!!!!!
  * Fly the 28th (Th) and 0202 (Tu)  NYQH2K 
       * Adult 1: STEPHEN SAVITZKY   Acct#: 00000449453373
       * Adult 2: KAREN SAVITZKY     Acct#: - None Entered -
         * Assistance Requested.  Please Inform Southwest Airlines
	   Representatives upon arrival at the airport. 
    Thursday, January 28, 2010 Travel Time 2 h 10 m (Nonstop)
	#94 	Depart San Jose, CA (SJC)	5:30pm
	Arrive in Seattle/Tacoma, WA (SEA)   	7:40 PM
    = 45 minutes before departure is about right for Colleen to go bathroom
  : QOTD: me: I'm definitely stuck on you.
      Colleen: I'm stuck _to_ you.
      me:      Venus flytrap?  Venus *bear*trap! 
      Colleen: Venus beartrap.
  * cab to hotel.  preferably a van
    *preferably*??  Couldn't possibly have done it otherwise.
  * Hotel: Thu 1/28 -Mon (4 nights) (could maybe drop Sunday night, but would
    have to let them know by 6pm on the 28th, and we won't have time.)
    Holiday Inn Seattle-Renton  (425) 226-7700 (direct; group=Conflikt)
    tell them you're attending the Conflikt convention to get your discount!
    handicap, king bed, no down or feathers    conf# 65126824
  ~ ask for rollaway -> suite.
  * Thankful:
    Southwest Airlines
    the ability to relax on a plane
    Colleen & Marty
    Remembering to sync my to-do list before take-of
    ssh and git, that let me _do_ that
    my gorgeous YD, J.R.Powers, and a terrific photographer
    wiki.laptop.org
    welcoming friends
  & dinner with J, R, and D
  * bed ~11:30(?); S=7760

It started out as a very stressful morning, with the YD freaking out because she couldn't find her glasses. Neither could I. The feedback loop was toxic; I didn't handle it well at all. (They evetually turned up in the bathroom, on the floor.)

Packing involved some last-minute shopping (Kaiser for a prescription, for example. All done, though, and we got to the airport nice and early. I shudder to think what a disaster it would have been if I'd kept my original tickets for 7am.) Arriving at 3pm and leaving at 5:30 gave us time enough for snacks and bathroom breaks. I love Southwest -- we couldn't have done it without the free checked bags. Boarding, with the scooter down to the plane and an aisle chair thereafter, was a piece of cake.

We took a cab -- actually a van with a wheelchair ramp in the back -- to the hotel. Wouldn't have been possible at all without a van; I'll have to look into van rentals for Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday.

Drafted a "thankful Thursday" list on the plane -- let's hear it for distributed version control.

We ended up in a suite because they didn't have an accessible room available. It needed a toilet seat booster (which they didn't know how to install properly; I was able to figure it out) but will work out fine.

And the hotel was still serving dinner when we got downstairs. Yay! Good conversations, and Colleen got to meet some new people.

I was worried, but it was a very good day after all.

Comments

[lisa-marli.livejournal.com]

I used to always lose my glasses too. Since I can't see passed my nose literally, If the glasses are not where I left them I'm so sunk.
So bedtime is easiest, glasses case right next to the bed. And the glasses case is brightly colored, so if it falls off, I can still see it, even if it is blurry.
I never leave my glasses in the bathroom when I shower. They have a shelf in my bedroom right next to the bathroom door. Even when traveling, I leave the outside the bathroom, unless it is HUGE. Glasses can so easily be swept off from the counter for the stupidest reason.
There is that shelf system right outside her bathroom. You might want to create a spot there.
Glasses can't see without them. Can see to find them. *sigh*