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A low-key, friendly end to a great weekend. Took a walk, finally, while Callie was off at an appointment and Naomi was napping. Ended the visit with Callie's birthday picnic. I don't think N. realized that I knew randwolf back when he was in the Bay Area.

And at the end of the day a drink, dinner, and good conversation at home, falling into bed sometime around 11:30 and snuggling with my own wonderful Colleen.

While I was out walking I discovered that I'm starting to pay attention to what I'm saying to myself. "I am a stupid bear. No, I was a stupid bear. I'm smarter now." Don't remember what I was stupid about; that's fine.

Link sausage: xkcd's tech support cheat sheet.

Travel notes

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You're probably not going to be all that interested in what plans I made for last weekend's trip to Seattle, my shopping list, and so on. I'll just summarize my notes:

Next time make sure "buy" items get copied to the "pack" list after they're purchased. This will prevent disasters like a half-dozen blocks of mozzerella being left behind in the fridge.

The little stuffbags I got at OSCon, about half a grocery bag's worth, are really hard to get out from under an airplane seat. If I'm going to play that game again I need something more like a stuffable dufflebag. I think I have one somewhere.

Four days -- more like three and a quarter, actually -- are nowhere near enough for a proper visit, especially with all I wanted to cram into it. Needs more like a month.

The best-laid plans...

Nevertheless, it was a wonderful trip, both relaxing and productive. I love my friends, and my Wolfling. I miss them already.