Yesterday

( Written last night when I had no internet )

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Today I am much less bouncy. It was a rough night, there was too much light in the room and the AC was very loud, so there was that. I checked out and don't know what I'll be doing tonight - I don't feel like calling Alex and so I suspect I'll just find another cheap motel.

I'm not sure if I've seen anyone I know. I think I saw mandie_rw but wasn't aware you were wearing that, and same with jennil in a high-waisted corselet post-Edwardian skirt. I'm being a bit awkward and have talked to a couple of other not-in-costume people ... perhaps I will be more social next year, when I'm in a proper outfit myself and also don't feel like a vagrant due to lack of living situation. Dad suggested I look into booking into the Sheraton where the con is, but $209 is the cheapest they go. Ugh. Well, better look for a drugstore to buy toothpaste at before I get back so I can be marginally more hygienic.

Okay

I had a ... minor breakdown in the car after dinner. See, when I went out looking for a cheap lunch today the GPS kept taking me to the stupidest places. I'd use it to browse for food and pick out a likely-sounding diner or café, and it would take me to the middle of a business park. It did this twice for both meals, and each time I finally went "FINE I CAN SEE A PLACE TO EAT I'LL JUST MAKE A BIG CIRCLE AND PULL IN THERE." After I had dinner I called Dad and kind of started crying into the phone, because of that and because I'd tried to call him earlier and he hadn't been there or something, basically I was pretty tired due to having not slept much at all the night before. But with Dad's help I found a nearby Homestead hotel - where they have toothpaste at the desk and breakfast in the morning - and checked in there, and now I am chill.

Today I did meet tayloropolis and jennil (and, er, may have poked mandie_rw in the head with a hanger?) and was only moderately awkward. Saying "chocolatepot" out loud is inherently awkward. I need to make up some nice business cards with my email address and blog URL. I kind of want to do a class next year - not a practical one, my practical skills aren't much to speak of, but my theory is pretty good.

This Lifetime movie stars Gretchen Wiener. Her hair's so big because it's full of invisible friends.