• 8:13 AM PT: Waiting on tea, talking to Bill and Debbie. A bit bewildered - they aren't who I flew to see.
• 9:58 AM PT: Coping with a bad case of the jitters.
• 10:40 AM PT: The roadtrip with the Amazing Gessaman Brothers begins. (heeheehee)
• 11:33 AM PT: Hello from Bellingham, WA. I hear there will be beer!
• 12:49 PM PT: First beer buzz acquired before crossing border. *hic*
• 1:11 PM PT: Jake: "Neck beards are terrorism."

• 12:03 AM PT: Introversion: the deep and abiding need for a room with a door one can close.
• 10:58 AM PT: Erranding after a quiet morning of phone calls to home and peeps.
• 11:55 AM PT: Granite Falls, Washington. It is staggeringly pretty here. That's all I can say.
• 7:38 PM PT: Plan B, I think.
• 8:06 PM PT: Still grokking that I get to drink with Mr. Canspice tomorrow! OMFG.
  

• 6:03 AM PT: Not funny. Why am I awake at 6am PST? Oh, right. Jet lag. GRR.
• 6:09 AM PT: @itarille I agree. So why are we up?
• 6:24 AM PT: I'm revisiting a childhood memory of loving to read by the fire. *tailthump*
• 9:57 AM PT: Seattle outing with the intrepid Gessaman boys. Grinning stupidly.
• 1:39 PM PT: @itarille I have jasmine dragon phoenix pearls for you...
• 1:47 PM PT: Marooned in tea shop. Hoping @adamrg will toss me a rope.
  

• 1:16 AM CT: Hint, if American Airlines calls at one a.m., the news isn't good. Rebooked to 8am flight. Pissed. Sleepy.
• 1:37 AM CT: Edmund attempts to show love and solidarity by licking my eyelid. This is going to be one of THOSE trips, innit?
• 2:18 AM CT: "Mom, Edmund beat me up and took my lunch money. Cuddle me?" - Tenzing, just now.
• 3:00 AM CT: @gfmorris I'm up b/c of airline stupidity. I expect an equally good reason out of you, sir!

• 3:59 PM CT: Ooof. I have to be awake again in twelve hours.
• 5:14 PM CT: Delight is, the night before a big trip, remembering where your 25-year-old camera bag was stored! :D
• 05:35 PM CT: Well damn. I'm all packed and it's only 5:30. This 'preparedness' thing is odd, yet comforting.
• 08:24 PM CT: Cat lying on small spiral notebook knows something's fishy tonight, and not in that kitty treat way.

Why geeks like us shouldn't be allowed to manage holiday festivities:

(HT to Adam)