We're on the road to Atlanta...

This is your action news reporter on the scene at Terminal 1 of Pearson International Airport. I got here about 7:45 for my 9:15 flight and got whisked through checkin. Security only took about two minutes - they asked me where I was going, and when I was coming back, and that was it. I ran into neoengel - he was on a later flight, but it was cancelled and so they bumped him up to the same flight I'm on, so he's sitting next to me right now.

I didn't get to bed until 2:30 this morning because it took that long to transfer files to my USB drive for transfer to my laptop (the desktop only has USB1.1, and it's a 2.0 drive). I ended up giving up on copying the software I wanted and went to bed, leaving the transfer from the desktop to the USB drive in progress. I did get all of my Polaris, Anticipation and Gaylaxicon files over, though - not that I have anything that needs to be done with any of them. That's the long way of explaining why I only got a little under three hours of sleep. I hate morning flights. I should have flown down yesterday.

Considering that I bought the USB drive about two months ago, there was plenty of time to back the desktop up before last night... but of course, I didn't make the time until I actually wanted to copy everything somewhere.

The other painful part of this trip is that I got an offer to stay with friends in a closer hotel, so of course I accepted - but the hotel I had booked in refused to cancel my room. The first person I spoke to said that she could change my reservation to a later date, so I poked around online and found out that next year's Science Fiction Research Association conference is in Atlanta in June. So I called the hotel back and tried to change my reservation to that date, whereupon they told me that they do that, but I would be charged for this weekend and the stay in June. They told me that their Accounting Manager could override that, so I asked to speak to that person. They transferred my call, but I got voicemail. I left a message, but haven't heard back. So I guess I'm out $450. :(

Anyhow... I'm going to set all that aside and do my damnedest to enjoy myself this weekend.

Oh, and another lovely thing... I just noticed the time. We were supposed to have started boarding eight minutes ago, but I don't even see a plane out there yet. Fun, wow.

And in the `Lance knows everyone` department, I was just recognized by a woman from Calgary who was at Keycon in Winnipeg a few months ago...

They just announced the start of boarding. I still don`t see a plane out there...

Hey, evil_admiral, see you shortly! :)