Made it to Gettysburg
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cornerofmadnessHoping the trip here does not augur how the weekend shall go. I started out an hour late because I needed to change my contacts (they're monthly) and I hadn't last week because of the funeral. However they're missing. I know they were at my parents place but they are NOT in the toiletries bag. At all. Nor in the closet, any bathroom drawer, any of my bags in my bedroom or any of my bedroom doors. I literally have NO idea where they could be because they should NOT be out of the bag. Thankfully if we never do find them I'm only out 2 months worth of them. I am mystified and annoyed.
My car was down a quart of oil. I'm concerned it's burning oil a lot lately. It's almost a decade old so.... Get that topped off and off I go. It's a very easy drive across PA because it's all turnpike. I put in the new to me (It's one of their first) Abney Park cds and it was weird because just as I passed the turn off for the cemetery we just put my uncle to rest at and the song End of Days comes on....
The Drive was good Until 100 miles to my turn off. When the heavens opened up. For 40 miles it was blindly bad with rain (and very much a hydroplane accident waiting to happen) the next 60miles was rain and fog but not super hard, just drizzly.
By now I'm tired. Like very tired. So I go to the hotel's restaurant which is giving 10% off to the steampunk con so that was nice. The short rib grilled cheese was nice. My room is nice. And once I settled in, I saw on FB two of my Airship Athena friends (from back home) are here too! Didn't know that. So I'll be able to have someone to talk to on occasion.
Too bad Mom couldn't come. She was but obviously isn't up to it now.
Tomorrow I plan to go to the seminary museum as I've never seen it and maybe to a movie (this place has a dedicated theater. It has like 6 horror films too bad I don't have more time) before the stuff really kicks off tomorrow afternoon. However the shenanigans have already started tonight even though it doesn't technically begin until tomorrow afternoon. It should be fun.
My car was down a quart of oil. I'm concerned it's burning oil a lot lately. It's almost a decade old so.... Get that topped off and off I go. It's a very easy drive across PA because it's all turnpike. I put in the new to me (It's one of their first) Abney Park cds and it was weird because just as I passed the turn off for the cemetery we just put my uncle to rest at and the song End of Days comes on....
The Drive was good Until 100 miles to my turn off. When the heavens opened up. For 40 miles it was blindly bad with rain (and very much a hydroplane accident waiting to happen) the next 60miles was rain and fog but not super hard, just drizzly.
By now I'm tired. Like very tired. So I go to the hotel's restaurant which is giving 10% off to the steampunk con so that was nice. The short rib grilled cheese was nice. My room is nice. And once I settled in, I saw on FB two of my Airship Athena friends (from back home) are here too! Didn't know that. So I'll be able to have someone to talk to on occasion.
Too bad Mom couldn't come. She was but obviously isn't up to it now.
Tomorrow I plan to go to the seminary museum as I've never seen it and maybe to a movie (this place has a dedicated theater. It has like 6 horror films too bad I don't have more time) before the stuff really kicks off tomorrow afternoon. However the shenanigans have already started tonight even though it doesn't technically begin until tomorrow afternoon. It should be fun.
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