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posted by [personal profile] cathyr19355 at 09:03pm on 15/08/2007 under ,
And still unprepared to post.

It's not just that I'm tired from Sword Camp--or for that matter, from work.

Our flight in yesterday was due in 3:22 p.m. It made that time--only to be forced to wait on the tarmac for an hour while the good folk at PHL figured out what gate they could make available for us.

An hour later, we finally made our way into the terminal, realized we were famished, and stopped at an Au Bon Pain for a snack.

Forty minutes after that, we hit the baggage carousel, noting that the only luggage left on it was ours. And one item was missing--the $15 bo staff that [livejournal.com profile] esrblog had bought for one of the camp classes.

Another hour later, it became clear that Useless Air US Airways did not have the staff and would have to hunt for it and send it to us if they ever find it. Only then was I able to contact the limo company and arrange for our ride back to where I left my car.

We got home at about 10:00 p.m., after having had a real dinner and picking up our cat--only to discover that [livejournal.com profile] esrblog's desktop machine had died. (Turned out to be a deceased graphics card fan; we got it replaced today.) So last night was kind of a bummer, all around, and didn't help much with the business of recovering from our vacation.

Tomorrow, I hope--big Sword Camp post!
location: home
Mood:: 'relieved' relieved
There are 8 comments on this entry. (Reply.)
 
posted by [identity profile] mc-cadieux.livejournal.com at 01:51am on 16/08/2007

Welcome back! :D
 
posted by [identity profile] cathyr19355.livejournal.com at 02:13am on 16/08/2007
Thank you! I hope it wasn't too dull on LJ while so many of us were gone. :-)
 
posted by [identity profile] mc-cadieux.livejournal.com at 02:31am on 16/08/2007

That it was my friend! :D

But I was *SO* overwhelmed with work that it seemed a bit less painful than last year somehow!
 
posted by [identity profile] cathyr19355.livejournal.com at 12:01pm on 16/08/2007
Yes. Being busy always helps.
 
posted by [identity profile] fadethecat.livejournal.com at 01:59am on 16/08/2007
Travel continues to be fun, I see. I hope they manage to recover the bo staff; every airline but Southwest seems to be in the habit of losing luggage for the heck of it. (Though Delta did, at least, manage to track down our suitcase and bring it to us later that day.) Luck with the recovery.
 
posted by [identity profile] cathyr19355.livejournal.com at 02:14am on 16/08/2007
Thanks. [livejournal.com profile] esrblog is philosophical about this loss, though. He didn't like the staff all that much, because it was kind of spindly, and it was only $15 after all.
 
posted by [identity profile] ddelony.livejournal.com at 03:44am on 16/08/2007
Hope you had fun. Perhaps you can tell us about the bits of metal you waved around while you were gone.
 
posted by [identity profile] cathyr19355.livejournal.com at 12:11am on 17/08/2007
We're not experienced enough yet to practice with actual metal. Instead, we use practice weapons they teach us how to make with PVC pipe, closed cell foam pipe insulation, and duct and strapping tape; you put a limited amount of lead shot inside to move the balance point to approximately where it would be on a good sword. The end result is about the weight of a bladed weapon, but will not pierce and is very unlikely to cause any injury other than a bruise.

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