On the road again: DragonCon, day 0
Sometimes, I'm so dumb I can barely believe it. Today, I had one of those times.
I got up after a modest amount of sleep and went straight to work. I wanted to be completely caught up before I got in the car to go to Atlanta and DragonCon. I finished all my work, showered, and was getting ready to go. I rushed out.
After driving to Hillsborough, where we planned to eat lunch, and after walking almost to the restaurant, I realized I had changed my dressing ritual by rushing and in the process had left my wallet at home.
Dumb.
Back home we drove, so I could get my wallet.
Total time cost was about a hundred minutes.
Dumb.
The rest of the car trip went well. When I wasn't driving, I was working on my tablet, but I could not keep up with the volume of email that was coming my way.
I did tweet a picture of the butt-crack side of the giant metal peach; you won't want to miss that.
After checking into the hotel and finding the room to be completely fine, I headed to dinner. The meal was a tasty one, courtesy of Alma, a place that offered an interesting combination of Brazilian and Mexican dishes. None were great, but all were good.
Back at the room, I found a giant maelstrom of work email, which took me until the wee hours to finish.
Tomorrow, the con starts.
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6 comments:
Dear Mark,
Are you in the Tesla?
Dave
No. The charging options didn't look good for this road trip, so I didn't take it.
everyone has a moment like that at some point. Please don't use the word "dumb" about yourself.
Love that giant peach. I have not seen it in many years.
I know y'all will have a great time at DragonCon.
Thanks for the kind words. I don't mind saying I was dumb, though, when I was dumb.
I guess I prefer the words "error" or "mistake" as the words "dumb", "stupid" and other words of that ilk bring back painful memories. Just my personal preference.
I bet your comedy show at DragonCon will be a smashing success!
Fair points. I tend to prefer to be hard on myself.
I fear no one will show up for the show. I very much hope to be wrong!
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