Flyover, flyback
Apr. 18th, 2016 06:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
flexagonThat was a fairly cheerful and very, very time-efficient trip to Seattle. I've gotten really tired of this spring's "travel and get sick" trope, so this time I flew out on Saturday and back on Monday; hoping to be in and out before the West Coast germs could get me. And despite coughing a bit extra on Saturday, I may have succeeded.
Things I did in my two days:
1) Caught up with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
heisenbug's good friend who lives there. Since we last saw him he'd been dumped by his serious girlfriend, largely for reasons of religion (of which he has none), so we provided properly supportive words, and went out for pho and bagels and breakfasts and things. A shout-out is due to Eltana, whose trout salad sandwich gave me something to try at home.
2) Gussied up and went to E&V's wedding, which had some "I never imagined I'd be standing here today" gay wedding schmaltz and which provided a quite delicious dinner. We didn't really know anyone there aside from the family of the grooms, but that's all right, I got to hang out a little bit with Birdie and that was nice. She's fourteen now, and has the braces that I warned E&V about fifteen years ago, and doesn't like to dance without choreography. Apples and trees. :-)
3) Did my bit for science! I got some blood drawn this morning at Seattle Children's Hospital for a craniosynostosis study related to Birdie (who indeed had this condition, an early fusing of skull bones, as a baby). May it go forth and provide data.
Did I mention not crashing the rental car? I feel quietly proud.
Things I did in my two days:
1) Caught up with
heisenbug's good friend who lives there. Since we last saw him he'd been dumped by his serious girlfriend, largely for reasons of religion (of which he has none), so we provided properly supportive words, and went out for pho and bagels and breakfasts and things. A shout-out is due to Eltana, whose trout salad sandwich gave me something to try at home.2) Gussied up and went to E&V's wedding, which had some "I never imagined I'd be standing here today" gay wedding schmaltz and which provided a quite delicious dinner. We didn't really know anyone there aside from the family of the grooms, but that's all right, I got to hang out a little bit with Birdie and that was nice. She's fourteen now, and has the braces that I warned E&V about fifteen years ago, and doesn't like to dance without choreography. Apples and trees. :-)
3) Did my bit for science! I got some blood drawn this morning at Seattle Children's Hospital for a craniosynostosis study related to Birdie (who indeed had this condition, an early fusing of skull bones, as a baby). May it go forth and provide data.
Did I mention not crashing the rental car? I feel quietly proud.
