State of the Trip

[wook77]

State of the vacation so far:

Wedding? Made of win. Cold but made of win. It was quite beautiful and very fiona_fawkes and mijan.

Boston? I was lazy and sat on my ass for most of the trip. yodels's futon is amazingly comfortable. Also - randomly shopping in Maine with janicechess and misterchess along with yodels was awesome. We went to dinner that night with kriken and her boy and some of her boy's friends. I would like to clone the boy. Comics and accepting of slash? Win incarnate.

Took the Chinatown bus to NYC. Met up for dim sum with midnitemaraud_r, titti, ziasudra and paranoidsistah. All of them are just about the most awesome people ever. And then we had ice cream at some chinese ice cream factory store and then we had gelati at an Italian place.

Missed out meeting nefernat due to a combo of later-than-planned arrival + luggage + needing a shower + trainride back in. Am hopeful that the DC meet-up will happen instead.

Spent the rest of the NYC time sleeping and reading horribly bad stories on midnitemaraud_r's couch of awesome. It really is awesome.

Met up with miz_thang88 today before I took the bus to Philly. People. She is awesome. (I keep using that word) Not only was she willing to be adaptable to time (I missed my first train and then it took us about 2 extra hours to meet up than what we'd planned) but we laughed the entire time we were together. Srsly so much love for her. Though I have to admit that she made me feel like a liliputian cause that girl is tall. She's also rather beautiful. <3 In addition to all that, she holds doors, lifts luggage up and down crazy amounts of stairs and is all around love.

Took the Bolt Bus to Philly. I will never ride a chinatown bus again. This sucker was basically a brand new bus, clean, efficient, not smelly and it had free wifi and power outlets. Srsly. FREE WIFI on the bus. Best part?! It was even CHEAPER than the chinatown buses. My trip to Philly cost me $7.50 total with all fees and stuffs included. How awesome is that?

My older sister's continued lack of time management meant that I hung out in downtown Philly for an extra hour in the cold (yes, 70 degrees is cold so STFU. My toes were turning blue but thank god for that jacket i bought in Maine).

Am now at my sister's and I get to hang out with kerryblaze tomorrow night. I'm really looking forward to that! My sister and I had planned on goign to the Franklin Institute's pirate exhibit but it's fucking expensive and I'd rather just go do the free touristy shit instead. Then on Thursday - we're going to a cross stitch store and then off to a motorcycle jaunt. Then on Friday - it's off to Atlantic City with my dad and sister and then on Saturday, possibly Hersheypark with my dad. Then - Sunday - dad and me head to DC to stay with janicechess and to hang out with peeps. Tuesday? Breakfast/lunch/brunch with star98hope!

How's everyone?

Comments

[kerryblaze.livejournal.com]

Dude! Thank you for the Bolt Bus recommendation!!! I'm so going to use that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*points to icon* That's where you'll be tomorrow!!!! Call me if you need anything while you're out with your sister!

[wook77.livejournal.com]

<3 had an awesome time!!! We must do that again!

[maple-mahogany.livejournal.com]

Girlfriend, there is something seriously wrong when you visit over half of LJ and we never get together when we are an hour apart.

WE MUST GET TOGETHER WHEN YOU COME HOME!

[wook77.livejournal.com]

DEFINITELY!!!!!!!

I'll be dog sitting for two weeks when I get home but it's easy enough to just leave 'em alone for a bit. As soon as I get a schedule from fry's - I'm all yours :D.

[incapricious.livejournal.com]

I don't know how you are doing so much traveling all in a row. Seriously, I am tired just from reading what you have done so far. I am such a bad traveler. :\

Anyway, I am glad you are having a good time so far! The Bolt bus sounds great. :D

Look what I found out about today: an HP exhibit at the National Library of Medicine. I'm not really sure how big the exhibit is, but if you find you need something to do when you are here, you could check it out.

Have fun with Kerry tomorrow! See you Sunday! :D

[wook77.livejournal.com]

I'm having fun so far! I just go with the flow and sit on a lot of soft surfaces and look at my computer, really.

I'm totes checking that out, btw.

Also - is 8am too early for my arrival? I want to get to see nefernat and that way, we can get over there soon enough for brunch and get some good visit time in before she needs to get her train.

[incapricious.livejournal.com]

8am will be fine. MrChess will be awake then, at least, and I will attempt to be! :)

[wook77.livejournal.com]

Sweet! We're going to leave here at like 630 so we should be there around 8am. Told kaalee that we'd be there around 930. So :D:D:D:D:D:D

Also - you'll get to meet my dad :D

[lurkitty.livejournal.com]

I'm so sad that I missed everyone at the wedding. *hugs*

[wook77.livejournal.com]

:( It would've been even better if you'd been there!

[neversleeps.livejournal.com]

SO MUCH LOVE FOR YOU TOO. :D

Also, I just emailed myself the picture we took, so I'm going to email it to you now!

[wook77.livejournal.com]

<3 you are seriously so much win. We look AWESOME in that photo!

[neversleeps.livejournal.com]

:DDD WE DO. dude, can you believe my camera takes such big pictures?

[kriken.livejournal.com]

I will never get over how absolutely hilarious (and totally them, you're right) that wedding was XD

Glad to hear you're having fun on the rest of your trip!

::gets to work on that cloning machine:: 'Cause really? Think of the possibilities... ::snickers::

[wook77.livejournal.com]

:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

*hopes*

The trip is definitely going well. Some things aren't working out but... meh. yanno? What will be will be and all that.

[gryffindorj.livejournal.com]

Your trip of friends and east coast fun sounds so fun! How awesome is it that you get to do all that stuff?

Pinch Lisa's bum for me?

WTF? Is with older sister's and bad time management??? Mine is that way too. Last time it was 45 minutes at an airport with a stroller, a bag and a child who had to pee and I had NO fucking clue where the bathroom was because the airport was being remodeled.

*sends you toe warmers from REI*

[wook77.livejournal.com]

It is srsly awesome. I'm having an unbelievably good time. And now I get to hang out with my dad for the day so it'll be coooooolllll.

I totally pinched Lisa's bum for you :D.

I don't get it either. We're either stranded on street corners or airports. Last year when I visited my dad - my sister was 2 hours late to meet us for dinner. She got really pissed off when we went to the restaurant without her and just joined us there.

[libgirl.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a magnificent trip and the stuff I've seen about the ceremony makes it sound amazing!! :D

Have yourself a fabulous time!!! :D

[wook77.livejournal.com]

It's been a fairly awesome trip so far. It's cold and rainy right now so I had to cut out Hersheypark but hanging out with my dad was plenty fun, too :D

[quarterturn.livejournal.com]

Sounds like you're having a fantastic time! :)

[wook77.livejournal.com]

Definitely am! It's been loads of fun so far! <3

[acromantular.livejournal.com]

Ooh, if you're in Philly go to the Mutter Museum! It's my favorite thing ever. They've currently got a display of freakish early gynecological equipment - the randomly placed spiky bits were a bit unsettling. ;)

[wook77.livejournal.com]

oooooh. That sounds AWESOME.

[chaeldub.livejournal.com]

What an awesome sounding trip... seriously, meeting up with so many people and hanging out is made of win.

Unfortunately 'ere in OZ everything is so far apart that were I to do a trip based on the same idea it would be like 9 hours between cities.

Glad your having a good time and that all is well...

[wook77.livejournal.com]

So far, so AWESOME. It's been a brilliant time so far.

Dude. 9 hours? really? It's like 2-4 hours between cities here. 4 hours from Boston to NYC and 2 hours from NYC to Philly. Another 1.5 hours to Harrisburg and then 1.5 hours to DC (and icee and kaalee and nefernat!!!)

[yodels.livejournal.com]

Glad you're still having fun and that you actually got out a bit and saw some of the East Coast. Stay safe!

[wook77.livejournal.com]

EEEEE! yes - amazing what you get to see when you get your lazy ass off the sofa/futon. However, I've also read some amazing cracky books, too.

That book you rec'd? I made my dad visit a bookstore today to get book 2. AWESOME series. I really really like it!

<3 you so much!