Just Another Herd Creature

 I was very tired on the drive back home and I think that's why it seemed so much longer.  A little stress when the "Check Engine Light Soon" came about 4 hours into the drive, but everything else was fine so we continued.  I think we just hit one of the mileage check points and it wants us to do a major service, which we did before we went on the trip.  Until I remembered this, I was worried and we considered getting a hotel room for the night and deal with the van in the morning.  Luckily, this was not needed and we made it home all safe and sound.

I have lots more thoughts on Vegas and the con, but even after a 5 hour "nap", I'm still a little too bleary to say any more now.  It is 4 am, so it's time for the remainder of my "nap"; I have to get up at 8 am.

Land of the Unreal.  Everything on the Strip is Big, Everything is Blinky.  I just returned from dropping stonebender and wild_irises off at the Mirage to gamble for a bit.  I'm sure stonebender will have something to say about his first experience at a live poker game when he gets computer access.

The 9.5 hour drive here was not bad.  A little radio, a little ipod music, a little talking and stonebender reading to me while I drove, made it all go by pretty quickly.   I hope the ride home on Tuesday goes as well.  

I'm enjoying alt-polycon.  It's a little weird since I have never read alt-poly.  I feel like a bit of a hanger on at times.  I'm having my shy moments now and then.  There are lots of very interesting people here, some I know, some I don't, but would like to get to know.  Only tonight and tomorrow before most people go back home.  Tomorrow night we have tickets for Spamalot.  I'm looking forward to it - not the drive down the Strip on the night of the Super Bowl, but it will be worth it.  

Driving is crazy.  If I ever come back here just for a vacation, I think I'd prefer to stay at one of the big hotels on the Strip. 

This is all very disjointed because I want to go to a panel in 1 minute.