crossover_chick | End Of The Vacation and Other Thoughts

Last part of the Trip Log coming up:

Day Six: April 20th, 2008
As I mentioned in the last entry, Mom and I ended up staying up all night because our shuttle to the airport came so early -- 2:50 in the morning to be precise. We watched a lot of Home Improvement -- man, it's been ages since I've seen that show! It was actually pretty good. Hokey, yeah, but I liked seeing it again.
Around 2:30, we headed downstairs and checked out. The shuttle arrived a little early, and we hopped on it. This one was kind of weird, with seats along the sides instead of in rows. Mom and I chose a couple of seats, and I found an extra-long seatbelt that we couldn't figure out how to buckle properly. Mom ended up tying it to get rid of the slack.
Good thing she did, too -- the driver was a MANIAC! I swear, he was trying to set some sort of landspeed record. Not fun at 3:00 in the morning. Ugh.
-M2: Yeah, I know.-
We got to the airport in one piece, though, and found our ticket desk --
Only to discover nobody except the security guards were at work yet. Questioning revealed that the Southwest employees typically didn't start until about FOUR. So Mom and I sat down at the head of the line and tried to amuse ourselves until they showed up. Nothing like sitting on the floor of an airport when you're exhausted and bored.
Eventually the line filled up (and fast, too!) and the employees started work. We got our boarding passes, found our terminal, and sat down in actual seats to pass the time. I spent most of it reading the Grimm's fairy tales book, trying to stay awake.

Can we go home yet?
Nothing in the airport really opened until about 5, which was a problem as I was hungry and Mom needed caffeine. Eventually a place called "Seattle's Best" opened up, and Mom got us something -- a peanut butter brownie square and milk for me, and a coffee for herself. My snack was okay, but Mom says the coffee sucked.
Boarding started, then was delayed as the airplane needed a new part. We lucked out, though -- they said it might take 20 minutes, but it was a lot less than that, and we left only a couple of minutes late.
-OD: Thank God. We were going nuts. *Jules* And we can amuse ourselves better than most.-
Heh, I know. I can't tell you guys about the flight itself -- I zonked out after we took off, and stayed out until shortly before we landed (which was EARLY of all things -- talk about a good pilot!) We made our way outside, met back up with Dad, and headed home. I spent the rest of the day catching up on everything I missed and napping. Ahh, nothing like your own bed.
-D: True. There's no place quite like home.-
-HD: Especially if you've just had to fight witches.-
Heh. All in all, a great trip with some definitely lasting memories:

Now if only we can find a frame for it. . .

Work today was on-and-off busy, which can be quite annoying if you're there alone and suddenly everyone comes in. Luckily the girl after me came in a little early today, so I got out right on time. Yayz.
-VD2: Good. You get too cranky when you're forced to stay late.-
I know, I know. Just hoping nothing like that happens tomorrow at the end of my shift.
We got me some new sneakers today, and some new slippers. I have an odd tendency to wear my slippers out completely really fast. I have no idea why -- all I do is walk in them! Maybe I just have agressive feet.
-MHG: You must. I saw the damage you wreaked on the last pair.-
Well, these new ones have thicker soles, so hopefully they'll last a bit longer.
Also, I've been looking at that LJ game

beyondtherift again. I have to say, it sounds like fun -- but like I said yesterday, I have that snowball effect going on.
Or so I thought.
-RPD: *instantly perks up* What's that?-
Well, it was weird -- I was talking to Ael, looking at my Midsummer Found "character sheets" --
And then I realized, "Hey, this version of Marty doesn't have a Jennifer. . . ."
That's right, I want to throw CHANGELING Doc and Marty into that game. It makes sense, right? They were already designed from an RPG sourcebook!
-RPD: *happy* Go for it! I'd love to see some actual roleplay again!-
-VD: Even if it's not her bringing you back from the dead?-
-RPD: I'd be too worried about the world I left behind -- and she already said she didn't want to play any version of us without a corresponding Marty, and you know the mess with mine.-
Yeah -- though I bet you'd be relieved to get away from constantly-macking George and Lorraine.
-RPD: Well, who wouldn't?-
-D: So what's the plan?-
I've got some ideas -- I'm just hung up on the fact that the rift changes everyone who goes through it. Thing is, technically that Doc and Marty would already be magical with their contracts and stuff. So help me out a bit here, Ael -- how'd you decide the rift would effect your Dresden boy? (Honestly, I'm tempted to give the Doc weather control powers, just for the image of him conducting a lightning storm.)