Vegas, I mean.

Did they just go there?

spoilers

Wednesday: work

Thursday: work

Friday: work

Saturday:
– get up before the crack o’dawn and hie self off to National Airport. Board Air Canada flight to Toronto. Takeoff: 6:00 a.m.
– arrive Toronto 7:30 a.m. Go through customs, hopefully have time to get Canadian cash from ATM, buy brekkie (or at least a coffee). Board 2nd Air Canada flight, this time to Vancouver. Take off: 9:30ish a.m.
– arrive Vancouver, BC 11:39 a.m.; get bags, cab to The Historic Ramada on Pender. Collapse for 2 hours. ~ 1:30 family lands @ Vancouver airport. Late lunch? Early dinner? something or another. Embark on birki_lib‘s extensive 5 day itinerary of doing, seeing, eating in Vancouver.

Mon-Weds: more fun in Vancouver & Victoria

Thursday: MY BIRTHDAY!!!!! Turning 50 in Vancouver. Fun during the day; then a special dinner out to celebrate. (I want birthday wishes on LJ, people! One only reaches the half-century mark once!) ::g::

Friday: Vacation ends too soon. Up way early to catch 10:00 Air Canada flight back to D.C. (via Toronto again). Arrive home: past 10:00 p.m. Grab bags, get cab, collapse.
Saturday/Sunday: sleep

OMFG. I can’t believe it’s almost here! All of a sudden, it’s vacation/birthday time. How’d that happen?

On a side note, SGA episode The Shrine – best episode ever. Brilliant performances by the Hewlett sibs, Joe F, the gang. Loved the storyline.

::loads to iPod to rewatch on the plane::

Side note 2: I absolutely, positively do *not* feel my age…whatever that is supposed to feel like.

Damn it, I thought I’d cut this

…about staying home with the Death Cold today.

No, it’s not the overwhelming noise of the construction work.

It’s not the fact that the building shut off the water for about 4 hours.

Nope, it’s not the fact that I keep getting phone calls from an unknown number every 2 hours (I’ve unplugged the phone).

I totally got to see Midway…and not the movie. Yeah, really. There I was minding my own business and checking email when I got a notice from iTunes that the next SGA episode was ready to download (I have a season pass). Yep, a goof, but in my favor.

No spoilers but let’s just say there were many moments of awesomeness…indeed.

I’m going back to watching Oz, because even with the earplugs, I can’t nap. Too much damned noise. Maybe after the construction guys kick off for the day.

In answer to

viggofest

, nope, no cats…sure would’ve been nice, though.

News is up at Gateworld
(don’t click if you don’t want SGA S5 casting/character info)

bheerfan and I were discussing this yesterday and I told her there were 2 possibilities. This was one of them.

Me: FTW ::g::

ETA: Now with casting spoilers in the comments. Spoiler phobes beware.

The happiest of birthdays to

beledibabe

  and

misspamela

  !! Hope your day is FABULOUS!! Much love and loads of hugs.

Spent yesterday afternoon/evening and into the late night at beledibabe’s, along with NC, John ‘n’ Rodney and loads of good food, good wine and CAKE. We had wonderful writing conversations (getting together with other writers = so much joy!) and loads of fun.

Got home so wired I didn’t get to sleep until after 4 a.m.

OMGTIRED but in such a good way. Going to rewatch BAMSR and then face plant for a nap.

Oh yeah, so I might have totally made a birthday greeting card for

beledibabe

  from John and Rodney .

The main art after the cut

Gakked from sheafrotherdon

Link to Variety article

OMG, I am dancing with joy!! This is going to make my day great, no matter what else happens.

I have once again confirmed my belief…no, my conviction, that chickwriter trying to drive in DC is doomed to get lost and end up in some skanky part of town.

How Chickwriter Avoided Dying on the Streets and Lived to Sign Books

Loads of spoilers below the cut, so beware.

Season 4…a very good place to be

(1) Driving to/from work in the fall means one can’t bloody see well at all when one is driving towards the east in the a.m. and west in the p.m.
(1b) The average 4-door sedan is exactly the right height for sun glare to hit me directly in the eyes.

(2) Going to work when you’re still feeling under the weather but know that another day off will mean insanity can sometimes be okay.
(2b) However, staying a full 9 hour day can result in overtiredness and not breathing well.

(3) People can bloody well amaze you.
(3b) A client, who was a bit of a burden over the past couple of weeks sent a brilliant email to me and my boss (the CEO) today praising their new Web site and our work.

(4) Soup is the nectar of the gods.
(4b) Navy bean soup from Perfect Pita is the perfect lunch when one has no appetite.

(5) Frozen hamburger patties and onion sandwich buns can be the perfect dinner.
(5b) There is no 5b.

(6) I am so not a patient woman. (Is it 9/28 yet?)
(6b) I have been slightly spoiled for SGA Season 4, and am comfortable with the level of spoilers I’ve seen. Mostly photo posts on Joe M’s blog and a specific piece of dialogue in ep 1. Other than that, I prefer to remain unknowing and anticipating.

(7) Major networks can be asses.
(7b) Because of a work-related trip, I am going to *miss* the 10/5 episode of SGA. Because of the NBC/Universal break from iTunes, I can no longer blithely buy a Season Pass to my favorite SciFi shows. I repeat: asshats. I will DVR the show, however, iTunes allowed me to rewatch episodes weeks and weeks later, without worrying about hard drive space (I have a 500 GB hard drive just for iTunes). With DVR, I’m going to have to delete episodes of shows to catch others. Stupid NBC.

(8) Fan mail is really, really, REALLY cool.
(8b) Fan mail from other authors, whom you’ve never met: brilliant. (I got 2 fan emails this week, one from a reader, one from another romance writer).

(9) Callum Keith Rennie is really HOT.
(9b) Ditto.
ETA:
(9c) So is Rodney McKay.
(9d) For that matter…
NOTE: above links may contain large picspam

(10) Torchwood continues to rock.
(10b) Even in the U.S.

In conclusion:
Home is a very good place and I am so glad I’m in my jammies now.

Thanks to those of you who sent Get Well Soon Wishes!!