I Am Large, I Contain Multitudes

Happy new year!

I've never bothered with this meme, but since this is almost certainly the longest list I will ever have for a single year, and it makes for a nice year-in-review, I'll try it. ;-)

Somerville, MA (rang in 2014 chez ablock and family)
Brooklyn, NY
Boston, MA (Arisia)
Merrillville, IN
Lexington, MA (chez mercurysparkle and kalessin!)
Cambridge, MA (wedding weekend)
Manchester, VT (mini-moon)
Malden, MA (chez vettecat and family!)
Brookville, PA (waypoint with U-Haul)
Spring Green, WI (kicking off Epic Road Trip Honeymoon)
Plymouth, MN
Interior, SD (Badlands Interior Campground)
Cody, WY (Pahaska Teepee)
Yellowstone National Park (Norris Campground)
Idaho Falls, ID
Winnemucca, NV
Lodi, CA (chez Mom)
San Francisco, CA
Sunnyvale, CA
Santa Cruz, CA
Pacific Grove, CA
Santa Maria, CA
Death Valley, CA (Panamint Springs Campground)
Las Vegas, NV
St. George, UT
Kanab, UT
Flagstaff, AZ
Sedona, AZ
N. Flagstaff, AZ
Lordsburg, NM
Roswell, NM
Fort Stockton, TX
San Antonio, TX
Conroe, TX
Houston, TX
New Orleans, LA
Decatur, AL
Gallatin, TN
Lexington, KY
... and continuously back in Merrillville, IN, since July 4.

And while not every night of 2014 was shared with etrace (we lost a bunch of January), every one of those places was, which is pretty awesome.

Speaking of travel, I should point out (since people have been asking me) that we're not planning on coming to Arisia this year. I'll miss you all, but it's just not in the cards -- no time off yet from the new job, still catching up on finances, and so on. On the plus side, though, there will still be Friday night Kabbalat Shabbat services at Arisia thanks to intrepid hosts mbarr and crewgrrl. (But no MuffinButtons. If you need some, place your orders now for pre-con delivery!)

Week 2 photos are here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/93788108@N00/sets/72157645135034283/
Full trip photos (all in one album) are here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/93788108@N00/sets/72157644898605426/

( Week 2 (May 29-June 8): Northern Nevada, the Central Valley, San Francisco, the South Bay, and Santa Cruz )

Mikado is officially over. It's been a total blast to work on. Plus, I made a pro blog post over the weekend about my program design work (which, if I may say so, was very well received) for this production: Designs for the Blue Hill Troupe’s 2013 Mikado

justom's class is having its LA Showcase performances today, starting in just a few hours (2pm PDT)! Wish them broken legs, or whatever non-fate-tempting expressions of luck you prefer.

And speaking of California: holy crap, my trip with my mom is just 3 days away. I'm packing tonight. Assuming I ever get out of the office tonight.

*hurriedly buckles back down*

Back from 6(ish) days in California with justom. Had a lovely time, ate lots of lovely food, saw lots of lovely people. Will try to post my pictures tonight, and maybe even some sketchy trip notes.

Standard disclaimer: My pants are bankrupt, which implies "point me at anything crucial I missed". :-)

Catching up on email in the meantime -- sorry if I've been remiss in responding to you, feel free to re-ping me. (c1, I know you're on a deadline and I haven't forgotten you!)

Sunday night: was the last to leave the cast party (or at least W20), shortly after 1am. (Fortunately I haven't yet had time to be sad about the production being over, but that topic can wait until it hits.)

Having chosen to put off packing until the morning, was in bed by 2:30am, but lay awake until 3:15am *thinking* about packing, at which point declared futility, got up and packed. Returned to bed at 4am and slept until nearly 8:30am. Departed home at 10:15am, made it to Logan by 11 for 12:05pm flight, no problems (except for a tense two minutes while the TSA contemplated my jewelry pliers... but let me retain them, with a warning. I honestly didn't know "tools" per se were on the forbidden list). Rest of voyage pleasantly uneventful, if not technically restful.

Spent this evening (after we got dinner on the way home from the airport) cutting out paper turkeys to make placecard holders. Yes, my stepfather has been bitten by Martha Stewart... werewolf-style, I fear. :-)

Overall, it should be a fun week.
Bed now.