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[kevin_standlee]

Having left Paso Robles around 12:30 or so, we got back to San Mateo around 4 PM, including several rest stops. Throughout the trip, Lisa scribbled away on a note pad from the hotel because she still couldn't speak.

Lisa has built a car seat for her stuffed bear. Kuma Bear sat in the back wearing the sunglasses Lisa bought for him at Disneyland.



We had a late lunch or early dinner in San Mateo while she decided whether or not she wanted to stick around for another day. We went up to my office where her van was parked and moved stuff from my van to hers, and retrieved from my office a couple of things she'd felt uncomfortable storing in her van.

Lisa decided she'd go ahead and try and head back toward Oregon tonight. Her first leg is a relatively short one, going probably only as far as Dunnigan, where she will stop for a few hours sleep in her van. I bought her a smoothie from the Jamba Juice near my office, and that helped her get a tiny bit of her voice back. I told her to spend a few days resting when she gets home. She was sick to some extent for almost the entire trip, and kept beating herself up over not being 100%, which didn't really help.

Anyway, I then headed home, stopping first for groceries, and I got home around 8 PM. Still too tired to do anything about photos and con reports and such. As time permits over the next few days, I will work on it, probably by posting back-dated entries to the appropriate times and announcing their existence as new posts.

For now, I need to unpack enough so I can get to bed early. I'm working tomorrow, albeit from home.

Edit, 9:20 PM: Added picture.

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[n5red.livejournal.com]

See, if you had taken the trouble to learm Morse Code, Lisa would have been able to comminicate much more easily...

[kevin-standlee.livejournal.com]

That's no joke right now. Lisa called me from Oakland, Oregon this evening, and was barely able to croak out a status report. She can talk just a little right now, but he throat is very sore. If I were there with her, I'd be saying she needed to see a doctor, as this sounds relatively serious and not just con-related dehydration like I had.

[n5red.livejournal.com]

I've been stopped up and had a sore throat for the last couple of days as well. I had to stop early yesterday afternoon and get a motel room because I was so wiped out.

I'm not nearly as bad off as Lisa, but I think there was some sort of crud being passed around at the con.

Tell her to get well soon and that I still want to talk radios with her.

[nwl.livejournal.com]

We left Paso Robles today about 3 PM. We had a nice time looking at a few antique stores. We're currently in Monterey. The time our plane leaves out of S.F. was changed to 8:30AM, so we can't use the subway. We'll try to find a shuttle to get there early. I'm not sure when we'll be on line again before we leave.

You looked great in your uniform. I'm way behind in reading LJ, but we had a very good time at Worldcon and told Christian on Sunday night.

[kevin-standlee.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the compliments. Some people said I look silly. Well, I guess on some levels I do, but then, on that level, all costuming is silly. I think I'm loosening up as I get older, while a lot of other people are stiffening up. Fandom is supposed to be fun, isn't it?

I was surprised to hear at the Former Worldcon Chairs' party that the Worldcon History Exhibit wants me and Lisa to donate our costumes to it. I told them I'm willing, but only once Lisa and I get tired of wearing them.

Have an uneventful flight back.