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Move In Madness
Jun. 30th, 2022 11:59 pmAfter about five hours of sleep, I was up, showered, fed, and at the Convention Center shortly after 8 AM to collect our key to the building. That was the beginning of an utterly mad day of running back and forth between the Tonopah Convention Center and the Belvada Hotel, moving equipment, setting up stuff, finding lost things, solving problems, and on and on and on. There is no way I can write about all of it. Lots of volunteers turned up, which helped, and they did work hard to unload the U-Haul and the vehicles and get stuff into the TCC. Lisa was also run off her feet directing traffic and getting things where they needed to be.
In the afternoon, with the trailer now empty, Lisa and I drove to Raley's for the bulk of our local grocery order. That was the largest grocery bill I ever paid: $1,285. And that was not all: We took that order back to the TCC and people unloaded it (much of it was canned sodas of various sorts), and then when the trailer was empty again, Lisa and I returned for a second run, mostly of ice cream. Some of the other things we ordered didn't get into our order, so after Lisa put the ice cream into one of the large ice chests, we went back in and bought everything that was not in our order. This pattern was sufficiently suspicious that Bank of America put a hold on my credit card. Fortunately, my American Express card worked, and I did eventually get BofA's system to understand that yes, I really did mean to buy $2000 worth of groceries in Tonopah, Nevada.
Approaching 7 PM, I spent time at Registration when they were closing, but that let me use the printer. I have a big concern about that printer, namely that it seems to have leaked ink out the back of the printer; however, it isn't affecting print quality. fortunately, we've kept the printer in the protective plastic bag in which it was packed, so the ink spill is similarly contained.
After helping with the newsletter and then taking the printer and program books back up to my room, I returned to the TCC. Earlier, after dealing with the last grocery run, Lisa and I parked the U-Haul trailer in the rear parking lot of the Tonopah Convention Center, where we will use it for storage. Thus a lot of the rest of the evening consisted in my taking lots of empty boxes to the trailer.
As we approached Midnight, I worked with Lisa (mostly by fetching equipment) while she got the A/V equipment set up for the Opening Ceremony. I have something on which we've been working for nearly three years that I really am looking forward to showing off.
We are pretty much moved in. There is still going to be stuff to do, but I'm sort of hoping that I won't be beset by people every few minutes with yet another issue.
When I checked my pedometer at the end of today, it read 24,692 steps. No wonder my feet hurt.
In the afternoon, with the trailer now empty, Lisa and I drove to Raley's for the bulk of our local grocery order. That was the largest grocery bill I ever paid: $1,285. And that was not all: We took that order back to the TCC and people unloaded it (much of it was canned sodas of various sorts), and then when the trailer was empty again, Lisa and I returned for a second run, mostly of ice cream. Some of the other things we ordered didn't get into our order, so after Lisa put the ice cream into one of the large ice chests, we went back in and bought everything that was not in our order. This pattern was sufficiently suspicious that Bank of America put a hold on my credit card. Fortunately, my American Express card worked, and I did eventually get BofA's system to understand that yes, I really did mean to buy $2000 worth of groceries in Tonopah, Nevada.
Approaching 7 PM, I spent time at Registration when they were closing, but that let me use the printer. I have a big concern about that printer, namely that it seems to have leaked ink out the back of the printer; however, it isn't affecting print quality. fortunately, we've kept the printer in the protective plastic bag in which it was packed, so the ink spill is similarly contained.
After helping with the newsletter and then taking the printer and program books back up to my room, I returned to the TCC. Earlier, after dealing with the last grocery run, Lisa and I parked the U-Haul trailer in the rear parking lot of the Tonopah Convention Center, where we will use it for storage. Thus a lot of the rest of the evening consisted in my taking lots of empty boxes to the trailer.
As we approached Midnight, I worked with Lisa (mostly by fetching equipment) while she got the A/V equipment set up for the Opening Ceremony. I have something on which we've been working for nearly three years that I really am looking forward to showing off.
We are pretty much moved in. There is still going to be stuff to do, but I'm sort of hoping that I won't be beset by people every few minutes with yet another issue.
When I checked my pedometer at the end of today, it read 24,692 steps. No wonder my feet hurt.
