Alternate Timeline

In the timeline where Westercon 75 in Anaheim wasn't canceled and its name and official functions transferred to Loscon 49 this coming November, Lisa and I would have been in Anaheim this weekend. Instead, yesterday, around the time that I would have been presiding over the Westercon Business Meeting, I instead was at Jiffy Lube in Sparks having the oil changed, the rear differential fluid changed, and the fuel filter changed. Along with the other work done on the minivan a couple of months ago, the Astro should be, I hope, in good condition for the trip to Winnipeg.

Summer weather has at last arrived here in Fernley, after a cooler than normal spring for which we have not complained. Yesterday, if finally got hot enough to get the evaporative "swamp" cooler rolled out and working. It's nowhere nearly as hot as it is across large parts of the country, but anytime the high temperatures outside exceed 37° C (body temperature) and the inside temperatures start heading toward 30° C, it's too hot for us.

I'm glad we will be spending more than three weeks this summer traveling in an air-conditioned vehicle and visiting places that should be much cooler, including the trip up to Hudson's Bay.