It looks like I'll be coming to America twice next year - once with Greg and once for a Con.

So, if one were coming to visit the West Coast (and, more specifically San Francisco) when would be the best time of year?

From the view of weather and convenience ...

A shorter entry this time ...

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Warning! This part contains an account of the GalRen game at TBR, the facts of which will be emerging within the game. In other words, this post contains spoilers - read it at your peril if you're a GalRen player!

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Be warned - this is a long one!

My first taste of GM-ing came this evening - but there was a whole day to get through first. Back at home, the crucial match between England and Portugal was being played in the World Cup. I'm not a huge football fan but I do take ... an interest.

It was harder getting up this morning. hmace's game had run a little late and at 7am I didn't feel like climbing out of bed, still less heading for the pool.

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I was wired enough to wake up very early. hmace merely groaned, so I trotted out for a swim. So not a Grey Panther hotel - 7am and I had the pool and the hot tub totally to myself. It was heaven.

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This was the day we drove down to the Con.

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This was the start; the day I flew to America.

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Here will follow - over a number of posts - a full account of the last two weeks. While your Author hopes, Gentle Reader, that the whole might prove Instructive, Amusing and Edifying, she is well aware that for a number of you the content might prove a little dull and you will be skim-reading it with a mental cry of "Pah! Enough with this boring stuff! What does she say about Me?"

Day 4 - a brief account of the final day in Prague is now up ...

Day 3 of the trip to Prague is now up ...

I've added a couple of things to earlier pages too.

Day 2 of the holiday web-site is now up at http://uk.geocities.com/goldfired/holiday/day2.htm

For all those who have very kindly asked about our holiday -

I am starting to put together a web-site - with pictures (and maybe links later). Have a loook - Day 1 is up!

The address is: http://uk.geocities.com/goldfired/holiday/prague.htm

I'm back ...

Just

to 320 emails ... (and that's just my personal email box).

Anyone who wants to give me updates on EW and SoA will be loved and cherished.

And I shall post more about Prague too tomorrow.



Mel

Well ...

I made it down to the south coast where he lives in 2 and a half hours. He looked good - although very weak. Moving about in the bed was something of a struggle - and he was also wired up to monitors, which didn't help. But he was delighted to see me.

I spent something over an hour with him; the ward was hot, but he had his own personal fan, which helped. They think it was the heat that caused this ...

It could have been a heart attack; more likely it was angina. He hasn't had many angina attacks since his heart bypass six years ago - so it's not good news if he's now getting them again. They'll be keeping him in a few days and running tests, but all looks well. We're going to Prague if things continue to be steady over the weekend, and then I'll see him as soon as we get back.

Mel

Yes ... you guessed it.

Because the system was down most of yesterday, I had to do Double Work to make up today. Two journals to format and put out ...

Oh well. One more day to go and then ... Prague!

Well, a weekend and then Prague.

I want to use my digital camera but I've lost the instruction book ... So I went to the Hewlett Packard site - and there were lots of How Do Is and manuals for the model. So I'm purring happily now ...

And I have a new memory card too ...