Liftoff

Monday, the day we leave for Origins. We're almost ready; the only things left at this point are things involving loading the car. (Ok, one item that only sort of involves loading the cart is that the "pre flight box" that has been used to gather stuff going to the show has to be repacked, with some of its stuff going into the "in flight box" (the box of stuff to read, stuff to eat, spare sunglasses, and the two-way radios), the tournament box (which has everything Petrick needs to run the tournament), the booth box (which has everything SVC needs to run the booth), or other places. Hm... it occurs to me that I have not seen the travel atlas that we always take. I need to ask Petrick where it is.

We will depart sometime after 3pm (the earliest we can leave and still arrive in Oklahoma City after rush hour) and 6pm (the latest we can leave and get a decent night's sleep in Tulsa). Preferred time is 5pm. We have left late twice (once to help Leanna pack games and once when a last second 5 minute errand took 65 minutes). I am not sure if we have ever left early, but maybe this will be the year.

We'd be loading the van now but Leanna decided that this year she would rent us a larger vehicle to take more stuff, and it's reserved for noon pick up. Also, Mike Sparks isn't here to load it anyway, as he's late for work attending to an errand (something about going to the court house and buying a marriage license).