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jennlkdid a lot of stairs/hauling boxes/sorting paperwork at work (but the election infrastructure is mostly put into the basement so that we don't have to move it again in a month!; all the documentation we'll need should our number come up in the random post election audits is assembled; the files from the May 2023 election are in long term storage in the basement, so that August 2024 files can go into that drawer and the November 2024 binders can go onto the shelf).
Then Friday morning we left for Chicago and WindyCon. The second year in the new hotel went much better than the first year did. There were still hotel issues, and there were some very annoying con issues -- no printed programs/program books at all - the first run of pocket programs was apparently so incorrect that they were binned, but AFAIK no replacements were ever printed. There was an online version, but fandom is greying and resistant to change, and many just want a program book to read, even if they'll bin it as soon as they get home. Info desk had printed a few copies of the pocket program on the hotel printer, but those were not for taking away. There were also the oldies who had expected actual *food* in the consuite.
The GT room was crushed on Saturday night -- we had toasts for two old friends, and many stories were told. MA and I poured out nearly 3 full-sized bottles of gin/whiskey and two bottles of fizzy apple juice before the toasts To Absent Friends.
The cats were annoyed with us when we got home. The people who come over to feed/water them are "not us", and the cats do not approve.
I need a day off. Maybe Wednesday?
Then Friday morning we left for Chicago and WindyCon. The second year in the new hotel went much better than the first year did. There were still hotel issues, and there were some very annoying con issues -- no printed programs/program books at all - the first run of pocket programs was apparently so incorrect that they were binned, but AFAIK no replacements were ever printed. There was an online version, but fandom is greying and resistant to change, and many just want a program book to read, even if they'll bin it as soon as they get home. Info desk had printed a few copies of the pocket program on the hotel printer, but those were not for taking away. There were also the oldies who had expected actual *food* in the consuite.
The GT room was crushed on Saturday night -- we had toasts for two old friends, and many stories were told. MA and I poured out nearly 3 full-sized bottles of gin/whiskey and two bottles of fizzy apple juice before the toasts To Absent Friends.
The cats were annoyed with us when we got home. The people who come over to feed/water them are "not us", and the cats do not approve.
I need a day off. Maybe Wednesday?
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Date: 2024-11-12 04:17 am (UTC)Thanks for the work on the election. Was there any hint of tumult?
K.
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Date: 2024-11-12 01:43 pm (UTC)No tumult, but there were fears that if the result had been different there might have been. [A cynic might wonder if that affected the result.... There are stories (from reputable sources!) of non-Trump Rs in county-level party positions in the redder areas of MI getting guns and/or changing contact info for fear of reprisal.]