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Snowflake
10-04-2006, 09:22 PM
No, not the roller coaster at DCA, but the countdown to GC's pending arrival to Southen California.

16 days and counting (providing you're on schedule).

How goes the packing and purging?

Gemini Cricket
10-05-2006, 05:14 AM
All is going well so far.

I'm going to purchase my plane ticket today and I'm going to rummage through my clothes to sort them out and make a donation to the Goodwill.

My resume is already in the hands of a couple of people who have potential job connections for me.

I gave my current job a month's notice, so they are aware of my departure and are willing to write me letters of recommendation if need be. Which is awesome.

Ralphie will be getting instructions from me this week on how to tend to my aquarium while I am away.

So, so far so good.

Officially, I will be leaving on the 22nd of October. My east coast posse is throwing me a farewell party on the 21st. :)

I can't wait to get to L.A. The weather is cold here already. Me not do cold.

€uroMeinke
10-05-2006, 07:03 AM
Ralphie will be getting instructions from me this week on how to tend to my aquarium while I am away.



Given Ralpie's profession, I can't help but smile at this one - for God's sake isn't being a Marine Biologist good enough?

Snowflake
10-05-2006, 07:51 AM
All is going well so far.

Officially, I will be leaving on the 22nd of October. My east coast posse is throwing me a farewell party on the 21st. :)

I can't wait to get to L.A. The weather is cold here already. Me not do cold.

Ha, bleary-eyed on he plane, just in time for the west coast posse to throw you a welcome party!

How come Ralphie needs instructions on the fish? Is it because they're freshwater? (Are they, I'm ashamed not to remember, been a while since that thread got updated)

Gemini Cricket
10-05-2006, 07:58 AM
If my fish were squid, tunicates, octopi, deep sea worms or sea cucumbers, then I'd have no worries.
But mamma takes good care of her fish. There's water testing to be done, gravel vacuuming and weekly water changes to be performed. It should take him no more than 3 two hour sessions of instruction. I'm very thorough. I have charts and a video instruction guide for him to help him. Also, he has to get at least a B- on his verbal exam, too. Only then will he be able to be trusted with the task.

:D
I'm kidding. He just need to learn how to work a Python (http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=3910&Ntt=python&Ntk=All&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Np=1&pc=1&N=2004&Nty=1). One of the best inventions ever. :)

innerSpaceman
10-05-2006, 08:16 AM
Hmmm, we'll drink a contemporaneous party toast on th 21st to your imminent arrival ... there's some sorta shindig going on around here that date. Sticks in my mind for some reason.

Not Afraid
10-05-2006, 08:18 AM
So, which MA team can he join?

innerSpaceman
10-05-2006, 08:20 AM
Oh my, turns out there's an opening on both our teams!



Coincidence? I.think.not.

Ghoulish Delight
10-05-2006, 08:23 AM
Yes, but is subjecting him to an Invitational as his first event really something a friend would do?

innerSpaceman
10-05-2006, 08:54 AM
yes.


an evil friend.



the best kind.

Isaac
10-05-2006, 09:51 AM
My team may have a spot that needs to be filled since belleh5 can't play this time (damn pregnancy).

Gemini Cricket
10-05-2006, 10:16 AM
MA, eh?
Hmmm.
:)

Gemini Cricket
10-05-2006, 10:32 AM
My planet ticket has been purchased.
Got a good price, too. $180.00 on United.
For some reason it was cheaper to fly to Burbank from Boston than to LAX. Like $60 cheaper. Hmm. Oh well.
Arriving at Burbank at 1pm on the 22nd.
Sweeeeeet! :)

CoasterMatt
10-05-2006, 11:01 AM
Wow! A planet ticket!

I know you're travelin' some miles, but that's crazy :D

Snowflake
10-05-2006, 11:11 AM
Wow! A planet ticket!

I know you're travelin' some miles, but that's crazy :D

Maybe that's why the fare was so cheap?

Not Afraid
10-05-2006, 01:37 PM
There is no room on my team. We've got a puzzle master flying down from the damp north.

DreadPirateRoberts
10-05-2006, 01:53 PM
There is no room on my team. We've got a puzzle master flying down from the damp north.

You got Will Shortz on your team?

Gemini Cricket
10-05-2006, 02:14 PM
Wow! A planet ticket!
Yes, I did have a stop over on Pluto but that was cancelled.
:D ;)

Prudence
10-05-2006, 02:52 PM
There is no room on my team. We've got a puzzle master flying down from the damp north.

Oh good. No pressure. :p ;) :D

Gemini Cricket
10-06-2006, 09:30 AM
I'm basically packing my life into two suitcases. This is going to be interesting. I think I can ship a couple of boxes of necessities on ahead...
I have all my music on my laptop and my books and DVDs will have to be shipped, I guess. I can't be without my movies and books...
Hmmm.

I want to take my Donald big fig with me, but maybe I shouldn't.
:D

innerSpaceman
10-06-2006, 07:07 PM
Um, what happened to that U-Haul you thought you were going to need?

Gemini Cricket
10-06-2006, 07:17 PM
Um, what happened to that U-Haul you thought you were going to need?
Nope. I decided to fly. It's faster.

Besides, Ralphie's coming out to CA eventually and we'll have our stuff shipped together then.
:)

innerSpaceman
10-06-2006, 07:37 PM
So, you'll be sorta like a gypsy, then?


Perhaps Vagabond!








or is it just Hobo???

lashbear
10-06-2006, 08:08 PM
He just need to learn how to work a Python

Honey, I thought he already knew...... :evil:

Gemini Cricket
10-07-2006, 05:48 AM
Honey, I thought he already knew...... :evil:
Anaconda, dearie. Anaconda. :D

Yes, iSm, I will be a gypsy (unemployed, trying to entertain people with my theatre background for pennies, all the while looking for a Phoebus to tame me). :)

MouseWife
10-08-2006, 10:18 AM
Boy, leave town for a while and I miss everything!!

What else is going on that I am not aware of?????

Well, this means I may actually be able to have a day at the park with you eventually?

Will the gypsy have an AP?

innerSpaceman
10-08-2006, 10:44 AM
Heheh, likely before you can say "Rose Lee."

MouseWife
10-08-2006, 12:28 PM
That soon? :snap:

Gemini Cricket
10-11-2006, 08:15 AM
Will the gypsy have an AP?
Has an AP already... :D Just got it...


"All the leaves are brown and the sky is gray.
I've been for a walk on a winter's day.
I'd be safe and warm if I was in L.A.;
California dreamin' on such a winter's day..."

DreadPirateRoberts
10-11-2006, 08:17 AM
Has an AP already... :D Just got it...


"All the leaves are brown and the sky is gray.
I've been for a walk on a winter's day.
I'd be safe and warm if I was in L.A.;
California dreamin' on such a winter's day..."

Nice clear blues skies today :)

innerSpaceman
10-11-2006, 08:27 AM
Oh, is it mid-October? Hmm, why is it a balmy 75 degrees out? Ah, how lovely.



The only problem with how wonderful So. Cal is as a place to live is how many people keeping find that out and moving here. I usually hate everyone who bumps up our bursting population, but in G.C.'s case, I'll make an ecstatic exception!

MouseWife
10-11-2006, 08:51 AM
Has an AP already... :D Just got it...

Wahoo!

Gemini Cricket
10-11-2006, 08:56 AM
Wahoo!
The day I decided to make the big move, I walked Frodo to the park and saw a rainbow. It's the first one I saw in Boston. It made me happy. I thought of our MouseWife. :)


It's funny because I was just sitting at my desk this morning and thought, "The leaves are all brown...the sky is grey..." I didn't realize that I was quoting the song... :D

MouseWife
10-11-2006, 11:38 AM
The day I decided to make the big move, I walked Frodo to the park and saw a rainbow. It's the first one I saw in Boston. It made me happy. I thought of our MouseWife. :)


It's funny because I was just sitting at my desk this morning and thought, "The leaves are all brown...the sky is grey..." I didn't realize that I was quoting the song... :D

:) You remember. :)

Wow, talk about a sign. That was just for you, you know. :D

LOL That is because music is part of you, like me. I will think song bits and talk to the kids with song bits.

I was doing that to my son in an elevator the other day, a She Wants Revenge song. The line was 'I don't want to fall in love' but more. He looked at me like 'What the heck are you saying?????' I repeated myself a few times, still quite seriously, before he got it. I got a major eye roll for that one. :p

Can't wait till you come out...I am trying to finangle an AP for me....I have a Knott's one....

Snowflake
10-12-2006, 07:44 AM
T-Minus 10 days and counting!

:cool:

Gemini Cricket
10-12-2006, 07:45 AM
T-Minus 10 days and counting!

:cool:
^ That just gave me a bolt of adrenaline.
10 days! Wahoo!
:)



edit to add:
The song playing right now at my co-worker's desk is: "I'm Going Back to Cali"
:D

Snowflake
10-12-2006, 08:03 AM
^ That just gave me a bolt of adrenaline.
10 days! Wahoo!
:)



edit to add:
The song playing right now at my co-worker's desk is: "I'm Going Back to Cali"
:D

Very cool! Listen, I've got a shot of adrenalin and I don't even know when I'll actually meet you! Just knowing you're heading west is just fantabulous!:D

Gemini Cricket
10-15-2006, 03:14 PM
One week!
:)
I'm not packed.
We're that thing I was going to take with me?
Where are my suitcases?
What happened to that thing, you know, that thing...?!
Where am I?

:D

innerSpaceman
10-17-2006, 07:57 AM
Um, the count has officially changed from Days Mode to Hours Mode.






Throw some sh!t in a suitcase, G.C.

Snowflake
10-17-2006, 08:05 AM
Um, the count has officially changed from Days Mode to Hours Mode.
Throw some sh!t in a suitcase, G.C.

Yay!

One question GC, how late is that farewell party going to run on Thursday? Is the party going to drop you at the airport?

Then, how long before the welcome party starts in CA once the eagle has landed?

Gemini Cricket
10-18-2006, 07:05 AM
So much to do. I'm working up to Friday and then leaving on Sunday morning. That leaves me tonight, tomorrow morning, and Saturday morning to pack. I have an event to attend to on Friday after work and a goodbye party to go to on Sat eve...

I still have to figure out how I'm getting from the Burbank Airport to Todd's.

I also decided not to take a whole lot with me. It's just easier to ship it later...

T-minus 4 days and counting...
:)

Snowflake
10-18-2006, 07:12 AM
Just remember to take slow, easy, deep breaths!
Since you're flying, pack clothes and important immediate need papers and documents, basic grooming supplies can be bought in LA. Take your iPod and AP and ship everything else! :)

MickeyLumbo
10-18-2006, 07:42 AM
on your trip, instead of counting volkswagons
or sticking your head out the window saying "mooooo",

count the hidden mickey crop circles

http://www.greatdreams.com/crop/MICKEY-MOUSE.JPG

see ya real soon

lashbear
10-18-2006, 07:22 PM
I still have to figure out how I'm getting from the Burbank Airport to Todd's.

Todd's - I haven't heard of that one...... That's an All-You-Can-Eat Buffet, isn't it ? :evil:

Gemini Cricket
10-19-2006, 03:28 PM
Todd's sending the limo to Burbank. Thank goodness. :D

All is well with me. Sorting through "stuff to take" and "stuff to leave".

To be honest, I'm not looking forward to saying goodbye on Sunday. The thought makes me very, very melancholy. Ugh....

:(

Snowflake
10-19-2006, 03:38 PM
Todd's sending the limo to Burbank. Thank goodness. :D

All is well with me. Sorting through "stuff to take" and "stuff to leave".

To be honest, I'm not looking forward to saying goodbye on Sunday. The thought makes me very, very melancholy. Ugh....

:(


Never say goodbye! Say farewell and see you real soon!

innerSpaceman
10-23-2006, 08:15 AM
So, do I delete this thread now?


Or do we wait for G.C. to get an internet connection?




(Um, and he needs a welcome gathering real soon to help stave off the blues. Hmmmm, I believe he's house-sitting for some Florida-bound MiceChatters. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm.)

;)

Gemini Cricket
10-23-2006, 09:20 AM
I am, in fact, at Casa de Dustysage in Costa Mesa/Newport Beach. :)
The whirlwind of WDW bound MCers has just left. Last night was slumber party night meeting folks I had been talking to for about 2 years and hadn't met until last night.

I just figured out the wireless thang with help from an internet/computer guru team and am now interneted.

My body's still getting used to the beautiful weather here and I have yet to unpack anything.

I am one happy girl, I tells ya. :)

As for a party, I'm all for it. But I dare not do it here. Don't wanna get kicked outta my new digs so soon. :D

katiesue
10-23-2006, 10:10 AM
Welcome to California!

DreadPirateRoberts
10-23-2006, 10:13 AM
My body's still getting used to the beautiful weather here and I have yet to unpack anything.

California is giving you some nice weather today. Welcome back.

Gemini Cricket
10-23-2006, 10:26 AM
It's funny, I went from 32 degrees F to 80 degrees F. Love it.
:)

Snowflake
10-23-2006, 10:27 AM
Welcome back to the beautiful West Coast GC! :cheers:

Good to see you have your priorities straight (no pun intended) PC connected first, then unpacking stuff.

Bornieo: Fully Loaded
10-23-2006, 11:04 AM
Welcome back GC!

CoasterMatt
10-23-2006, 11:06 AM
Welcome back GC!

You need to visit the Nuclear Muffin Test Kitchen soon

JWBear
10-23-2006, 11:30 AM
Welcome!!!!! So... when's the party?


(p.s. The Cavalier is still here... :evil: )

Not Afraid
10-23-2006, 11:51 AM
Let's get this party started!

Tuesday, Disneyland. Anyone game? ;)

CoasterMatt
10-23-2006, 12:22 PM
I would love to, but I'm closing up another park Tuesday :(

Ghoulish Delight
10-23-2006, 12:24 PM
We'll be up to our elbows in kitchen cabinet primer. But we'll be sure to see him soon.

Bornieo: Fully Loaded
10-23-2006, 12:57 PM
Aw, I be workin' and many miles away. Othewise I would so be there!

lashbear
10-23-2006, 01:21 PM
I can't make it this Tuesday - this year. Try me for next March ;)

innerSpaceman
10-23-2006, 07:31 PM
Sunday. Disneyland. Anyone game?

€uroMeinke
10-23-2006, 08:35 PM
Welcome back GC - Now if I could only make it back for a Disney meet...

Gemini Cricket
10-23-2006, 10:20 PM
Did my inspection of the park today. All is well.
Will be back at the park tomorrow and possibly Sunday.
:) :) :)

Thanks for the wonderful welcome, y'all.

Not Afraid
10-23-2006, 11:21 PM
SleepyJeff will be in the Park on Sunday as well.

I, however, won't be there. :(

MickeyLumbo
10-24-2006, 05:15 AM
Sunday. Disneyland. Anyone game?

undecided... is GC still gassy?

lashbear
10-24-2006, 06:13 AM
undecided... is GC still gassy?

I thought he was Farty, not Gassy. Geez, exactly how many dwarves are there ??? :rolleyes:

Ghoulish Delight
10-24-2006, 08:01 AM
Sunday's sounding good.

Gemini Cricket
10-24-2006, 08:32 AM
Me not farty now. Me left Kashi Go Lean in Boston.
:D