Bear me away!

[connielane]

The countdown is over, and in a matter of hours I will be on my way to the airport where I will board a plane for ... well, first to Philadelphia. Then, after an 8-hour layover, during which I intend to see a bit of the actual city of Philadelphia (*cue Rocky theme*) instead of sitting on my can at the airport all that time, I'll be boarding a flight to London.

I am as excited as I could possibly be, but also a tad nervous. I've never traveled so far by myself, and it seems like there is SO much to remember about things like airport security and what I can and can't carry with me and how much money I should carry around and when I can pick up play tickets and blahblah - *sigh*. But I'll be in London, so I think I'm going to have a great time no matter what happens - unless I get captured by some Tube-dwelling cannibals. :P

I asked a coworker who was recently in London if they still had a "pee fee" in public restrooms over there - the cost is apparently up from 20p to 50p since I was there seven years ago - and today she brought me one pound in loose change, in case I had to go before I could get some coins. XD So, that, at least, is taken care of.

Anyway, as you have probably guessed, I will not be online at all tomorrow - probably not until Thursday evening, actually. So, I'm sure Mary Grandpre will unveil the Deathly Hallows cover art sometime tomorrow. ;)

Comments

[psychic-serpent.livejournal.com]

Ther IS a lot to remember at the airport. I flew to Houston and back recently and found that they're asking everyone to take their ziploc bags of liquids out of the carryon suitcase for inspection now. My bottles were tiny enough (I got them from the bins at the drugstore specifically selling travel sizes of shampoos and conditioners) but I was informed that I had them in a bag that was too large! (It was a gallon bag, not a quart.) Well, good grief. I had my electric toothbrush in there, too, which wouldn't have fit in a quart bag. No one bothered me about it--they just said it was too big so I'd know for future reference. :rolleyes:

If you want to email me at the name of my LJ + yahoo.com I can send you my cell number if you're actually going to be anywhere near the Philadelphia Museum of Art (*cue Rocky Theme*--as you said, LOL), since I live just three blocks away from the museum and I'm off from work today. If I don't see you during your layover, though, have a fantastic trip!

[connielane.livejournal.com]

Gah! Didn't get this message until I'd already left. Three blocks from the museum? I would have loved to have met up with you! *pouts*

[psychic-serpent.livejournal.com]

Oh, darn! Well, as it turns out, I was stuck in the house most of the day supervising the plumber. On the up side, though, we no longer have water gushing out of the u-bend underneath the kitchen sink, there's a new faucet in the kitchen and on the bathtub upstairs and the bathroom sink drains in less than a week. This must be what it is to live as royalty. ;)

Enjoy Equus!