6:24 AM: Sasha wakes up.
6:25 AM: Sasha urgently requests Wiggles DVD be played.
8:30 AM: Baby quiet and eating during breakfast. Hurrah!
9:40 AM: Colleague arrives with replacement cable. Only $80 at Fry's. Connect scanner. Scanner working. Go me!
10:20 AM: Realize pages are not in fact being scanned. Adjust blank-page theshold. Pages scan solid black.
10:30 AM: Boss calls scanner manufacturer. Boss reseats scanner bulbs.
10:31 AM: Question boss on wiseness of handling bulbs with bare hands.
10:32 AM: Scanner bulb breaks in two with loud crack. All hope for scanner abandoned.
12:15 PM: Boss goes in search of lunch.
1:15 PM: Boss returns from lunch.
1:20 PM: Discover lunch no longer being served. Become cross and hungry.
3:00 PM: Show serves snacks and beer to exhibitors. Hurrah!
3:45 PM: Boss begins packing up booth.
4:00 PM: Show floor officially closes.
4:45 PM: Booth and demos all packed up. Hurrah!
5:30 PM: Join family and journey to airport.
6:30 PM: Sasha has incident involving large quantity of honey-mustard. Change her clothes in ladies' room.
8:15 PM: Sasha asleep for night, does not wake up again.
8:45 PM: Flight home boards.
4:30 AM: Flight touches down at home 45 minutes early. Hurrah! Family goes home.
9:30 AM: Sasha wakes up.
9:31 AM: Sasha urgently requests Wiggles DVD be played.
Posted by andrea at November 13, 2003 11:17 AMI had fun reading it.
Did you have fun doing it ?
I had some fun moments, but in general, the entire thing was very frustrating all around. I think I'd have enjoyed it a lot more without all of the scanner bother. And of course, it just doesn't compare to a real family Disney vacation. :)
Posted by: Andrea Phillips on November 13, 2003 02:58 PM