The Gaming Outpost

Already I am two hours behind my original unreasonably optimistic schedule for today; I should long ago have left to take my mother-in-law shopping, and in fact be preparing for the next leg of that journey, to return a certain young lady to her northern home.  I’ve planned to have dessert and coffee with a friend while up that way, who is interested in seeing the new books.

Speaking of the new books, the Faith and Gaming copies arrived today.  I didn’t order many, but we’ll see how they sell.  I’ve already promised one to the church library, and mentioned to a young high school senior at the church that I would give it to him to peruse before it gets that far, and it’s possible I could sell out on these quickly if things go well–but that’s partly because I did not put much money into stocking copies for myself.

I also managed to make my hotel reservation for Ubercon.  I’m at a nice comfortable inexpensive motel six in the next town; I stayed there last time, and it’s probably less than ten minutes’ drive (I kept finding shorter ways to make the trip, but it will take a couple tries to get it all back in my head).  I’ll be paying a bit less for two nights than convention guests at the select hotels will pay for each night, but I won’t have a shuttle so I’ll have to drive myself between the two points.

I’ve also received an updated analysis of The Last Mimzy, and sent a cursory response; it will require more attention from me, but that probably won’t happen this week, if I can avoid it.

Things are piling up, so I’d better unpile them.

–M. J. Young