Ah, travel, how you go to my head

[netmouse]

This morning I woke up at 5 a.m., local time, and shuffled off to the bathroom. As I went in the door I reached for the light switch and was utterly stymied. It wasn't where it ought to be! Only after a short while did I realize I was reaching for the bathroom light switch of the last hotel I stayed at, the Doubletree in Houston, where I remember noting the light switch was unusually far away from the doorway.

Here at the Holiday Inn in Lawrence, the light switch is just inside the door (like most places, at least those where it is not outside the door), and once I figured that out I turned it on, at the same moment deciding I was clearly not ready to wake up yet, so after the requisite bodily functions I took myself back to bed to await my alarm's going off an hour later.

It has been a delightful conference, and I will write more later about the campbell and SFRA awards last night. Now I am heading back to Ann Arbor. Wish me luck on that whole traveling thing.

Comments

[dagibbs.livejournal.com]

I so understand that "how is the hotel laid out, this week" syndrome.

I also get a bad case of, "what colour is my car this week?". Those remote entry things that make your car beep and flash its lights are really useful.

[netmouse.livejournal.com]

Quite useful. Friday night I offered to drive four of us to dinner in my rental car and followed the vector I knew lead to my car and used the clicky thing to distinguish between another silver SUV and my trailblazer (why Hertz calls a trailblazer a compact car, I do not know).

[dagibbs.livejournal.com]

Either that, or they "upgraded" you for "free" when they didn't have a compact left.