Flying back to Atlanta

I’m on a plane to Atlanta, flying out of Boston for just one night.  I have another meeting to attend tomorrow, and another presentation to give.  I was running late due to Boston traffic and bad planning, but got through security just in time.  It was only then that I realized I was in the wrong terminal.  

Normally at Logan I park in Economy parking and take the shuttle. Today, since I am only going to be parked for a day and a half, I’m using Central parking, which I’m not used to.  I followed the sign to park for terminals A and E, but apparently missed the turn coming down the stairs.  I guess I failed my navigation roll.  I quickly checked the map to see that I needed to be clear across the airport, and my flight was already boarding.  Logan doesn’t have post-security transportation, so I had to run back out and across the entire parking lot, then go back through security.  I’m thankful for speed walks and being in decent shape.  I’m a sweaty mess, but I made it with a few minutes to spare.  

If you’re wondering about the RV, it’s parked at a storage facility in Las Vegas.  I’m not sure if i discussed that here or not.  I will fly back to Vegas in a few weeks to pick it up and drive it again.  This plan made the most sense after i found out i needed to be in Vegas for a convention in mid February.

As per my habit, I won’t explain everything that happened since I last wrote.  Also I’m offline so i don’t actually know where I left off.  I’ve already accomplished a lot of what I came back to do, namely to reconnect with friends and loves and to play games.  I spent four days at TotalCon and one at PAX East, playing 46 hours of RPGs across 12 games, and four board games.  I played Thurn and Taxis, and Bruges during a pre-TotalCon hotel room hangout, and I played For Sale and Alien Frontiers at PAX East.  

The RPG list is extensive, and I might come back to that later.  Mostly I played story games with a lot of role-play and not much killing things.  I’m finding that my tastes are shared with more than a few gamers and tend to end up in games with some of them repeatedly.  This is really great because they’re all excellent gamers and we’ve helped make interesting stories together.  I have a growing list of GMs that tend to run the kind of games i like, and i get early registration so I can get in before they fill up.

This marathon of gaming was great, because I have missed it the past few months.  A big part of that is the RV travel, but I stopped running games after the untimely death of my dear friend and player.  I know he would want me to get back on that horse, and I’m starting to feel that I’ll be able to.  The universe where his character patiently awaits the next chapter of that story still occupies my thoughts, but I’m not ready to open that door yet.  Meanwhile though there are lots of other stories to tell and I intend to do that.  I’ll ride a zebra or a donkey instead of a horse, to get used to the saddle again.

Well, i just decided to spend the flight writing out some ideas, and now we’re landing.  

H