I'd decided that it was probably time to start winding down for the evening, and curled up on my bed with a book, when
Locating the hotel was exciting. I was, as I made the approach, on schedule to arrive at 1900hrs (as planned, having caught up the time on the highway), but Riddle was not happy with the tall tall buildings, kept losing his lock on enough satellites to keep him oriented, and the display was lagging a good 30 seconds behind, with the indicator swinging about wildly. This was not the happiest of events. I arrived 10 minutes late in front of the hotel. Just as I pulled up, the phone rang; I thought it was Nora, and deeply confused MissKat by saying "I can see you guys now, ok" to her.
We wound up at Stonestown mall, 10 minutes behind the planned time of 1930hrs. It was Chevy's; it turned out to have been better for JD and Ryan to meet us there, and there they were, at the table, already with the chips and salsa.
Ase had a truly gigantic Long Island Iced Tea. I had underestimated the size of the large frozen strawberry margarita. When alcohol is really affecting me, I feel it in my thigh muscles, a warm tingle that feels either like the urge to create motion or a warning of weakness. The frozen strawberry margarita got passed around like a communion cup.
It was good for everyone to meet Ryan.
Everyone had leftovers. It was a *lot* of food. One dessert was enough for everyone to share.
MissKat had impeccable timing, and called back just after I'd dropped Ase and Nora at their hotel. We cannot go too long without talking, because that means we are missing parts of our brains!
When Ase moves here, and the next time Nora visits, we are going to have to plan more stuff ahead, because it would have been really nice to have Tif and possibly other people there too.
Crossposted.