Less than 48 hours

[jay]

Until an event that is typically more stressful than an annual performance evaluation... a local poly pool party with 50-100 attendees. Lacking a local date, I've almost always gone alone... and sometimes foundered, without a safety-person there for emotional support. This time, there will also be a few people there that are likely to quietly mock me, whom I'll be avoiding. If it weren't the largest local community event, and I wasn't also starved for higher-energy social space, I might skip it. But I won't... wish me luck.

Comments

[purpletigron.livejournal.com]

Hey - I really wish I could come along with you!

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

(grin) I really wish that I could hang out with you sometime, whether here or there! Not planning any Spanish holidays next month, perchance?

[purpletigron.livejournal.com]

Sadly, no... although I'm currently reading about Catalonian food and have a yen to visit and try some!

Surely you can summon up a business trip to the UK some time - visit Prof Pillinger at the OU or something? :-)

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

(pause)
Hmm... I'm scheduled to get weekends off, (e.g. 10-12 October) and there are Seville-Heathrow fares for around $138... how long does it take to get from LHR to your area?

Not the moral dilemma that people might expect! :-)

[purpletigron.livejournal.com]

Urm! To get from Heathrow to us by public transport is quickest on express bus (as you have to change trains, I believe), and would take about 3 hours with a bus every hour during the day. Driving yourself would take slight less, both modulo traffic of course.

What an audacious suggestion! (Spain's a long way from England by European standards, as you know) My delay in replying isn't so much shock and awe (!) as having lost this thread temporarily, however :-) I have to admit that you've - completely sweetly and unintentionally - caused me a moral dilemma, though - I've got this 'thing' about irresponsible burning of fossil fuels, so help me! :-)

It would be really lovely to see you! Are you sure you can't come up with a legitimate business reason to be in the UK?!