Comic-Con Diary 2: Arrival

Well, here we are in San Diego! Not exactly an epic journey, since the flight is just a little over an hour. It was exactly how I like my plane trips, though - nice and boring.

We took a cab to the Marriott Residence Inn - we're not talking The Ritz here, but it's cozy, Anita likes it, and they serve free breakfasts until 9:30 (we partook)! Anita is pretty particular about her accommodations, so I'm happy she likes the hotel. Plus, there's free wi-fi in the lobby - that makes blogging a little easier. We'll see how my diary goes when the Con kicks into gear! Last year, I only posted once, so I'm already ahead of the game.

Anita's napping in the room. We're on the ground floor - we decided to upgrade a little so Anita's sister Michelle could have a real bed instead of a sofa-bed. She has back trouble, so hopefully she'll be more comfortable - hotel mattresses can really wreak havoc sometimes! There's two bedrooms with a little TV/kitchen area in between, and we got a good deal on the upgrade. Personally, I imagine the head of every hotel chain around here must buy a new boat or something after Comic-Con. Convention housing is pretty steep these days!

The new Happy Beaver T-shirts are still in transit - it turns out the printer got the days mixed up and thought his deadline was a week later than it actually was. OOPS. Well, everything's printed up now, and it'll all be overnighted down here for tomorrow morning - just like last year. Sigh. I was really hoping to avoid a last minute scramble. I guess I'll have to budget more time for the APE T-shirts.

I'll probably head back to the room and spruce up a bit before we go over to the convention center to pick up our exhibition badges and start setting up our table. I'll try and keep you posted!