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Saturday was pretty much the “stay awake while the sun’s out” day, to try to adjust to the new time zone. Hung out with Naomi+Jay (whose place I was staying at), and then Tom.
Sunday was a … Is it a cookout if there’s no cooking outside because it was easier to pre-prepare, and also rain was forecast? Well, it was one of those, and it was a lot of fun. (And it rained a lot when the rain came)
One of the office cats, for reasons of insanity, decided to test his luck with the other office cat. He regretted it almost immediately, and then continued to regret it as she stalked him around the space to make sure he’d understood the point that was being made.
Tom dropped me off in downtown Indy in the evening, and after settling into my hotel room, I took a wander through the Indiana Convention Centre to see what, if anything, had been set up already.
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Yes, I tried using one as a straw to drink the coffee.
No, it didn’t work.
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