Weekend plans?

[celticdragonfly]

I don't know if the plan for this weekend, to go to Austin so I can see the Yarn Harlot on her book tour, is going to happen or not.

Jamie hasn't gotten sick. Maggie is still sick, but I think she's getting better. She told me this morning that "the sick is going away faster". So that's hopeful.

But hotels, that is a problem. I started looking up hotels. The yarn store is at 1701 S. Congress, the museum selenite wanted to take the kids to is 1800 N. Congress, and the Congress Ave. bridge that we'd like to see the bats come out from under Friday evening is halfway between.

Any hotels near that are really expensive. There was one that sounded nice and quirky and we could afford, and it's totally booked. fordprfct found one for me only a little farther out and affordable - and I read the reviews and it sounds scary and filthy. selenite had me look farther out, in a northern suburb called Round Rock - and even there, the cheap stuff had reviews making it sound scary and filthy, and the non-scary stuff was expensive.

And today Jamie has speech and I have a doctor's appointment, so I don't know if I'm going to find much time to keep looking.

Comments

[soldiergrrrl.livejournal.com]

Roung Rock is a pretty nice place. I wish that I still lived in Austin.

Foo.

[jazz007.livejournal.com]

Round Rock is OMG far from where you're looking to go.

Our apartment is yours, we have the futon and the floow, and could probably make alternate sleeping arrangements so that everyone is as comfortable as possible. We will be gone most of Saturday starting at o'dark early, but can arrange for a key to stay with y'all.

Let me know today if you want me to chat with Andy about it, you can ping me at work by adding fencingkitten@mac.com to your buddy list as if it were an ordinary aim screenname.

[celticdragonfly.livejournal.com]

Y'know, I think we ought to take you up on that. Thank you. We were hoping to see you guys on this trip, definitely. Maggie will be THRILLED.

I'll try to chat with Andy about it if I can, although I'm going to be bathing kids shortly and then have a doctor's appt.

[archangelbeth]

If you're willing to go way farther out (but close to major traffic-ways), there's the Hampton Inn, where we stay when we're visiting my folks. (Ze spouse's allergies cannot tolerate the furniture there, most of which came from my grandparents' home in Creepus Cruddi, Mold Capitol. Also, their AC isn't good enough for him if it's not deepest winter.)