More lines from Closer (and, more importantly, travel insanity).

[hermionesviolin]

"I wasn't stalking, I was lurking. And when I wasn't there, you looked for me."
"How would you know if you weren't there?"
"Because I was there, lurking from a distance."

"Were you spying?"
"Lovingly observing -- with a telescope."


Booking a $700 flight from Boston to Charlottesville for March 16 to hear Ruth Graham speak at [Poll #452549]
Of course, someone would have to pick me up from the airport (Ari says she can't) and there's the question of how long i should stay....

Comments

[sk8eeyore.livejournal.com]

The Roanoke airport is literally 5-7 minutes away from campus, and it would be so easy for me and Jan to swing by and get you before driving to MBC. We would still get to MBC early enough that we'd have some extra time to hang out with Ari. It seems that would make a great deal more practical sense, except for that fact that you wouldn't get that extra night with Ari, since I don't know how you'd get back from MBC to the Roanoke airport if my dad and I still dropped you off there on Friday... I'm off to my Jan-meeting now and will look into some stuff.

[hermionesviolin.livejournal.com]

Mmm, this is looking like a good plan. (I totally hadn't realized you were so close to Roanoke or i would have mentioned it earlier, since the MBC website mentions both Roanoke [85 miles] and Charlottesville [85 miles] airports.)

You could drop me off at MBC Friday night as planned, and i could taxi or bum a ride from an Ari-friend to Roanoke on Saturday. (Or, if Ari thinks that's a bad plan, you could drop me at Roanoke Friday night and i could book my flight accordingly -- though looking at travelocity it's looking like there aren't many flights from Roanoke-Boston that evening.)

[sk8eeyore.livejournal.com]

Okay, this sounds great. Yeah, I can't believe I didn't think of you flying into Roanoke earlier... that was just plain dumb of me, but my sleep-deprived brain was fixated on Charlottesville for some reason. :P Anyway, I just got back from talking with Jan, and she's totally into it, thinks it's all very cool and a great opportunity. (She was all, "Ohhh! Liz Carr! She's a good friend!" but didn't elaborate.) We would pick you up on Wed. afternoon and head to MBC... and Jan said that the Ruth Graham thing, in her mind, has mainly been an excuse for me to meet Ruth Ellen all along, and she doesn't even care if the three of us come with her to the actual event, though we're certainly welcome to. I'd drop you off at MBC around midafternoon on Friday, probably, and Jan even suggested that on Saturday, she might be able to pick you up halfway ('cause Staunton really isn't THAT far from Hollins) if Ari's roommate or somebody drove you back, though I'm not sure if she was just "thinking out loud" or if her schedule would actually be clear enough to do that. At any rate, it does seem that all this could work out! :D

[wisdomeagle]

Okay, you guys. I was asleep all afternoon after our staying up too late talking to you guys, but here's my take:

All that sounds really, really nifty... especially the part where I have minimal work to do. I am slightly jealous that you guys would get to spend more time together, but it does sound more realistic, logistically! So I'd be perfectly happy if you went with that plan.

We would pick you up on Wed. afternoon and head to MBC... and Jan said that the Ruth Graham thing, in her mind, has mainly been an excuse for me to meet Ruth Ellen all along, and she doesn't even care if the three of us come with her to the actual event, though we're certainly welcome to. I'd drop you off at MBC around midafternoon on Friday, probably,

That does sound like it would work... but I think at this point the main question has been answered, and it will work. So, SQUEE!