Mazin ([info]chaos386) wrote,
@ 2007-12-06 15:50:00
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Entry tags:ac, job, rainfurrest, summer

Follow-up
I'm a bit late posting this, but I thought I'd mention that I finished the first part of the medical exam last Sunday and Monday (basic vision, hearing and blood tests, chest x-ray, height/weight, that sort of thing) and have scheduled the follow-up appointment with the doctor a little over a week from now. An earlier appointment probably would have been better, but I'm pretty full next week with labs and an important exam I need to study for, so I didn't reschedule it.

Speaking of exams (er, sorta) my uni posted the academic calendar for the spring and summer semesters, so I know when I'll be off next year, and, contrary to what I thought earlier, it looks like I might have some time for conventions! I have the entire month of September off, which I'll be using to take a trip back to California, the tail end of which will likely include a side trip to RainFurrest (although it's going to be during Ramadan next year, which could complicate things, so I'll have to think about it). There's also this little gap between the spring semester and my summer training period:



Gee, I wonder if there's anything going on between the 18th of June and the 5th of July? :p

In all seriousness though, airfare to the US is about $2k, and that's fine for a month-long trip, but not so easy to justify for an extended weekend. I did a rough estimate for how much it would cost to go to AC (travel, hotel, food, dealer's den + a little over estimation) and came up with $2800. :(   Couple that with the fact that I still feel a little guilty over what happened last year, and I think it's probably best to wait for some other AC.



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[info]northing
2007-12-07 10:01 am UTC (link)
AC would be very tempting indeed. But 3k$ for AC? Hrmm.. might be a bit overpriced. Maybe you could try for EF since it's a little closer, or an event that isn't in the middle of the Summer high season for travel when airlines are their most expensive?

On the other hand, I'm sure you'd enjoy AC. It's a lot of fun! So many nice furs!

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[info]chaos386
2007-12-08 09:57 am UTC (link)
I looked into EF, but it's a week too early, coinciding with the end of my summer training period. I definitely have it in mind for the future, though, especially since the locations they choose for it are worth visiting even without a convention going on!

You're right about AC being tempting, though. It'd be a good chance to meet people I've only seen online thus far, putting faces to names and avatars. They do have sales on plane tickets every now and then (we got premium economy seats from British Airways for $1500 a couple years ago, and regular economy was even cheaper), so who knows?

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