And I’m here
I’ve arrived, in the land of sun and sand and animated creatures – my hotel is pretty nice (though they put me in a smoking room, which I’m not too happy about 
), lots of amenities (fitness center, pool, laundry room, etc) and a bit closer to the convention center than I figured, which is good considering how incredibly HOT it is here, even at 5pm! Toasty! We’ll be inside during the hottest parts of the day, inside this incredibly cool-looking convention center:
And there’s this adorable pink castle hotel next door (called ‘The Castle‘ 
) – wish I’d thought to book my room there…
The trip was pretty uneventful, though I did see a girl getting taken off to the side after a drug-sniffing dog got VERY happy sniffing her bag – and it was funny how I could pick out several other people going to the same convention based on the long poster tubes they were all carrying on the plane – plus us science geeks can always sense each other – it’s a gift 
I’m off to look through the program for the convention, so I can plan what I want to attend when during the week – still open for suggestions for fun things to do in Orlando (keeping in mind I won’t have a car or too much to spend on it)…
Stink on both the smoking room and the lack of a car.
I KNOW! I was riding in the taxi to the hotel, thinking, ‘for what I’m going to pay for this and the ride back to the airport, I could rent a car for a couple days!’ – grrrr… oh well, there’s some interesting stuff around here, and maybe I can find a shuttle to get someplace farther out…