My drive from San Antonio to Houston went well today — until I got to Houston. First, the ramp I was supposed to take onto a toll road was closed. But never fear, I was able to pull out my atlas and find another exit and a back way to get to the needed tollway. So I was trucking along just find, thanks, until I got to the exit my directions from Mapquest said I was supposed to take. One problem — the exit off the toll road was only for EZTag holders since it wasn’t a manned or pay toll station. I don’t live here, so I don’t have an EZTag. So I had to drive through the grass to get to another road I could take. So then I didn’t know where I was, where my hotel was — ugh! I ended up driving around the airport with nowhere to pull over to ask for directions until I finally found a Marriott on the airport property. The kind banquet server inside pointed me in the right direction. Unfortunately, I’d eaten up so much time that I didn’t have any extra to work on revisions this afternoon before RWA board stuff began. That’s why I’m working on them now at 11 p.m. when I have a meeting at 7:30 in the morning. Oh well, at least I’m here safely and without having an accident in all the traffic on unfamiliar roads.
In much better news, Golden Heart pal Elisabeth Naughton made her first book sale this week! In fact, she sold three romantic adventure stories to Dorchester. Yeah, Elisabeth
March 1st, 2008 at 4:27 pm
Dang Mapquest!
After the second time it told me to take a left instead of a right (or vice versa), I switched to Google maps. Not that it probably would have made a difference. What a pain!
Glad you finally got there safely.
March 1st, 2008 at 6:28 pm
Oh no, Trish! That totally sounds like something that would happen to me, but I’d panic
I’m so glad you made it safely, but so sorry you’re having to burn the midnight oil! Drat that Mapquest!
And hooray for your pal Elisabeth! Exciting news!
March 1st, 2008 at 10:13 pm
Hey Trish!
Thanks so much for the plug on your blog!!! So many of our 007 GH class are making sales…it’s exciting! San Francisco will definitely be a fun reunion.
I’m terrible with directions, especially on roads I don’t know. I’m glad you made it safe and sound.
And I LOVE the new website! Very, very cool.
March 1st, 2008 at 11:15 pm
Thanks, Natalie and Fedora. What burns me up is that I’m really good with directions myself, so I had that a company that does directions gets it wrong so often. Grr.
March 1st, 2008 at 11:39 pm
You are most welcome, Elisabeth. I love hearing about first sales.