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I finally put my webbed foot down, and demanded that I get to leave the hotel. Thus, nothing short of being hand-carried with Tubby all day was the only thing I found acceptable. And not surprisingly, I again got my way.
Wednesday,
15 October, 2003 |
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| 6:58am (MDT) | Up, once more, without using the alarm. We take turns in the showering facilities and doing other, related start-of-day activities. |
| 7:21am | We have a discussion about my room-based stay on this trip. After some debate, wherein I (surprise) win, I am to be taken with him today. I mean, would you want to spend a third day with a view like this? |
| 7:29am | We reach Compari's, the breakfast and lunch restaurant in the restaurant. |
| 7:32am | The hostess, Rosa, seated us, and much to our mutual disappointment, they do not have booster seats. I managed to make do so I could still reach the table. |
| 8:19am | And Tubby and I are on our way, starting with the trip to the offices he's working from. But I'm outdoors! |
| 9:03am | Tubby and the tall blonde woman do their little teaching thing to a group of people or something; I just sat off to the side and looked around. |
| 10:34am | Tubby started doing his little talk or something, which was... well, boring to me. |
| 11:51am | Tubby wrapped things up and sent everyone off. As folks were piling out, I commented to his Dorkiness about a rather attractive bird in the front row, brunette, Christina or something. I got a blank stare in reply, but he eventually figured out who I was talking about, and agreed with the observation. |
| 12:31pm | We managed to make the 15 or so mile drive to downtown Denver, where we began by popping by the Invesco Field stadium thingy for the Denver Broncos (seating capacity is 76,125, if you're wondering). |
| 12:34pm | The downtown Denver area presents an impressive skyline, far more so than what I saw on the rainy day we were here in 2002. |
| 12:38pm | Note to self - find a local to tell us what this sign is supposed to mean. |
| 12:48pm | I finally managed to get close enough to the state capital building to snag a picture of it. Then, I had to make the trek up the stairs to see the mile-high marker (up close pic of it) on the 13th step from the little road around the building. And I must say, from the top of the steps, the view of the municipal buildings. |
| 12:54pm | I just thought the concrete barriers under this oddly shaped judicial building looked funny. My first thought was they were trying to keep people from illegally parking there, but I suppose the intent is deeper than that. |
| 12:59pm | I don't know what this building is, but it had a fence around it. And this one, also unknown was made of brick AND had a fence around it. I'm sure both are important for the very reason of the fence. |
| 1:27pm | We headed back to the office to complete the day. But honestly, I had more fun wandering around than I did sitting around an office -- but I suspect most folks would echo that sentiment. |
| 5:02pm | Tubby, myself, and a handful of others headed out more or less on time. (I suspect the Lard Lad would have preferred to keep working, but he's something of a savant like that.) At any rate, the redhead had Tubby drive, which was a harrowing experience for me, given we're in a rental. |
| 6:42pm | We head back to the hotel, change into cozy clothes (I didn't really need to change, and Tubby traded real clothes for a daring orange "Tang" t-shirt and sweats, surprise). We then headed down to the lobby to pick up some mail and meet the gang. |
| 7:01pm | So, the hotel mail room takes an inordinately long time getting stuff to the front desk, but we finally accomplished the mission and headed to the hotel's restaurant. Kathy delighted me beyond words with the presentation of a little friend, one whom I can command around like my (very small) unholy army of the night. |
| 7:09pm | Tubby's little phone rang, and he was gone. I was left along the the hotel restaurant place with a good sized group, but found the absence of his largeness to be, well, largely unnoticed by all but a few. |
| 8:35pm | The party broke up and we all headed back to the room. Tubby met the few that held on to the end, and my care and custody was transferred from the very able companions back to the boy. Lucky me. |
| 11:36pm | I'm going to bed. The boy is still on the phone with some database guy, but it's nothing I either want to get involved with or can really help with. Alas, I'm off to sleep. Nighty-night! |