Posts Tagged ‘travel’

The Standard (with the Upside Down Sign)

Monday, November 16th, 2009

Arrived at the hotel. This place is surreal.  Ed and I had to laugh when one of the employees asked Ed if she had a separate reservation and she replied, “We’re together.”  His response: “Right on.” lol.

We walked into the hotel room, and Ed was pumped about the huge bathroom.  Then she let out a surprised and greatly amused yelp.  The shower wall?  A window to the bed.  It’s a very good thing we’re forever roommates.

The internet here is impossible.  The wireless is so slow my netbook can’t load anything and Ed hits a link and goes back to her magazine.  I tried the ethernet and that only connects to the local network, not the internet. Will have to ask about that later when I’m not exhausted.

Seriously, this is awkward. I am watching Ed prep for her shower.  So it’s also a really good thing Ed and I love our awkward moments.

Writing on a Plane

Monday, November 16th, 2009

I’m still adjusting to this keyboard.  Wait, nope.  It’s more I’m still adjusting to the mouse pad.  I keep hitting it while typing, and the cursor jumps around as a result.  The keyboard itself is fairly close to a standard keyboard with both shift keys and the enter key uncompromised.  It’s the home, end, and where the arrow keys are relative to the right shift and right control that are getting me.  I use Ctrl+Shift+Arrow Keys a ton while typing.  Kinda like how I use the backspace all the time.  Rare for me to get things out right the first time.  And my typing speed would be so much quicker if I could.

I set up the magnifier to follow the cursor which is working out really well.  Earlier I didn’t have the feature turned on, and I would be typing and typing and then the text would no longer be on the screen.  I’m still really jolty with moving about the screen when zoomed in.

There is one really inconvenient part about my awful vision.  (Okay, that’s a lie, there’s a lot of inconveniences.)  I am often amused at the thought that people must think I’m looking at what they’re reading or at their computer screen when in reality I’m just zoning out and can’t see a thing from such a distance.  On the flip side, with everything majorly enlarged on my computer screen, anyone with decent vision can read exactly what I’m writing.  Like now.  On the plane.  Folks down the aisle behind me can most likely see this just fine.

Gives me another reason for preferring the window seat.