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I'd really like to go to both FOGcon and Wiscon next year. I don't know if I want to do any panels or be on any committees, but I do want to be there.

FOGcon is March 6-8 in the San Francisco Bay Area with Guests of Honor Nisi Shawl and Mary Anne Mohanraj. Wiscon is May 22-25 in Madison with Guests of Honor Yoon Ha Lee and Rebecca Roanhorse.

Hit me up if you are looking for a roomie.

I have three things going on that are stressing me: getting through Jerome's memorial service, getting through Chris' CMH grievance, and getting through Wiscon.

Jerome's service is this Saturday. My job is to buy the food, pre-bake the ribs, and get it all together for Mike to bring over. I work Saturday 6a-7p, and after work I'll go to the service and then bring the boys home.

I have our monthly meeting with Chris' case worker today, and the grievance meeting is in two weeks. What I'm praying for is to get enough hours of aide coverage for my work schedule. Having some coverage so I can have time to go do things on my days off would be ideal.

Normally, Wiscon would be a joyous thing, but this year I forgot to ask for the time off and I was thinking about it this morning and I hope to god that my work lets me go because I have commitments.

Things that I want to be doing: gardening, writing, making mead, making my cat mosaics, making some quilts.

Yesterday's house cleaning went well, and it feels good to be in a cleaner house.

From a 2017 study:

"UCS defines flooding that occurs 26 times per year (on average, once every other week) or more as “chronic inundation.” UCS deems as “chronically inundated” any coastal community that experiences this frequency of flooding over 10 percent or more of its land area, excluding wetlands and areas protected by federal levees. "

(intermediate scenario assumes that heat-trapping emissions continue to grow through the
middle of this century then decline slowly thereafter; high scenario is where we are currently, with increasing emissions of 1-2%/yr)


"• By 2100 in the intermediate scenario, nearly 490 communities will face chronic inundation, including more than 40 percent of all oceanfront communities on the East and Gulf Coasts.

• In the high scenario, about 670 communities will face chronic inundation, including nearly 60 percent of all oceanfront communities on the East and Gulf Coasts.

• In both scenarios, nearly 30 percent of affected communities will see three-quarters or more of their presently usable land area become limited-use, chronic inundation zones.

• In the high scenario, more than 50 populous cities experience chronic inundation, including Boston, Newark, Fort Lauderdale, Oakland, and four boroughs of New York City."

"Climate change is known to pose risks to low-income communities, communities of color, and other traditionally underserved communities—risks more severe than those faced by wealthier, often whiter communities, especially in urban settings (Deas et al. 2017; Graham, Debucquoy, and Anguelovski 2016). This analysis shows that many communities that face chronic inundation may do so without the resources or capacity to respond."

Sadly, I won't be able to afford FOGcon this year. I had promised myself I would go, but I spent too much on the Eclipse Campout (which was totally worth it and AMAZInG) -- so no FOGcon this year.

But I will be able to swing Wiscon. Does anyone want a roommate? I don't snore, don't smoke or use perfumes -- last year I think I slept 10 hrs a day.

These are some trips I'm planning in the next year. If I'm going to be near you, I'd love to have coffee or such!

Sept 25-27: Marquette, Michigan. I'm moving my sister down to come live with me. She's in Gwinn, Michigan. I'll be traveling from Lansing, Michigan along US-127 to I-75, across the Mackinaw Bridge, along US-2 and up M-77 to M-28. I'm leaving Friday afternoon, 3pm-ish and arriving at 0'dark-thirty; coming back Sunday afternoon.

Oct 17-18; Charlevoix, Michigan. The Third Annual October Birthday Bash! Wooot! (Two new grandbabies are due in September. Currently among my immediate family, we have birthdays -- Jan/4, Feb/1, March/4, April/0, May/1, June/1, July/1, Aug/1, Sep/1, Oct/7, Nov/0, Dec/4.) Route is I-96 to US-131.

Late December: Negaunee, Michigan. Just a holiday visit to the family, same route through lower Michigan to the UP.

March 11-13, 2016; FOGcon 6, Walnut Creek, California. This is a wish more than a for-sure thing. I'll be in the midst of nursing school, and it'll be expensive, maybe $1500? for plane tickets and hotel and meals and all.... but man I want to go.

May 27-30, 2016; Wiscon, Madison Wisconsin. Definitely going. I'll drive, taking I-94 to Chicago, and then I'll probably take the scenic route that kaffy_r and I took, back in... 2012? Anyway, it was lovely. If you live near the route, feel free to ask me for a ride!

If everything goes well, and I'm expecting it to go middling-well, in March or April we'll be buying that piece of property that I have my eye on. Most likely we'll take a camping trip up in early to mid summer to scope out where we want to put the first cabin. Come camp with us! I would love that.

In May of 2016 I'll be eligible to take my NCLEX-PN and get my license to practice as an LPN. December of 2016 I'll get my ADN and when I pass my NCLEX-RN, I'll be looking for my first job as an RN. Then things might get interesting.

I will be going to Wiscon this year. Anyone looking for a roomy? I'm traveling from Lansing, Michigan -- anyone need a ride? Or offering a ride in exchange for gas money?

Wiscon!