{"id":18150,"date":"2023-07-04T11:08:44","date_gmt":"2023-07-04T15:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/?p=18150"},"modified":"2023-07-06T20:56:59","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T00:56:59","slug":"at-natalunasans-house-july-1-5-the-dining-room-july-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/2023\/07\/04\/at-natalunasans-house-july-1-5-the-dining-room-july-4\/","title":{"rendered":"At @natalunasans house, July 4: The dining room and projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I had some travel troubles last night. I was originally supposed to fly to @natalunasans house on July 3, but I received an alert on the afternoon of July 1 from American Airline, warning that my flights could be cancelled because of “severe weather.” As a result, I booked a one-way ticket from Burlington to Charlotte in the evening of July 1. I didn’t use my originally purchased ticket, so both parts of the round trip were cancelled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I thought that both parts of my originally purchased ticket were cancelled due to the ambiguous “severe weather,” so I booked a one-way ticket from Charlotte to Burlington on Friday. After figuring out that my original ticket was cancelled because I hadn’t used the first part, I cancelled the Friday trip back and bought a one-way ticket back on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This morning I talked to customer service and got a credit for the originally booked ticket that I didn’t use. Then I used part of that credit to purchase a flight from Charlotte to Burlington tomorrow, July 5. All other tickets that I had purchased from Charlotte to Burlington were cancelled. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now I know that I can get “store credit” with airlines. I’ve never rescheduled flights before, and I probably should have turned my original itinerary into credit to purchase my July 1 flight from Burlington to Charlotte, but I did not know that I could. At least I used some credit on my July 5 flight from Charlotte to Burlington, so I didn’t waste that money. I also didn’t spend as much extra as I originally worried that I would.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All of this is to say that I really dislike air travel. I scheduled my return for July 5 instead of July 6 because I had arrived earlier. I didn’t want to overstay my welcome at @natalunasans house. All my flight changes and uncertainty worried me, and I felt a desire to return home as quickly as possible. Hopefully no “severe weather” fucks up my travel plans tomorrow!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I took some pictures of @natalunasans dining room to illustrate what a comfortable, friendly house she has. There are lots of Colombian things around [as that’s her husband’s country of origin], Jewish things [as she’s Jewish], and cat things [because one-third of their family is Gatin!].<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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One of @natalunasans Jewish friends @jopilov crotcheted the dark red, starfish-shaped golem in the center of the photo. He also made the small purple one [with cat ears!] sleeping on the red one’s shoulder.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A very important picture of THE BEST MIAOU, who obviously rules.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

EDITED TO ADD: We spent a very peaceful day, punctuated by naps. In the morning we went to Walmart to see if some of the latest Zuru Mini Brands series 6 [?] and Foodie Mini Brands series 2 were on the shelves. They weren’t, so we just wandered up and down the toy aisles for a bit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I spent most of the afternoon setting up and shooting a photostory with @natalunasans dolls<\/a> the Spymaster and Ruth Doctor, with a guest appearance by Mini Silencitx and Mini Ethancitx.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile @natalunasans painted some doll shuz and accessories. Orange shuz are Mattel Barbie Extra. The plant is fromm Battat Glitter Girls. The shuz at bottom are from MGA Rainbow High Junior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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EDITED TO ADD: After dinner we made iron-on messages for 1:6 scale teeshirts. I made some shirts for the Shuz Store advertising Hardship, while @natalunasans made designs with cats and with spoonie messages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mini Silencitx is SO PROUD of her teeshirt. Unbearably adorable!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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@natalunasans cut out her designs with more finesse than me.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I had some travel troubles last night. I was originally supposed to fly to @natalunasans house on July 3, but I received an alert on the afternoon of July 1 from American Airline, warning that my flights could be cancelled because of “severe weather.” As a result, I booked a one-way ticket from Burlington to… Continue reading At @natalunasans house, July 4: The dining room and projects<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[867],"class_list":["post-18150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-natalunasans-house"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18150"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18404,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18150\/revisions\/18404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}