The Weekend Before the Week to Come

[rolanni]

Next Tuesday, we begin our journey to Orlando for Oasis 23.  We expect to have a good time, and we’re really looking forward to seeing everybody.  The packing — eh.  But packing will happen on Monday, after work.

The first order of this weekend’s business is Ghost Ship, which, with one thing and another, has languished long enough.  In and around will be house-cleaning, so that Mary can find her way from the kitchen to the living room, and laundry, so we’ll have clothes to wear in Orlando, and a Serious Consultation with Steve regarding which plushy should accompany us on the trip.

That last is a tough choice.  For a good, long time, Hassan the Assassin was our default traveling companion.  Then Harwil the platypus entered our service at the KC Nebulas, and he became the companion of choice, mostly due to being much flatter than Hassan.  Steve’s Lord Black Cat has accompanied us on a couple of trips.  [Here's a picture of Steve and Lord Black Cat and me and Hassan (and a host of others) at the Stuffed Animal Tea Party hosted by Alison Looney at Penguicon 4.0]

I feel a little for the other plushies, of which we own a ridiculous number.  There’s Sly the Fox, the day-job office plushy, who may be even flatter than Harwil and is certainly deserving of a vacation, and at least one of the hedgehogs is small enough to tuck into a traveling bag, not to mention the stuffed lizard (though that one’s stuffed with sand, and quite heavy, so maybe not).  The Looney Bloom Kristin Looney gave us (also at Penguicon 4.0; I think the idea was that Hassan needed someone at his back) can certainly fit in a bag.

It’s a puzzle, it is.

Which stuffed animal do you take with you when you travel?

Originally published at Sharon Lee, Writer. You can comment here or there.

Comments

[ozarque.livejournal.com]

I take a Beanie Baby cow with me...

[otaku-tetsuko.livejournal.com]

I have a very small brown dog named Coco that does travel duty faithfully, though there have been times when only T. Bear will do. Not to mention the very INTERESTING travels accompanied by a storied Norbear....

[hakuen]

Kuroneko-sama for the win! (I didn't know you guys had seen Trigun. :D)

Sometimes I take a hide plushie along and take random pictures in odd places visited along the way. hide plushies tend to be very photogenic and much easier to take pictures of than myself. :D

[trolleypup.livejournal.com]

No plushie, but I have an inflatable gargoyle who travels to cons with me.

[readinggeek451]

I always travel with my teddy bear*, because he can't sleep without me.

*the special bed-time one, as opposed to all the others

[cailleuch.livejournal.com]

A small tuxedo cat named Abercrombie (http://pics.livejournal.com/cailleuch/pic/0008esah/). He is currently in stealth mode as is the want of most black cats.

[hapaxnym.livejournal.com]

B.P.D.E.A.R. (Blue Pig/Dog/Elephant/Anteater/Rhinoceros) if there is sufficient room in the suitcases, Nigel the Mini Pugglet if space is tight.

[baggette.livejournal.com]

When going camping, I take along a giant stuffed trout, but he is not a plushy, he's made of that parachute stuff.
When driving, I have a beany-sized dog named Duffy in the back window. When we are traveling together, Frank and I take along our bears, Irene and Ivan (Ivan Theodorovich Bearusski, from Brighton Beach). Irene has anxiety issues, so Frank sings to her....."Irene good night.....Irene good night....good night Irene....good night Irene, I'll see you in my dreams"

[hakuen]

*random passer-by, sorry* Aubrey is so adorable!

Loons

[(Anonymous)]

No plushies but small loon figurines traveled with me (and a couple friends) on our recent vacation to NZ. Pictures were taken all over both islands.

[readinggeek451]

Thank you!