Maybe I haven’t ever been to Comicon, but I will be able to say that I’ve attended a convention this year.  The Wausau Area Science Fiction Enthusiasts have invited me to be a Guest of Honor at their convention in Wausau this Saturday!  If any of you are in central Wisconsin, be sure to hit that!

As we haven’t had a vacation trip of any kind since last August, Melinda and I are making it a three-day weekend.  We’re going to stay at a fancy hotel room on Friday night, and then Saturday after the con we’re going to a bed and breakfast somewhere north of there.  I lived in Wausau from 1994-96, and I’m going to show her Rhinelander and Crandon (where my folks lived for a decade), so I gave Melinda free reign to pick the place we stay.  She spent much of Monday night hunting for B&Bs and not finding anything quite right.

Here is our conversation as we were driving to work Tuesday morning:

Melinda: I looked at places in Merrill, Rhinelander and Waukegan.

Me: You could even look in Crandon.  Even that’s only a 90 minute drive after the convention.

Melinda: How far is it from Rhinelander to Waukegan?

Me: I don’t know where Waukegan is.

Melinda: Duh.  I mean Waukesha!

Me: You mean Wausau?

Melinda: Wausau!  Yeah, that’s it.

Me: Are you sure the places you looked at last night are even in the city we’re going to be visiting?

Melinda: Maybe I should double-check.

Note to the WASFen folks: If we don’t show up Saturday, it’s because we’re in Waukesha.