Boston, Here I Come…!!
What an awesome trip. I loved every minute of it! Rick worked my ass off, and I worked his off, and we got sooooo much accomplished. And that was my main goal. After all, it was a business trip first and foremost. But I did manage to squeeze in some fabulous shopping in Salem and Newburyport. And I’ll tell you all about that later this week.
Okay, here’s how it started. It’s been a few years since I’ve flown. That means I did my homework beforehand and read up on all the regulations and restrictions for carry-on luggage, plastic bottles, etc. So I had that down.
Or so I thought.
What they didn’t have the last time I flew were the check-in/ticket kiosks. Wes had warned me about those. But they still threw me. When I started to punch my info in, I was totally clueless, so Wes helped me out with that. I don’t know if it was because it was early in the morning and I was still comatose, or if it was just another dyslexic thing (probably that). Anyway, thanks to Wes and the ticket lady I got through it and ended up with my tickets and baggage claim sticker.
All flights were on time, and everything went very smoothly. I don’t know about you, but I’m not one of those people who hates to fly. It doesn’t bother me at all. In fact my fav moment is when the plane starts to race down the runway and then jumps in the air. Whoa….what a RUSH! Love it!!
This was also the first time I used Orbiz to book everything (plane and hotel). I can’t say enough good things about that company. Really. Everything was perfect, and they even sent me text messages to tell me if my next flight was on time and what gate to go to (since that info isn’t on the ticket). Verrrrrry helpful. No doubt about it. I’m using Orbiz for all my flying trips from now on.
What can I say? The world is full of wonderful, helpful men. Really. Or at least that’s true in my life. On each flight I sat next to nice, helpful men, and thanks to them I found my way to Boston. Of course, I made sure they enjoyed themselves as well. Yeah, I handed out plenty of my "Call of the Witches" brochures and copies of my latest newsletter. You should have seen the smiles on their faces and heard the chuckles as they read my kinky stuff. Gotta love ‘em, ya know? *lusty grin*
When I landed in Boston, Rick picked me up in his truck. After we dropped my luggage off at the hotel, we headed over to Magicomm, which is located in a restored historic building in downtown Amesbury.
He parks, and we climb out of his truck. When I walk around to the back he’s unloading stuff from the covered bed. My backpack purse (stuffed with extra things because I’m traveling) is looped over one arm, and a plastic bag full of lingerie (for video outfit changes) is in the other hand.
Imagine my surprise when Rick turns around and tries to hand me a big bag from the truck. I back up and say, "That looks heavy. I don’t carry heavy things."
"What?!" he exclaims, as if I’m suddenly speaking ancient Aztec. "You don’t carry heavy things?"
I roll my eyes. "Darlin’, you obviously haven’t been around any Southern Belles lately. We don’t carry heavy things. That’s what men are for." Then I smile and waggle my finger at him and the heavy bag, like "You do it." LOL
He makes an exasperated sound and hands me a small plastic jar of coffee instead. "Here, take this. It’s not heavy."
"Cool," I reply, taking the weightless jar of coffee. "I can do that."
He snorts with exasperation (again) and shakes his head (okay, he did that A LOT all weekend *LOL*). Then he grabs a bunch of stuff and leads me through the front door to the elevator.
Of course, he had to tell this story to several people throughout the weekend, rolling his eyes every time. Hey, it’s not my fault he made a second trip down to his truck to carry the rest of the stuff in. Southern Belles don’t lift heavy things. Sorry. Not happening. It’s in the "Southern Belle 101" manifesto. And Rick is from Louisville, Kentucky. He should know this stuff. Duh. Read up, darlin’.
When we got to his office I was very impressed. One big room is divided into several workstation cubicles. Then there is a smaller room for his office and a big meeting room. Computers and plants are everywhere.
After I met Mark and he shows us the set-up for the videos and how to work the filming equipment, he leaves for the day. When Rick gets all his stuff put away, we move to the big meeting room. He had scheduled a conference call with Alex in NYC (she’s designing my new website). We did a lot of brainstorming, and then I went through all my notes for the things I needed to talk to him about in person. A few hours later we’d covered a lot of ground, including the new website, new publisher, distribution, ebooks, new books, the memoir, the Witchery Series, videos, author pics, you name it. Yeah, it was a verrrrrrry productive meeting.
We even came up with a new tagline for me. This is it: "Laura Stamps…Naughty Musings of a Magickal Sex Goddess." Cool, huh? Of course, it took me a few days to memorize it (more eye-rolling from Rick). But what can I say? I do the best I can with the memory stuff. Back in college I had a photographic memory for class stuff. Maybe I don’t anymore. I mean, it took me 3 weeks to memorize my new cell phone number. But then I’m number challenged (more dyslexia). Maybe I’m letter challenged now too? Could be.
Back to the new tagline. I wanna give special thanks to John and all my fav horny pervy guys at the Amazon Sex forum. They’re the ones who started calling me their "Sex Goddess" when Amazon censored me, and I had to leave.
Now "Sex Goddess" is part of my new tagline. See? Horny pervy guys don’t do ALL their thinking from the waist down. Or maybe they do. On the other hand, maybe that’s what happened to my memory cells, since I do all my thinking from the waist down too.
Oh, well. Never let it be said I’m not tightly focused on my goals in life (sex and fun). Mmmm. *licks my lips* Just thinking about it makes me wanna purrrrrrrrrrrrr….!
Okay, I have a one track mind. But who doesn’t know that? Duh! *lusty grin*
xoxo
Laura Stamps (c)
Author of Erotica and Paranormal Romance Novels
http://www.LauraStamps.blogspot.com (to read excerpts from my novel series)
http://laura-stamps8.livejournal.com (my naughty Author Blog…updated daily *wicked grin*)
Laura Stamps (c)
Author of Erotica and Paranormal Romance Novels
http://www.LauraStamps.blogspot.com (to read excerpts from my novel series)
http://laura-stamps8.livejournal.com (my naughty Author Blog…updated daily *wicked grin*)
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