Schedule Conflict

[bjarvis]

My extended clan have given me notice that they're hoping for a family reunion ostensibly to celebrate my grandmother's 85th birthday in 2012.

It's not easy to convey the incredible sea change this represents. My family can't plan something as trivial as dinner more than an hour in advance: for them to be looking 18 months ahead is nothing short of extraordinary. I fear my dear grandmother may not survive to her 85th for having died of a heart attack under the strain of thinking more than a week ahead.

The bad part? They've chosen the exact same dates as the Vancouver IAGSDC convention.

*sigh*

I suppose I could try spending a couple of days at one event, then flying to the other. Of course, that involves travel between the two most expensive airports in the entire Dominion of Canada, and it likely would mean a less than ideal visit at both.

Comments

[bjarvis.livejournal.com]

I'm entertaining some faint hope there will be a change in schedule.

I'm also considering making inquiries about where they're planning to host the event and seeing if I can have a friend book the hall to force a shift the dates. :-)

[trawnapanda.livejournal.com]

don't "entertain faint hopes" - that way you're relying on them to rely on telepathy, or on the alignment of the stars to favour you.

If you want to go, then say to all of them, "I have a commitment for that weekend. Could it be moved to the August long holiday weekend, please?"

You're setting yourself up to be a) disappointed and b) hugely inconvenienced by not speaking up. It's 20 months in the future, no plane tickets or dining halls will have been booked yet.

please, speak up. it's the only way the planners can possibly know that you'd prefer another weekend.