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I have a friend, L. She is probably my best female friend, and I really do love her. But she has a bad habit of not following through with things or responding to things, which annoys me sometimes.
We both are into art and crafts and we both like to vend our work at art shows and anime conventions. Anime cons are usually few and far between, there is usually one or two in each major city around us (Austin, San Antonio, Houston, Dallas) a year, and they usually sell out their artist tables fast, so if we want to vend at one, we have to plan way ahead to get a table and arrange to be available that weekend (since they're usually Fri/Sat/Sun.)
So, about a month ago we were both doing a small art show together in Austin. She asked me if I was going to do the anime con in Houston next spring, and I told her I'd like to but I didn't want to have to pay a few hundred dollars in hotel rooms unless I had someone to room with and split the cost with. She said her parents live close to where the con is being held and that both of us could stay with them for free. Huzzah! I thought. She said she hadn't registered for the convention yet but that she was planning to the following week. So I went ahead and registered for it myself and got a confirmation that I got a table.
Then about a week and a half ago I asked her if she was registered and she said she was sending in her registration form and check next week (which would have been last week.) Then this morning, the convention announced that their artist tables are sold out, so I asked her if she got her registration in on time and she said she hadn't sent it out yet, so she wouldn't be able to vend, but she still wants to go as an attendee.
I'm annoyed and worried because we were going to ride together over to Houston and take her vehicle, because my husband and I only have one car and he will have to work the Friday that the con starts and I definitely want to be there Friday morning if possible to set up and start selling. But if L is just going as an attendee she may be on a more relaxed schedule and may not want to leave until Friday afternoon or even Saturday morning, in which case I might be boned 'cuz cons usually give away artist tables if they're not claimed by Friday afternoon or Saturday morning. Even if my husband can take that Friday off so we can use our car to drive over there, it would be weird for us to show up at her parents' house (we've never met them) without L if L decides not to come until Saturday.
It would be one thing if I had asked her to do this con with me, but she was the one who asked me (I didn't even know about it until a month ago when she told me she wanted to do it) and then she dropped the ball.
She also has a bad habit of not responding to things unless I poke and prod her. We're doing an anime convention together in Austin over New Year's weekend. We're both registered for an artist table and a couple weeks ago, the chairman of the convention sent out emails to everyone who has an artist table asking them to list their preference of which table they want. I asked L which table she wanted, because we want to set up next to each other so we can watch each other's stuff while we're in the bathroom, or getting food, etc. Well, she didn't get back to me for about 6 days (and then only because I asked her again) and by that time, most of the tables were claimed and we got the last pick. Fortunately we're still next to each other but we're not in a spot I would have liked.
Over the summer she kept saying her and her husband were going to take a few days off of work and come see us and spend the night with us one particular week. Well, she never finalized the plans and finally when the week in question came around, I asked her if they were coming and she was all like, "Oh crap, I forgot to tell you we can't make it." I mean, it's better than them just showing up on our doorstep unannounced one night but it's still disappointing. We were looking forward to seeing them and we had put off making plans ourselves 'cuz we were expecting them to come and then they didn't tell us until we asked.
We both are into art and crafts and we both like to vend our work at art shows and anime conventions. Anime cons are usually few and far between, there is usually one or two in each major city around us (Austin, San Antonio, Houston, Dallas) a year, and they usually sell out their artist tables fast, so if we want to vend at one, we have to plan way ahead to get a table and arrange to be available that weekend (since they're usually Fri/Sat/Sun.)
So, about a month ago we were both doing a small art show together in Austin. She asked me if I was going to do the anime con in Houston next spring, and I told her I'd like to but I didn't want to have to pay a few hundred dollars in hotel rooms unless I had someone to room with and split the cost with. She said her parents live close to where the con is being held and that both of us could stay with them for free. Huzzah! I thought. She said she hadn't registered for the convention yet but that she was planning to the following week. So I went ahead and registered for it myself and got a confirmation that I got a table.
Then about a week and a half ago I asked her if she was registered and she said she was sending in her registration form and check next week (which would have been last week.) Then this morning, the convention announced that their artist tables are sold out, so I asked her if she got her registration in on time and she said she hadn't sent it out yet, so she wouldn't be able to vend, but she still wants to go as an attendee.
I'm annoyed and worried because we were going to ride together over to Houston and take her vehicle, because my husband and I only have one car and he will have to work the Friday that the con starts and I definitely want to be there Friday morning if possible to set up and start selling. But if L is just going as an attendee she may be on a more relaxed schedule and may not want to leave until Friday afternoon or even Saturday morning, in which case I might be boned 'cuz cons usually give away artist tables if they're not claimed by Friday afternoon or Saturday morning. Even if my husband can take that Friday off so we can use our car to drive over there, it would be weird for us to show up at her parents' house (we've never met them) without L if L decides not to come until Saturday.
It would be one thing if I had asked her to do this con with me, but she was the one who asked me (I didn't even know about it until a month ago when she told me she wanted to do it) and then she dropped the ball.
She also has a bad habit of not responding to things unless I poke and prod her. We're doing an anime convention together in Austin over New Year's weekend. We're both registered for an artist table and a couple weeks ago, the chairman of the convention sent out emails to everyone who has an artist table asking them to list their preference of which table they want. I asked L which table she wanted, because we want to set up next to each other so we can watch each other's stuff while we're in the bathroom, or getting food, etc. Well, she didn't get back to me for about 6 days (and then only because I asked her again) and by that time, most of the tables were claimed and we got the last pick. Fortunately we're still next to each other but we're not in a spot I would have liked.
Over the summer she kept saying her and her husband were going to take a few days off of work and come see us and spend the night with us one particular week. Well, she never finalized the plans and finally when the week in question came around, I asked her if they were coming and she was all like, "Oh crap, I forgot to tell you we can't make it." I mean, it's better than them just showing up on our doorstep unannounced one night but it's still disappointing. We were looking forward to seeing them and we had put off making plans ourselves 'cuz we were expecting them to come and then they didn't tell us until we asked.
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