- Wait for him to miraculous walk in to my place of work one day. Not likely, as I'm pretty sure he doesn't need English lessons in Toronto.
- Hope to run into him on set because they've decided to shoot an episode of Doctor Who in Toronto. Again not likely, but hey a girl can dream that the TARDIS will land in her back yard one day.
- Plan a trip to Cardiff and hope that they are shooting while I'm there. This was almost a possibility, but then it was announced that Doctor Who wouldn't be back on until Spring of 2017. First, AHHHHHHH. I can't wait that long for a new season! Second, that means god only knows when they'll start filming again, which makes it hard for me to plan a trip.
- Go to London and search the city with a "Have you seen this man" poster and hope that someone will point me in the right direction. Nope, this was a line I'm not going to cross. (To my friends... stop laughling because seriously I'm not crossing that line)
- Wait for him to come to Fan Expo in Toronto. Yep, this was it. This was the plan. I could see no other way.
Not a good one as it depends on the people of Fan Expo being able to bring him to Toronto, but everyday I would ask the magic 8 ball at work if I would meet him at Fan Expo and it said yes, or ask a friend who of course would say yes. I knew I would have to wait a long time to see if he would be announced as a guest because Fan Expo wasn't until September and this was now February.
I had pretty much convinced myself that this was not going to happen, but I tried to keep the faith. Then one day, I'm on facebook and I see a post that says Peter Capaldi would be at Fan Expo in Dallas in June. My first thought was, oh my god he's on the same continent as me! Dallas is closer than London and I've never been to Dallas. So I share the post with my friends and ask if anyone wants to plan a trip to Dallas. Surprisingly, no one said yes. So once again I was back to keeping my fingers crossed for Toronto. Then there it was!
Another post saying that Peter Capaldi would be at Awesome Con in Washington the same weekend as Dallas. Wholly crap he really is a time traveller because how could he be in two places at once. Upon further investigation, he's not a time traveller just an incredibly busy man who is splitting his time in two places that weekend.
Hmmm, Washington is even closer than Dallas and I've never been to Washington either, so perhaps this might be an easier sell to my friends. So in passing I kind of jokingly asked a friend at work if she wanted to go to Washington the weekend of June 3. To my surprise she said sure because it was her birthday that weekend and it would be fun to go away. Oh my god I had a bite! So off to the Internet to research flights and hotels. I was able to find some good deals, so suddenly other friends at work wanted to join and I started thinking, this is really happening. I even asked the Husband if he wanted to join and he said yes, which I really didn't think he would. The joy I felt was so much I couldn't put words to it. But then we let a weekend pass us by before booking and when I checked the cost again it had gone up. Suddenly everyone was backing out and my joyous feeling was gone. But wait! The Husband said he would go. I don't need friends, I have a husband! He agreed to still go (he really didn't have a choice) and the next thing I know I've booked a trip to Washington! What a rollercoaster of emotions. All I had to do now was wait for the Capaldi VIP tickets to be announced. And I'll leave that for my next post. Thanks for reading!
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