A Study in Orange

I plan on going to the O's game tomorrow night.  But I may never get there.  I'm not speaking of all of life's surprises and tragicomedies that may keep me from the game between now and then.  Or the fact that I 1.5 booked and have a dinner planned earlier in the evening.  I may never get there because I don't have a ticket yet.

I have the promise of a ticket.  The department had a handful of free ones to give out and I reserved one.  But picking up the ticket has proven more difficult than expected.  There was the forgetting, then the all day conference, and now a twist I do not yet understand.  Yesterday, I asked Liz to pick up my ticket when she picks hers up, since I had to leave campus early.  I then sent a note to the organizer saying that Liz would pick my ticket.  I naively believed, since they both happily agreed, that organizer would give Liz my ticket and Liz would pick it up.  That is not what happened.  It is not clear what happened.  Both Organizer and Liz speak fluent English and both agreed to my request and there really was no other room for complication.  But Liz did not pick up my ticket.  She thought the organizer mentioned a different friend picking up my ticket, though I specified her by name in my note.  Or that I needed a second ticket (that was the impression the Organizer gave).  I do not.  As for the organizer?  He has stopped replying to my emails.  He has probably left town.  I have a feeling Moriarty is behind this.