In which we do a quick update...

[jesshartley]

I've been in Connecticut at Connecticon this past weekend. In fact, I'm still there, actually. My flight leaves around 6pm here, and I'll be back home (knock on wood) around 1am... And back at the day job by 8am.  *cringe*

It's been an interesting and eventful weekend, including making a lot of new friends, doing some great panels, playing in a few games and doing a lot of networking. More on all fronts when I'm home and a bit saner...

Challenges included:

• Plane to Dallas being emergency landed in El Paso, with the ensuing difficulties of reconnecting to Dallas to catch a flight to Hartford
• Plane to Hartford being delayed on the tarmac because of a lack of air conditioning (did I mention it was 100+ in Dallas at the time?)
• Arriving to discover  that my hotel reservation at the con hotel for the full weeekend had been cancelled when I didn't arrive on the night they expected (despite them having been told by the con that I had been delayed overnight)
• Spending the first night off-site and then having to do some finagling to get back into the con hotel for the remainder of the weekend
• Running on very little sleep (even for a con)

Highlights included:

• Receiving two dozen long-stemmed Argentinian roses from my darling lordhusband, The Viking, for our 17th Wedding Anniversary (pictures will follow as soon as I get home and can download them off my camera)
  
• Having so many offers of crash space when my hotel situation didn't work out as planned
• The Viking being my advocate/savior when it came to getting back into the con hotel
• Members of the con staff (and former con staff) who went above and beyond the call of duty to get me where I needed to be and to help keep me sane
• Meeting a wide variety of industry and gamer friends, and potentially doing some networking to expand my professional writing in some new directions
• Hot Tub... I'm just saying.
• Vampire and Changeling LARP - both were small but very very fun
• Walking into my "Do's and Don'ts of Writing for the RPG Industry" panel to find not only a full room  of 50+ people (with folks standing in the back) but also some dear friends (and co-workers!) hidden among their numbers
• This morning's leak about some new Lost products - Check out the fourth line on the Team World of Darkness entry!
  
• Doing an audio interview with Wolf-Blooded Gamer Podcast
• Hearing that a lot of folks had already voted for Changeling: The Lost in the ENnie awards
• Coming Home

Okay, that last one is still a work in progress, but this boggan is returning to her hobbit-hole very soon, and I'll update more when I get there...

Comments

[wordwill.livejournal.com]

There's something preposterous and wonderful about a statement like "I'm still there," no?

grumble

[jcomer2001.livejournal.com]

Why is your whole LIFE a damn Heather Alexander song?

Re: grumble

[jesshartley.livejournal.com]

"My life may be strange, but it never is boring, for if you've a knife, you've no need for a crown..."

I can think of worse soundtrack artists to paint your life's stories than Heather or Alec. :)

Re: grumble

[arvanna.livejournal.com]

Quoth Jess:
I can think of worse soundtrack artists to paint your life's stories than Heather or Alec. :)

Quoth I:

That's fer damn sure. :) :)

[sixswordsamurai.livejournal.com]

*waves* I'm really happy things became okay later.

*hugs you*

[gryphonrose.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear you had a good and productive time despite the problems. Hope you make it the rest of the way home quickly and safely!

hell yes

[la-loba.livejournal.com]

Hot Tub ^.^
it was good to see you this weekend, especially in a bathing suit!

[tonysalieri.livejournal.com]

Walking into my "Do's and Don'ts of Writing for the RPG Industry" panel to find not only a full room of 50+ people (with folks standing in the back) but also some dear friends (and co-workers!) hidden among their numbers

Hey there you! It was really great running into you, providing entourage services, and getting to chat with The Viking.

You still..one day..some day..need to try the "Minions!" trick. This might be a good con for it, if you end up coming back to CC again.

[fuzzyrobo.livejournal.com]

It was Awesome to see you again. Thank you for helping me out in with my Summer court moment.

Also Does that mean Changeling is going to be going past the One-Year Run mark ~Hopeful~