halfway through dc
Nov. 14th, 2014 09:50 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jazzfishSo far it's been a good visit. I've seen a bunch of people and will see more, or some of the same ones again, next week. And there's unexpected gaming north of Baltimore this weekend, which I'm about to head off to.
It's pleasant to not have to cram everything into two days plus an evening or two, to feel like I have time to get to most everyone. There came a point, maybe six years ago, when I realised my limiting factor had gone from 'money' to 'time.' (And then to 'energy,' though time was often a factor as well.)
WFC was... a thing. It was good to spend some time withthanate and aamcnamara, and to meet a couple of people whose names I've already lost, and to see Andrea and Fran and others in passing, and there were some interesting panels and a great reading by Andy Duncan. And we snagged some interesting books from the bookbag/booktable, and I picked up ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
nineweaving's new Ben Jonson, Private Eye novella. But overall... the trip in fried me for most of Thursday and part of Friday too I think, and then I am not fond of BarCon at the best of times. Less sociable than I would have liked to be, for the most part. Eh. At some point I will admit that most SF cons are Not My Thing and be okay with that.
I have fingernails. I mean, not anything anyone else would notice as fingernails, but I notice. It's kind of disconcerting. This is one of the ways I can tell I'm no longer super-stresed, I'm not biting my nails anymore. Instead my fingers are sharper and longer than I'm used to. Be interesting to see how long I let them get before they drive me nuts and I clip them.
And it's getting colder, likely below freezing tonight. I didn't really sign on for this but it's better than broiling anyway.
It's pleasant to not have to cram everything into two days plus an evening or two, to feel like I have time to get to most everyone. There came a point, maybe six years ago, when I realised my limiting factor had gone from 'money' to 'time.' (And then to 'energy,' though time was often a factor as well.)
WFC was... a thing. It was good to spend some time with
thanate and aamcnamara, and to meet a couple of people whose names I've already lost, and to see Andrea and Fran and others in passing, and there were some interesting panels and a great reading by Andy Duncan. And we snagged some interesting books from the bookbag/booktable, and I picked up nineweaving's new Ben Jonson, Private Eye novella. But overall... the trip in fried me for most of Thursday and part of Friday too I think, and then I am not fond of BarCon at the best of times. Less sociable than I would have liked to be, for the most part. Eh. At some point I will admit that most SF cons are Not My Thing and be okay with that.I have fingernails. I mean, not anything anyone else would notice as fingernails, but I notice. It's kind of disconcerting. This is one of the ways I can tell I'm no longer super-stresed, I'm not biting my nails anymore. Instead my fingers are sharper and longer than I'm used to. Be interesting to see how long I let them get before they drive me nuts and I clip them.
And it's getting colder, likely below freezing tonight. I didn't really sign on for this but it's better than broiling anyway.
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Date: 2014-11-14 04:05 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-11-14 04:39 pm (UTC)So glad to hear you're un-stressing. That's awesome.