Before I talk about the con, a quick note to mention that I can't currently send email. I can receive email, and I can post to my journal, and everything else about the Net seems to work, but when I try to send mail, Eudora can't contact my SMTP server. I'll try and do some troubleshooting later. For now, don't expect quick email responses from me.<\/p>\n
The whole con is fast becoming a blur. A few more notes before I forget them:<\/p>\n
I enjoyed it, overall, a great deal. I attended way more panels than usual (and a larger percentage than usual of each one I attended; I usually arrive late and\/or leave early); continued to enjoy the readings; had some nice relatively quiet conversations with individuals and small groups.<\/p>\n
I laughed a lot and cried a little. I bought a few books and booklike objects:<\/p>\n
Sadly, I only got about a third of the way through the dealer's room (I bought most of the above at the Small Beer table) before I ran out of time, and I never made it back.<\/p>\n
Some other things I missed:<\/p>\n
I have no memory of what I did yesterday afternoon. In the evening, we did some more small-group hanging out, and went to bed around 11 p.m. I took an hour or more to fall asleep, and then slept in one- to two-hour chunks for the rest of the night, sliding in and out of sleep so often and so smoothly that I had a hard time telling when I was asleep and when I was just drowsing. I woke up at one point, feeling reasonably well-rested, and looked at my iPod clock and saw that it was 6:30, so I went back to sleep; woke up at 8:30 by my iPod clock, then discovered that I hadn't set it to Central time so it was really 10:30. So I guess I got a decent amount of sleep. Had lunch with Karen, then M and I drove her Honda Civic (non-hybrid) back to Chicago, arriving in the late afternoon. Been sitting around doing computer stuff and eating dinner ever since.<\/p>\n