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I was supposed to go to Philcon this past weekend. I'd been looking forward to it for months. I really got a lot out of it last year (when I meant to go for just Saturday and enjoyed it so much I went back on Sunday).
From my wording, you can probably guess that I didn't go.
It's been one of those months -- one kid illness after another, and even when CG's healthy, she's not sleeping well, which means I'm not sleeping well. Lots of stress, not a lot of rest, and way too much to do. I thought maybe Philcon would be a break for me, but when it came down to it, it felt like just one more thing to squeeze into a busy life.
Instead, I stayed home and had a relaxing family weekend, enjoyed the unseasonable weather, had some very good days on the writing front, and caught up on sleep. I feel much refreshed this morning, although I do have a tinge of regret at what I missed.
That makes two cons -- Boskone and Philcon -- that I intended to go to this year and didn't make it. *sigh*
The nice thing about cons is that they are recurrent phenomena. I've already registered for Boskone in February. I'll probably register for Philcon early as well. Actually, I'm looking at a bigger con for next year, too -- World Fantasy. Columbus is pretty close to here, after all, and I did enjoy World Fantasy when I went in 2005 (Madison).
There is a bit of time conflict involved for World Fantasy -- it takes place over Halloween weekend, and CG will just be of an age where she's anticipating it. That will be exciting. Thus, I'm thinking of a compromise. Trick-or-treating is always Friday night here, so I can skip the first two days of the con, fly out early Saturday, and just have the weekend there. (Then come back ready to start NaNo bright and early Monday, right?)
2009 -- no Boskone, no Philcon. 2010 -- hoping to do better.
From my wording, you can probably guess that I didn't go.
It's been one of those months -- one kid illness after another, and even when CG's healthy, she's not sleeping well, which means I'm not sleeping well. Lots of stress, not a lot of rest, and way too much to do. I thought maybe Philcon would be a break for me, but when it came down to it, it felt like just one more thing to squeeze into a busy life.
Instead, I stayed home and had a relaxing family weekend, enjoyed the unseasonable weather, had some very good days on the writing front, and caught up on sleep. I feel much refreshed this morning, although I do have a tinge of regret at what I missed.
That makes two cons -- Boskone and Philcon -- that I intended to go to this year and didn't make it. *sigh*
The nice thing about cons is that they are recurrent phenomena. I've already registered for Boskone in February. I'll probably register for Philcon early as well. Actually, I'm looking at a bigger con for next year, too -- World Fantasy. Columbus is pretty close to here, after all, and I did enjoy World Fantasy when I went in 2005 (Madison).
There is a bit of time conflict involved for World Fantasy -- it takes place over Halloween weekend, and CG will just be of an age where she's anticipating it. That will be exciting. Thus, I'm thinking of a compromise. Trick-or-treating is always Friday night here, so I can skip the first two days of the con, fly out early Saturday, and just have the weekend there. (Then come back ready to start NaNo bright and early Monday, right?)
2009 -- no Boskone, no Philcon. 2010 -- hoping to do better.
