0-SQUEE!! in 30 seconds

So off I went to Balticon because I'm such a Neil Gaiman fan. No Mark, no kids. I went with Laurel Cunningham-Hill, her husband and Joe Niedbala.I had a really up and down time, starting off feeling odd there as I didn't know that many people down there anymore, and those I did know were mainly working the con. After the GoH speech various people were hanging about the ballroom,and I told netpositive that I'ld love to ask Neil about his fruit trees, and she encouraged me to go do it, which caused a lovely conversation about dried plums, russian cultivars, what zone our respective fruit trees grow in, and how kids love to eat fruits and veggies if they've picked them themselves. *Squee* Later that night I hung out with the Hills and Joe and then Laurel,Joe and I accidentally got hammered by hanging out in the room ,talking and refilling our glasses, until 4AM. I stood up and realised I was paralytic and staggered off to bed after throwing my jewelry onto the bathroom counter. I woke up with a moderate hangover and and got a slow start. Spent some time soothing my head by sitting at Ellen James' feet as she played harp. i met her thru JB and Kimberly when they lived down there and it was nice to see her and hear her play again.Sometime late afternoon I looked thru the mess on the counter and realized 2 of my necklaces were gone, one of my jades, and the gold crown my mother gave me on my wedding day. I freaked. We tore the room apart, and I was really bummed that night, and the hotel was less than helpful.I woke up this morning and the hotel still was no help, as I had hoped it would show up in lost-n-found or in the laundry, maybe wrapped in a towel. I packed up the room, and transfered money back into my wallet, where I found the gold crown where I had put it to keep it safe. I started crying and the words "fucking moron" were heard from me a few times. I'll miss the jade, but the gold crown would have been really devastating. Happy now, I went back to the con. As I'm buying amazing fridge magnets Neil comes over to talk to the vendor, Cat Mihos, who' a friend of Neil's.She asked if I could show him one of the ones I got, and as we're doing this elainebrennan comes over to say hi to him, mentioning she had worked at Noreascon too, and pointing out I had done the pre Hugo cocktail party. He was very amused when I told him he was tied for second place on my mental list of famous and/or interesting people I had cooked for. He asked who was number one, and I told him that that was Julia Child, and he could be declared God and wouldn't take that spot. He said "understandable" but laughed and was amused that he's tied for second with John Kerry.Again*Squee*. Left after that for the long drive home. Delaware sucks, and you shouldn't stop at the first rest stop after DE as the lines are ridiculous. Now I'm home, overcaffeinated, and overall really happy with my weekend.

0-SQUEE!! in 30 seconds

So off I went to Balticon because I'm such a Neil Gaiman fan. No Mark, no kids. I went with Laurel Cunningham-Hill, her husband and Joe Niedbala.I had a really up and down time, starting off feeling odd there as I didn't know that many people down there anymore, and those I did know were mainly working the con. After the GoH speech various people were hanging about the ballroom,and I told netpositive that I'ld love to ask Neil about his fruit trees, and she encouraged me to go do it, which caused a lovely conversation about dried plums, russian cultivars, what zone our respective fruit trees grow in, and how kids love to eat fruits and veggies if they've picked them themselves. *Squee* Later that night I hung out with the Hills and Joe and then Laurel,Joe and I accidentally got hammered by hanging out in the room ,talking and refilling our glasses, until 4AM. I stood up and realised I was paralytic and staggered off to bed after throwing my jewelry onto the bathroom counter. I woke up with a moderate hangover and and got a slow start. Spent some time soothing my head by sitting at Ellen James' feet as she played harp. i met her thru JB and Kimberly when they lived down there and it was nice to see her and hear her play again.Sometime late afternoon I looked thru the mess on the counter and realized 2 of my necklaces were gone, one of my jades, and the gold crown my mother gave me on my wedding day. I freaked. We tore the room apart, and I was really bummed that night, and the hotel was less than helpful.I woke up this morning and the hotel still was no help, as I had hoped it would show up in lost-n-found or in the laundry, maybe wrapped in a towel. I packed up the room, and transfered money back into my wallet, where I found the gold crown where I had put it to keep it safe. I started crying and the words "fucking moron" were heard from me a few times. I'll miss the jade, but the gold crown would have been really devastating. Happy now, I went back to the con. As I'm buying amazing fridge magnets Neil comes over to talk to the vendor, Cat Mihos, who' a friend of Neil's.She asked if I could show him one of the ones I got, and as we're doing this elainebrennan comes over to say hi to him, mentioning she had worked at Noreascon too, and pointing out I had done the pre Hugo cocktail party. He was very amused when I told him he was tied for second place on my mental list of famous and/or interesting people I had cooked for. He asked who was number one, and I told him that that was Julia Child, and he could be declared God and wouldn't take that spot. He said "understandable" but laughed and was amused that he's tied for second with John Kerry.Again*Squee*. Left after that for the long drive home. Delaware sucks, and you shouldn't stop at the first rest stop after DE as the lines are ridiculous. Now I'm home, overcaffeinated, and overall really happy with my weekend.

0-SQUEE!! in 30 seconds

So off I went to Balticon because I'm such a Neil Gaiman fan. No Mark, no kids. I went with Laurel Cunningham-Hill, her husband and Joe Niedbala.I had a really up and down time, starting off feeling odd there as I didn't know that many people down there anymore, and those I did know were mainly working the con. After the GoH speech various people were hanging about the ballroom,and I told netpositive that I'ld love to ask Neil about his fruit trees, and she encouraged me to go do it, which caused a lovely conversation about dried plums, russian cultivars, what zone our respective fruit trees grow in, and how kids love to eat fruits and veggies if they've picked them themselves. *Squee* Later that night I hung out with the Hills and Joe and then Laurel,Joe and I accidentally got hammered by hanging out in the room ,talking and refilling our glasses, until 4AM. I stood up and realised I was paralytic and staggered off to bed after throwing my jewelry onto the bathroom counter. I woke up with a moderate hangover and and got a slow start. Spent some time soothing my head by sitting at Ellen James' feet as she played harp. i met her thru JB and Kimberly when they lived down there and it was nice to see her and hear her play again.Sometime late afternoon I looked thru the mess on the counter and realized 2 of my necklaces were gone, one of my jades, and the gold crown my mother gave me on my wedding day. I freaked. We tore the room apart, and I was really bummed that night, and the hotel was less than helpful.I woke up this morning and the hotel still was no help, as I had hoped it would show up in lost-n-found or in the laundry, maybe wrapped in a towel. I packed up the room, and transfered money back into my wallet, where I found the gold crown where I had put it to keep it safe. I started crying and the words "fucking moron" were heard from me a few times. I'll miss the jade, but the gold crown would have been really devastating. Happy now, I went back to the con. As I'm buying amazing fridge magnets Neil comes over to talk to the vendor, Cat Mihos, who' a friend of Neil's.She asked if I could show him one of the ones I got, and as we're doing this elainebrennan comes over to say hi to him, mentioning she had worked at Noreascon too, and pointing out I had done the pre Hugo cocktail party. He was very amused when I told him he was tied for second place on my mental list of famous and/or interesting people I had cooked for. He asked who was number one, and I told him that that was Julia Child, and he could be declared God and wouldn't take that spot. He said "understandable" but laughed and was amused that he's tied for second with John Kerry.Again*Squee*. Left after that for the long drive home. Delaware sucks, and you shouldn't stop at the first rest stop after DE as the lines are ridiculous. Now I'm home, overcaffeinated, and overall really happy with my weekend.