Hey ragged F2F survivors! The ragged LAista contingent is about 80 miles from home right now and very sick of driving. Em's a-sleepin' and we're reminiscing and wishing we didn't have to work tomor...oh wait. No one else but me *has* to go to work tomorrow.

Fuckers.

Oh, geez, that sucks, Kristen!

I took Tuesday off specifically to have time to recover -- I can only hope it is enough!

The Arts & Crafts exhibit made me want to make pottery and learn silversmithing and woodworking and devote myself to all sorts of crafty-things. We had several members who were ready to hop the barriers and go sit in the nice chairs and try to hide a few sconces in their handbags. I wanted to run my hands over some of the carvings

(I now understand why the beading store had a "Do Not Put Beads In Your Mouth" sign up -- some things you want to explore with every sense including the tactile....)

Hey!

I had a very lovely time meeting the lot of you. Javachik, I suppose we met but for some reason I can't place you. (I'm at DWS also.) Erika, I'm sorry I didn't get to say hello to you. Smonster, your dancing rocks the house. Appreciated the Scooby Road vid, even if I didn't get to see all of it (this was partly by choice, as I brought my laptop and wanted to use it).

That's not all that I enjoyed about the weekend, but I want to give special thanks to Deb, Juliana, and Lilibeth for doing so much to make the Prom and HS special. SuziQ, I'm so glad you invited us along to the ballgame, even those of us who aren't As fans. And thanks to Deb for being such a gracious hostess, and serving some good grub.

One more thing: OMGWTF Polar Bear Hand! (That's for Deb and Nic's dinner guests.)

so sleeeppy. Dh said he would make fun of me if I fell asleep on the keyboard.

Dh said he would make fun of me if I fell asleep on the keyboard.

Don't do it. Drool can short out a keyboard....

BayCon planning meeting ate my brain -- we didn't get out until 10:30pm. I'm toast. Apologies to those at the BBQ; I meant to make it there, but it just wasn't gonna happen.

I love you all and it was glorious to see you. Have safe journeys home and thank you so much for the lovely memories.

Oh! Fay called me the loveliest lovely person in all of Lovelydonia, or something like that. That should be on my tombstone.

(It should be noted that all I did was carry her luggage downstairs.)

Sigh....

F2Fs are just so much fun. I had a fabulous time but am just knackered right now.

I don't think insomnia faires will be around tonight. Cats are calling me to bed too. They might be right.

and saw many women kissing my husband.

Did I mention that I have to get up at 5:45? Yeah. We're 21 miles from home...and dead stopped on I-5. Multi-car accident ahead, apparently, and the paramedics *just* drove by. Fuckity.

I also just discovered that one of my-in theory-graduatiing seniors plagiarized his entire final paper from Spark Notes. That, combined with the four 70-minute classes I have to teach tomorrow, is going to make it a really long day.

But I love you all. And this weekend was great.

Well, P-C is most emphatically the loveliest lovely person in the history of Lovelyville. And not only because he carried two vast and cumbersome suitcases down a vast and slippery flight of stairs - but that certainly helped! P-C is very cool.

I have had such a very very lovely time. Will elaborate later, but just now I wanted to apologise to Deb, whom I didn't see to say thank you to earlier today when I scurried off with suitcases to the hotel. I'm hoping I'll see her today, maybe, to say thank you in person for all her most fabulous hospitality and kindness, but in the interim please consider this a public and most sincere apology for missing you this afternoon, and an enormous thank you.