Jules Jones

Had a great time, even if my assorted medical problems mean I have to pace myself. A con report may or may not be forthcoming - II finished writing up the Worldcon report months ago, and have yet to actually post it. That's one of the jobs for this week - I took the whole week off from work in case I came back with Covid and/or sundry other con cruds.

 Off to Eastercon tomorrow. I got sucked into looking at the relevant tag on my DW - and found something I'd completely forgotten, that I'd been on a Blake's 7 panel with Tanith Lee. I can remember nothing about it, even that it happened at all., although I probably embarrassed myself fangirling. I need to write con reports so that I can remember these things, but somehow they don't seem to happen. I'd better sling a notebook into my suitcase since I'm probably going to spend a fair amount of time in my room hiding from the nasty horrible noise. Which reminds me, I need to sling the earplugs in as well.

Got home yesterday evening, an hour earlier than expected owing to fortuitous connections. Still managed to go to bed later than intended on account of "too tired to go to bed", and slept for ten hours apart from the bit where I woke at 6 with a horrendous dehydration headache and had to go downstairs to find a mug of water and some aspirin.

I mostly had a good time, saw several friends, bought some expensive-but-worth-it hand-dyed yarn from Lola of Third Vault Yarns, and got to type on a real Enigma machine visiting from Bletchley Park. Not sure if I'll manage to write a report before it fades.

The migraine did have some impact, but mostly it was just needing to pace myself very carefully and spend a fair bit of time resting in my room. I'm glad the medication side-effects were sorted out in time for me to go.

This year it's Mancunicon, so I have no travel plans more specific than "get on a tram every day". :-) I've booked Thursday and Tuesday off work, although I can't guarantee to get there on Thursday as I have Stuff happening on Thursday morning that may leave me feeling too wiped out to go in and volunteer to stuff member packets (ooh, err, missus). I might drop in on Wednesday evening on my way home from work if there's a likelihood of any friends being there, but can't guarantee it.

I'm not on any panels, but I will probably drop into Green Room to volunteer for a few hours, unless my pain level forbids. Failing that, I will go and camp in panels where friends are appearing.

I'm not going to many, if any, cons this year. Only one of the usual suspects is even possible at the moment.

Redemption - not going, because work and family commitments mean I simply don't have the time or the energy. Which makes me sad, because Redemption is my One True Con.

Eastercon - possibly ditto, but because it's over a bank holiday weekend, it's rather more feasible. There is a twin room booked, to be released or converted to single should self and/or sharer be unable to make it. Current travel plans are to go to con on Friday morning and home again Monday afternoon, should I go. Probably leaving earlier on Monday than I normally would, because I won't be able to take Tuesday as leave in order to recover.

UK Meet - would like to go assuming no family/work commitments, but it's limited ticket and sold out ages ago. I won't know for a while whether it's even practical to put myself on the waitlist.

Which means that as usual, this may be the year I finally get to Novacon, but probably won't be...

I see to have volunteered for the access desk - ground floor near registration, and will probably be there much of the morning. Other than that, no definite plans but some panels I was interested in. Checking gmail and twitter every so often, which will pick up LJ/DW comments as well.

Not packing for Discworld, because it's a short bus ride from home and therefore I will be sleeping in my own bed this weekend. :-)

Not on any panels and no particular plans, other than show up after work tomorrow night, and on Saturday and Sunday some time after breakfast. Monday I'll be back at work, although I might drop in to the Dead Dog party. Let me know if you want me to bring anything along.

At Eastercon, having a good time in spite of migraine and lack of migraine tablets (now rectified). Got to see a lot of friends, although haven't caught up with everyone. Been to several good panels, in some of which I was that annoying person typing away on the iPad (partly because of the migraine - typing notes was the only way I'd remember a word of it two hours later). There will be at least a partial con report at some point, because I wrote up much of Friday the same night.

I've been a lot more mobile than last year, when I skipped Eastercon altogether because I knew I would be too tired and sore to enjoy it. For the future - I have signed up for full membership of the now-seated 2015 bid, @Dysprosiumcon although not sure yet if I'll be able to make it. Jacey has convinced me to at least consider Milford when I finish the urban fantasy, as I'd like to workshop it through the sf side even if I submit it to a romance publisher. I've not signed up for Novacon, because I probably won't have the time/energy after Worldcon, but maybe this will be the year I finally go...

If you're here and still haven't seen me, come and say hello sometime. I'm here until tomorrow afternoon.

I have acquired a transfer membership to this year's UK Discworld con. Note that "acquired membership" is not the same as "attending con", because I'm still not sure I'll have time/physical capacity to go, especially with Worldcon the following weekend. But at least I now have the option. Any time I do spend at the con will not be during working hours, because there is no chance I'll get more time off on Mon/Fri at that time of the year.

That's three cons for this year. Haven't done that many in years.

Just bought my membership for Satellite 4, next year's Eastercon being held in Glasgow. This is not a guarantee that I'll be there, of course, but Kalypso_v and I are intending to travel up together for the weekend. For those intending to go who have not yet bought a membership, price goes up at the end of tomorrow.

Still need to make a final decision on the UK Meet, but that will have to wait until I've checked my diary for the many and varied medical appointments over the next few months.