Getting ready!

[piplover]

Hi, all!  I'm sorry I've been quiet lately.  I'm trying not to let pain and depression get me down, and I think I'm starting to climb back up from that hole I was in for a while. 

I went to a sci-fi convention last weekend and had a really good time. I think it helped that I wore my belly dance costume both days, and received so many compliments.  Considering that I weigh more than I am comfortable with, it really made me feel good to have so many people, both men and women, tell me I looked sexy and hot.  I even got felt up a few times, lol!  Both with my consent!  Also, I even got a kiss!  Heeee!  Nothing is going to come of it, but it was nice to flirt and be sexy for a while! 

It was fun, being with people who accept me for who I am, and it reminded me how isolated I became when I went to work from home.  I still like working from home, but I'm really going to try and make sure I get out more and spend time with people.  

I got my vacation time approved at work, so all that is worked out. The only snag I've encountered is that my plane from England is coming in so late to Seattle that there aren't any flight to my hometown until the next day. Gar!  That means I either have to spend the night in the airport, or get a cheap hotel so I can get a few hours sleep before going back to the airport, and yuck!  So I have to see if I can figure it all out and make things work. I may end up catching a later flight on the day after I get back to the sates, and then taking the day after off.  I really want a day to recover from flying and airports and to just spend with the kitties.  

I'm really getting excited about going to England, looking forward to seeing my sister again and some of you all who I've never met in person!  I'm also getting nervous!  Usually flying doesn't scare me, but with long trips, I keep thinking, "Well, wouldn't it suck if the plan crashed!"  So I'm trying not to think about the bad stuff, and just concentrate on the good bits.

I have been searching for a new job, and found one that looked like it would have been really fun, but because it was through the VA center an the person in charge wasn't in, I think I probably missed it.  I'm not too disappointed, because I don't think the timing would have worked out, but I am going to be getting a lot more serious when the trip is over with.  

I'm trying to work on a few stories but my brain seems to have fizzled out.  I owe two people auction stories, which I am trying to get down, and some fills from a Sherlock Holmes community I'm on. There's one story, I call it the angry story, that I really want to finish, but it's very emotionally draining, so I have to give myself enough time to recover form it, lol.  

forcryinoutloud , elayna88 , Thanks so much for the gophers!  You guys are awesome!  Thank you so much!  

*Hugs to you all*  My flist rocks!

Comments

[glorfinniel.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you had such a good time at the convention, and got so many compliments (which you totally deserve!). I wish I had the courage to dress up at a convention. I did it back in the LotR days but I reckon I've got more shy since then. I thought that was meant to improve with age?! :P

I do hope I get to meet you when you're in England. It would be lovely to see you again. I remember that we met very briefly at the Fellowship Festival (I think...you asked Billy Boyd a question while holding Knitted Pippin, didn't you?) but it would be good to have a proper chat :)

[piplover.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes! We totally did meet! That was me, holding Knitted Pippin as a security blanket, lol. I hope we get to meet again! It would be lovely!

It did take a bit of courage to dress up and show my belly, especially since it's not exactly fashion model material, but I felt good and got a lot of compliments, so I was really happy!

[gayalondiel.livejournal.com]

I'm really getting excited about going to England

YES. Come, meet us, join us, come to the motherland. I'm so looking forward to it. Remind me what your dates are, though, because my life is getting hectic and I want to make sure I don't miss you.

I notice glorfinniel here... if you're both up for it we could all meet up together, she was at that London Sherlock meetup I went to and we could reprise bits of that if you fancy it. Or we could sit in a pub all day brainstorming fic. Whichever.

[piplover.livejournal.com]

Oh, that would be amazing if we could all three meet up! Have our own little moot!

I'll be there from the 8th to the 17th of April, so I'm pretty open to anytime in between!

[gayalondiel.livejournal.com]

Weekends are normally better for me. However the 15-17th is the Tolkien Society AGM and I kinda have to be there by default. The weekend before that I could do, though - I don't work Fridays so Fri Sat Sun would all be fine. Otherwise I could take leave but that will need more in the way of thinking time.

Gaya x

[shirebound]

*hugs you right back*

I'm so excited for you! What an awesome trip that will be.

I'm 'working through the pain' as well. I wish I could wave a magical healing wand over both of us!

[piplover.livejournal.com]

Oh, a magical healing wand, or better yet, an Aragorn of our own! That would be lovely, wouldn't it?

I hope you feel better soon!

I'm getting so excited, I have to stop myself from packing everything right now!

[songspinner9.livejournal.com]

*giggle* That's the fun thing about being character/costume at a convention or at Ren Faire. You can be someone else, and you, at the same time. :)

Sigh - I wish I could go on a trip like that. Too much uncertainty right now, and not enough funds. One day...

[piplover.livejournal.com]

Lol! Yes, exactly! I got to be me, but just a different me, and it was wonderful!

I totally understand about the trip. My mom is in the same boat, so my siblings and I are going to chip in an buy her a plane ticket to Poland for next year so she can accomplish her dream! Flying is just so darn expensive, it makes traveling almost impossible!

You'll make it!

[noipeh.livejournal.com]

Good to hear from you, I'd wondered where you were!

[piplover.livejournal.com]

I'm still alive! I keep meaning to update, and then days pass without a word!

I have to work on that, lol.