Cons aren't bad, they're just not for me
Sep. 17th, 2021 02:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bucketlistpanicThe hotel seemed nice at first, but Quentin and Dana's bathroom had a leaky pipe, leaving a puddle on the floor. Our bedroom had some sort of screeching pipe that went off several times while we were trying to sleep. There was garbage left in the nightstand, including one of those little measuring cups that come with cold and flu medicine, making me think that the previous guest had been sick and the housekeeper did a poor job cleaning. I would know, I used to be a housekeeper and you're supposed to check all the drawers, it only takes a couple seconds. Our TV also does this thing where after a while of watching it gets dimmer and dimmer. At least the bed sheets aren't scratchy.
We arrived early our first day at the con because Quentin wanted to make sure he got some particular thing before it sold out. I was operating on about three hours of sleep but doing my best. There was a crowd waiting to get in, and when it was time to enter, everyone squeezed in around me and my anxiety spiked but I survived. I held Colin's hand or shirt most of the time, determined not to get separated. Quentin said this was about half the number of people that usually attend this thing. That sounds miserable to me. Glad it wasn't as crowded this year. I only saw one person walking around the hall without a mask. Some people were wearing those neck scarf things instead, which are not as effective as face masks. There was no social distancing. Some people were cosplaying, there was a designated area for them to pose for pictures. Quentin said normally there would be more.
We demo'd a few games together which was fun, but then Quentin and Dana demo'd a couple by themselves while Colin and I just walked around. I bought some pins, I have a little collection that I'll probably share on this blog another time. Also got a bendy dragon toy which I wore wrapped around my wrist like a bracelet. Didn't end up buying any games, but Q and Dana did. We went out to the food trucks for lunch and I got a nice chicken taco. We wandered around for a few hours more then Colin and I were ready to leave but Q and Dana were determined to demo a specific game before we left, called Carnac or something? We had to wait a long time, standing, and my feet were already hurting and my shoulders were getting sore from hauling a backpack. I was really grumpy by the time we sat down to play and I'm sure I didn't hide it well. After a few minutes I started to enjoy the game more but it still wasn't my kind of game, deck building games usually aren't.
After that we went out to eat at a pretty nice place. Colin got prime rib and I got chicken marsala that was excellent. It came with a baked potato that had just a huge ball of butter on top of it, like it was more butter than potato. Not complaining though! We took leftovers back to the hotel. Back the hotel we relaxed and I showered. We played a game Q and Dana bought called Picture Perfect, and it was fine. I might have liked it more if I weren't so exhausted.
Today I'm staying at the hotel, recovering. I woke up so sore. Colin understood and said it was probably a good idea for me to take a day off. I don't think cons are for me. Too many people, I like board games but not so much that I need to be the first person to try them, or buy limited edition things, or dress up in character. Tomorrow I'll probably go back to the con, then on Sunday morning we'll be headed back home. I'm looking forward to seeing the wind turbines, couldn't see them on the way in because it was dark.
We arrived early our first day at the con because Quentin wanted to make sure he got some particular thing before it sold out. I was operating on about three hours of sleep but doing my best. There was a crowd waiting to get in, and when it was time to enter, everyone squeezed in around me and my anxiety spiked but I survived. I held Colin's hand or shirt most of the time, determined not to get separated. Quentin said this was about half the number of people that usually attend this thing. That sounds miserable to me. Glad it wasn't as crowded this year. I only saw one person walking around the hall without a mask. Some people were wearing those neck scarf things instead, which are not as effective as face masks. There was no social distancing. Some people were cosplaying, there was a designated area for them to pose for pictures. Quentin said normally there would be more.
We demo'd a few games together which was fun, but then Quentin and Dana demo'd a couple by themselves while Colin and I just walked around. I bought some pins, I have a little collection that I'll probably share on this blog another time. Also got a bendy dragon toy which I wore wrapped around my wrist like a bracelet. Didn't end up buying any games, but Q and Dana did. We went out to the food trucks for lunch and I got a nice chicken taco. We wandered around for a few hours more then Colin and I were ready to leave but Q and Dana were determined to demo a specific game before we left, called Carnac or something? We had to wait a long time, standing, and my feet were already hurting and my shoulders were getting sore from hauling a backpack. I was really grumpy by the time we sat down to play and I'm sure I didn't hide it well. After a few minutes I started to enjoy the game more but it still wasn't my kind of game, deck building games usually aren't.
After that we went out to eat at a pretty nice place. Colin got prime rib and I got chicken marsala that was excellent. It came with a baked potato that had just a huge ball of butter on top of it, like it was more butter than potato. Not complaining though! We took leftovers back to the hotel. Back the hotel we relaxed and I showered. We played a game Q and Dana bought called Picture Perfect, and it was fine. I might have liked it more if I weren't so exhausted.
Today I'm staying at the hotel, recovering. I woke up so sore. Colin understood and said it was probably a good idea for me to take a day off. I don't think cons are for me. Too many people, I like board games but not so much that I need to be the first person to try them, or buy limited edition things, or dress up in character. Tomorrow I'll probably go back to the con, then on Sunday morning we'll be headed back home. I'm looking forward to seeing the wind turbines, couldn't see them on the way in because it was dark.
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Date: 2021-09-18 06:20 pm (UTC)New Mexico has a scifi con called BuboniCon that I hope we can get up to one of these years, I don't know how much gaming they have. But most scifi cons have a gaming area, though you never know what you'll get.
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Date: 2021-09-20 06:23 am (UTC)