***Now*** I have the con exhaustion.

[p_m_cryan]

Or it may just be the heat.

I did make it to NECON; it really was up until the last minute knowing whether I could afford to attend and could leave the store well-tended in my absence.

I did have a good time... a better-than-good time. As a newbie-no-more, it was interesting to see the dynamics around me. I'm not quite integrated into its con-family-whole [third time's the charm, I'll wager, based on observation], but I have my own little subsets of people to hang out with there, as I do at Philcon.

There was a concert on Thursday night with con guests, and Friday night there was the guitar circle, so I got to feed my soul and evade social anxiety at the same time. Unfortunately Saturday night it rained, so the outdoor activities were curtailed.

I was a vendor there for the second time running, and sales were very strong.

August now looms ahead of me in its stifling heat and its unpredictable foot-traffic patterns. I'm wearing a scoopnecked shirt, shorts and fishnets to work today... that's practically naked, for me.

I'm off to tackle my office and its scary desk.