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Shoreleave 2008
Jul. 14th, 2008 07:05 amWell it is Sunday Morning and we are heading into the last day of this convention. A lot has happened in the past two days (well three if you count the drive to bowling camp.) [UPDATE: It is now Monday Morning and I am going to finish this up and getting the packing done so we can get home]
Friday started early with getting Ariel checked out of her camp room and the like. Peter wrote an issue of She-Hulk between Friday evening and Saturday morning. I did laundry so that Ariel would have clean clothes and Caroline made new friends among the kids who were the brothers and sisters of the other camp attendees. About noon we piled into the car and headed for the Hunt Valley Inn and Shoreleave. Overall we made pretty good time. Since we were coming straight down rather than over and down, the time was about the same if we had come from our house.
We hit the ground running when we got here. We did take the time to go out to dinner with Glenn and do a brief catch up on stuff. I had to go to the Art Show and explain that I was not showing this year but I would like to next year. They were very understanding. We started to run into people we hadn't seen in a while and did a very brief catch-up on life, the universe, and everything. Much to our surprise, Gwen showed up having gotten a ride from DC to the convention. She spent time with her sisters while Peter and I went to the Meet the Pros.
At 10 we sat down and I signed some copies of "Qualities of Leadership" and watched Peter sign a lot of different stuff. We had on my computer a couple of Space Cases episodes and some fans who loved the series as kids found out that Peter created it with Bill Mumy. At Midnight I went and collapsed in the room and Peter went to rehearsal. He got in at 2 AM.
My day started rather early with Caroline jumping on me about 6:15 and declaring it morning. From there we had breakfast with George and Brad which is always delightful. I had a couple of panels both on fiber arts and Doctor Who. I took Caroline for a long swim in the pool which she loved. She played with her cousins for another 2 1/2 hours after that. And about 15 minutes before we were going to leave to watch the Masquerade, she fell asleep. Sort of what I expected since she had been running around all day at full tilt. Peter and Ariel went to the Masquerade and I worked on some stuff that needed to be done. Peter came back and I went to 10 forward and the like but wrapped it up a bit before midnight because I was so tired. I did get one good line in before my brain shut down. Keith, who was my editor on the Doctor Who short story, bought me a drink. I told some of my fellow authors that now I felt like a real professional author since my editor was buying me alcohol.
Sunday I woke up and didn't feel as mind wiped as I had the day before. I had a panel at 10:00 which went very well on Dr. Who; Torchwood; Sarah Jane Adventures that I moderated. The rest of the day was taking care of this and that for Mystery Trekkie Theater which went over very well. George was a good sport and participated in the opening sketch. We then got together with various friends and went to Fuddruckers for dinner. After that we went to the dead dog party and then settled in to watch the Mets beat the Rockies.
Today we pack and go home, It will be nice to get back home. I love this convention and all the people who produce it. They make it home for a couple of days with a bunch of other likeminded people. We look forward to coming back next year.
I am grateful for all the experiences we had here.
Friday started early with getting Ariel checked out of her camp room and the like. Peter wrote an issue of She-Hulk between Friday evening and Saturday morning. I did laundry so that Ariel would have clean clothes and Caroline made new friends among the kids who were the brothers and sisters of the other camp attendees. About noon we piled into the car and headed for the Hunt Valley Inn and Shoreleave. Overall we made pretty good time. Since we were coming straight down rather than over and down, the time was about the same if we had come from our house.
We hit the ground running when we got here. We did take the time to go out to dinner with Glenn and do a brief catch up on stuff. I had to go to the Art Show and explain that I was not showing this year but I would like to next year. They were very understanding. We started to run into people we hadn't seen in a while and did a very brief catch-up on life, the universe, and everything. Much to our surprise, Gwen showed up having gotten a ride from DC to the convention. She spent time with her sisters while Peter and I went to the Meet the Pros.
At 10 we sat down and I signed some copies of "Qualities of Leadership" and watched Peter sign a lot of different stuff. We had on my computer a couple of Space Cases episodes and some fans who loved the series as kids found out that Peter created it with Bill Mumy. At Midnight I went and collapsed in the room and Peter went to rehearsal. He got in at 2 AM.
My day started rather early with Caroline jumping on me about 6:15 and declaring it morning. From there we had breakfast with George and Brad which is always delightful. I had a couple of panels both on fiber arts and Doctor Who. I took Caroline for a long swim in the pool which she loved. She played with her cousins for another 2 1/2 hours after that. And about 15 minutes before we were going to leave to watch the Masquerade, she fell asleep. Sort of what I expected since she had been running around all day at full tilt. Peter and Ariel went to the Masquerade and I worked on some stuff that needed to be done. Peter came back and I went to 10 forward and the like but wrapped it up a bit before midnight because I was so tired. I did get one good line in before my brain shut down. Keith, who was my editor on the Doctor Who short story, bought me a drink. I told some of my fellow authors that now I felt like a real professional author since my editor was buying me alcohol.
Sunday I woke up and didn't feel as mind wiped as I had the day before. I had a panel at 10:00 which went very well on Dr. Who; Torchwood; Sarah Jane Adventures that I moderated. The rest of the day was taking care of this and that for Mystery Trekkie Theater which went over very well. George was a good sport and participated in the opening sketch. We then got together with various friends and went to Fuddruckers for dinner. After that we went to the dead dog party and then settled in to watch the Mets beat the Rockies.
Today we pack and go home, It will be nice to get back home. I love this convention and all the people who produce it. They make it home for a couple of days with a bunch of other likeminded people. We look forward to coming back next year.
I am grateful for all the experiences we had here.
