let's see...guess i should break it down day by day...hopefully i remember each day as it happened hehe...

thursday- headed out in the sunshine over to the other side of the state. after a couple stops, i got to the hotel about the time i said i would. my friends weren't there yet, so i went across the parking lot to the mall and walked around a bit. got back to the hotel about the time they did, so much hugging ensued. we went in, checked in, and brought our stuff up to the room to unpack a bit. afterwards we met in the lobby with others from the tabletop gaming dept. we went over to a restaurant (can't remember which one hehe) for dinner. after yummies, we went back to the hotel and headed to the gaming room to get things set up. i helped check off which games were brought, which was over $4000! i saw games i had never heard of before. by the end of the weekend i learned how to play at least half of them :) we crawled into bed around 1am.

friday- had to get up at 8 cuz my friend's shift in the gaming room started at 9. there was a hotel suite that was a staff room, with free food n beverage all day. before the dealer's room opened at 2, we wandered around a bit. i tried on a corset, which i fell in love with. didn't get it cuz it was a bit much, but i can always save up for it. worked til i think 5 or 6, and had a pretty good time. they had reps from some of the different game companies there, and the guys were all really sweet. by the end of the con, 2 of them (Bill & Bill) were calling me Giggles :) my shift was 7pm-1am. a bit after 10, someone came into the room and said Tom Smith ( http://tomsmithonline.com/ ) was havin an impromptu concert for us staffers, so of course a bunch of us scampered up there! first time i had ever heard him in concert and he is awesome!!!! i definitely recommend going to his site, listening to his music, n buying a CD or 2. afterwards, a couple of us stayed back to talk to him for a few minutes. he asked if someone could help him out, and i grabbed his guitar case. he has problems walking too far at a time, so we stopped a couple times. the others i was with had to go back to their dept or someplace else, so i stayed to help out Tom. i went to his room and helped him inside, getting a couple hugs for payment :) after i made sure he was ok, i went back down to the game room, and my friends n i went up to bed, sometime around 2am.

saturday- had to be up at 8 for my shift at 9, and was up about 20 min before i had to be there! *giggles* ran to the staffers room to grab a quick breakfast, then ran downstairs to the gaming room. didn't have too many people come in to play, but i did get to see a lot of beautiful costumes, both men n women. there was a costume contest that afternoon. unfortunately one of my friends (sylvia) didn't win, but there were a lot of awesome hand made costumes, even a steampunk Santa! after my shift, i went up to sylvia's room, where she outfitted me in something cute, then had some dinner n watched the last Harry Potter movie in the staff room. before goin to the midnight ball, sylvia n i went back up to her room to start the party out right, with a few adult cocktails. yes folks, ur favorite redhead got a bit tipsy that nite hehe! we headed back downstairs to find ted, who happened to have my id and phone. he said since we had staff badges on, we wouldn't get carded. wrong! the guy at the door said i needed my id or to have sylvia go in to get it. she went in and a minute later ted came out. he took one look at ted and said "oh, you're with him? go right ahead!" apparently, he thought i was like 19 *giggles* we watched a couple magicians and a concert by the Bawdy Boys ( http://bawdyboys.com/?page_id=347 ), then headed back to the gaming room for a bit, to see how things were going. we headed to bed around 2 i think.

sunday- once again, got up almost late for my shift hehe. guess that's what happens when u go to bed at like 230am and have to be up at 8. quick breakfast in the staff room before going back down to the gaming room. someone let me borrow their corset for the day, so Ted got me all laced up. Kevin, one of the staffers on security detail, came into the room and showed us the top hat and walking stick he bought in the dealer's room. ted took one look at him and said he needed a man corset, and told me to take him to see Jess (the one that made the corset i want). so we went back into the dealer's room and found Jess. she found him a nice black corset that matched his black jeans n tshirt hehe. after Jess got him into the corset, he turned around and asked what we all thought. all us girls agreed he looked yummy (which omg he did :D ), so he bought it and left it on. we walked back into the gaming room and ted said "told ya". that nite, after dinner and relaxation, we went to another concert, this time Steam Powered Giraffe ( http://steampoweredgiraffe.com/news.html ) and Abney Park ( http://www.abneypark.com/ ). after SPG, we went back to the room so i could get out of the corset, then we went down for AP. that wasn't as good a concert, so we only stayed for part of it. we heard of a pool party with free booze, so we went to check it out. it was hosted by the pirate airship, so everyone got a skull n crossbones stamp to show they were over 18. they were also passing out eyepatches. mine has a treasure chest on it. we had a bit to drink there, then headed to the ICE (in character experience) lounge for another party. had a couple there also, then went back to the gaming room to hang. sylvia came in a few minutes later and didn't know where the parties were, so ted let her take me along n show her. yup, had another drink or 2 with her. 2 guys came up to us and were discussing the difference between lust and love, told us we looked beautiful, then left. we wandered back to the gaming room. by then they were talking about starting a rpg called "are you a werewolf" (http://www.wunderland.com/LooneyLabs/Werewolf/ ). lemme tell u, when u are playing with like 10 people plus the GM, and 8 of them are various stages of drunk, it's a blast! fun, hilarity, and some making out ensued, before i was told it was time for bed, around 2am. yes, we never went to bed before about 130 hehe.

monday- last day to get up early. breakfast in the staffer's room then down to the gaming room. all morning we took turns getting our stuff packed n loaded into our cars (checkout was noon, but the con went til 5). ted n i took a trip back thru the dealer's room before they closed, so he could get a pic of me in the corset i want. we wandered a bit before goin back to the room. around 4 we started cleaning up the room, getting the games checked back in, and loaded back up in the plastic tubs they came in. i was going to join them for dinner afterwards then head home, but a call home told me there was a major storm headin in. unfortunately i had to say goodbye to my friends, even tho i didn't want to. ted walked me out to my car, and i headed home. after almost 3 hours, i finally made it home.

had an amazing time, met lots of new friends, hung with friends i made before. they said i was really nice n great at my job, and want me for next year. actually, what i was told was i'm now theirs. hehe the whole weekend i had people tellin me i was anywhere from 19-22, which made me squee!

sorry it took me a few days to finish this. been having back pains off n on all week, plus a friend from that con passed away monday nite (i saw her monday morning/early afternoon). i don't deal well with death ever since my dad's last year, so i've been kinda messed up a bit, specially since my friends all live on the other side of the state.