Myyyyyy Weekend in Dallas :I
12 years ago
This weekend was A-Kon 2013 in Dallas, TX. I went along with my mate,
Zahzu, where we both volunteered and got in for free. THe con was at the Hilton Anatole, a three building hotel that is absolutely HUGE. And it still got filled up with over 25,000 people o.o Zahz and I ended up getting there later in the afternoon on Friday due to waking up late and Dallas traffic. It was really hot all day and my truck has no AC -_- but anyways, I got the badge of one of the 13 volunteers that didn't show up to work the con. I got to be Jeremy. It was rather funny. Everyone that knew me made fun of me by calling me Jeremy. Saturday, I worked information desk all day, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. thereabouts, with about an hour break at noon. I worked for a few hours by myself, which was how I ended up working that long. But it wasn't terrible. It was just highly stressful x.x Then I fell asleep in my girlfriend's crash space and got griped at by the other girls that stayed in the crash space cause they were trying to get in and I guess I just didn't hear them or anything. Those of you that know how I am about sleep might be able to understand how this would happen :/ Zahz also lost her wallet that night, but thankfully we found it the next day. Due to circumstances, it was determined that the only way her wallet could've disappeared like that was if somebody took it from her during the cosplay show. Thankfully nothing was taken from her wallet, though things had been moved. By Sunday, I was sick, I was tired, I was irritated. I just wanted to go home. I told Zahz to pack up so we could try to leave by noon. After we talked some, however, we came up with a plan for me to stay with her at her grandparents house for the night so that I could spend the whole day yesterday with her and most of today with her. We went out to eat at IHOP because she loves it. The waitress was awesome and the whole staff was suuuuper friendly. Then we went to her grandparents and I got to meet them and talk with them for a while. They are definitely very cool and I was very glad to meet them. Later we went and saw Now You See Me at the Texas Movie Bistro, where we had a dinner of nachos and a sunday dessert while we watched. Then we called it a night and went to bed. Of course, we were in different rooms at her grandparents, but we did get up early and cuddle for a little bit before getting up, since we had to sleep in different rooms the whole weekend because of me not being aloud to stay in the crash room due to my age. It was nice getting to cuddle my favorite lemur again -3- Then today, we got up later in the morning, ate IHOP leftovers, and went to the Grapevine mall and shopped for a while and ate dinner. We went to Cabella's afterwards to meet up with her grandpa so that he could take her home and I could just hit I-35 straight from Cabella's. It was a sad parting for me, but I was still happy that I was able to stay one more day in Texas and spend it with my mate. Despite all the stress and lack of eating or sleeping at the con and how crazy it was and how upset I got over it all, just getting to spend some quality time with her afterwards really saved my weekend. I don't know how I would be feeling right now had I not stayed that extra day :3
Overall, an okay weekend, but still worth it all :3
Zahzu, where we both volunteered and got in for free. THe con was at the Hilton Anatole, a three building hotel that is absolutely HUGE. And it still got filled up with over 25,000 people o.o Zahz and I ended up getting there later in the afternoon on Friday due to waking up late and Dallas traffic. It was really hot all day and my truck has no AC -_- but anyways, I got the badge of one of the 13 volunteers that didn't show up to work the con. I got to be Jeremy. It was rather funny. Everyone that knew me made fun of me by calling me Jeremy. Saturday, I worked information desk all day, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. thereabouts, with about an hour break at noon. I worked for a few hours by myself, which was how I ended up working that long. But it wasn't terrible. It was just highly stressful x.x Then I fell asleep in my girlfriend's crash space and got griped at by the other girls that stayed in the crash space cause they were trying to get in and I guess I just didn't hear them or anything. Those of you that know how I am about sleep might be able to understand how this would happen :/ Zahz also lost her wallet that night, but thankfully we found it the next day. Due to circumstances, it was determined that the only way her wallet could've disappeared like that was if somebody took it from her during the cosplay show. Thankfully nothing was taken from her wallet, though things had been moved. By Sunday, I was sick, I was tired, I was irritated. I just wanted to go home. I told Zahz to pack up so we could try to leave by noon. After we talked some, however, we came up with a plan for me to stay with her at her grandparents house for the night so that I could spend the whole day yesterday with her and most of today with her. We went out to eat at IHOP because she loves it. The waitress was awesome and the whole staff was suuuuper friendly. Then we went to her grandparents and I got to meet them and talk with them for a while. They are definitely very cool and I was very glad to meet them. Later we went and saw Now You See Me at the Texas Movie Bistro, where we had a dinner of nachos and a sunday dessert while we watched. Then we called it a night and went to bed. Of course, we were in different rooms at her grandparents, but we did get up early and cuddle for a little bit before getting up, since we had to sleep in different rooms the whole weekend because of me not being aloud to stay in the crash room due to my age. It was nice getting to cuddle my favorite lemur again -3- Then today, we got up later in the morning, ate IHOP leftovers, and went to the Grapevine mall and shopped for a while and ate dinner. We went to Cabella's afterwards to meet up with her grandpa so that he could take her home and I could just hit I-35 straight from Cabella's. It was a sad parting for me, but I was still happy that I was able to stay one more day in Texas and spend it with my mate. Despite all the stress and lack of eating or sleeping at the con and how crazy it was and how upset I got over it all, just getting to spend some quality time with her afterwards really saved my weekend. I don't know how I would be feeling right now had I not stayed that extra day :3Overall, an okay weekend, but still worth it all :3
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also, you wouldn't happen to be one of those people that just goes for an unnaturally long period of time then finally just passes out, would you?
Now, despite that, I can go a little bit longer without sleep. Mostly probably because of just being accustomed to not getting too much restful sleep due to the narcolepsy and still having to function for school and work.
I'm usually just tired during the day but then wake up as soon as the sun goes down, and normally only sleep for 3 to 4 hours
but I've noticed that I've felt less tired during the day after I stop eating wheat, also avoiding MSG has helped me out with my Tourette's
I don't know much about narcolepsy, but something diet related might be worth looking into