I may as well strike up a journal for this one, seeing as I'm becoming increasingly convinced that I'm going. I have an extremely generous Christmas break that this con just so happens to fit into. It cuts it a little close on the tail end, but I can see myself managing this.

No hits on anyone with open rooms, so I might be going this one alone, which has a lot of benefits, honestly. So I'm not too broken up about that. Normally I like to get in the day before the con starts to have a good night's rest, but with even con-rate rooms starting at $134 a night that's quite an expense to take on for the sake of convenience.  nevir and  ryoken are on board with me dropping in on them for awhile. So that'll make the travel a lot easier and maybe even make showing up on day 1 feasible. I'm so glad they live at the biggest airport hub in all of the boxy, mountain states, and are willing to put up with me for awhile. Naturally my old trick of chucking the whole "con hotels" label and just searching nearby turned up a $99 a night listing a whole 400 yards from the convention center. And with most places, not using the con rate lets me apply a AAA or government employee discount. That should make that aspect a little more manageable.

Fortunately, I have a generous amount of time ahead of me to work logistics for this. More details as they become available. I hope to see some of you guys there!