I had a really good time at Anthro New England. I said this on twitter a lot but I am just really impressed with how the con staff managed this con. I'll talk more about that later in the journal. For the first time ever, I got PCD, post con depression :( All fun things come to an end.

The location of the con was great for me and it was conveniently within driving distance. Only about 20 minutes from where I live in Saugus, and about 5 minutes away from where I work. I was easily able to commute each day to the con. Parking was great in that the con actually worked it out so attendees could get validation, even if they weren't staying at the hotel. I literally paid only $8 to park the entire weekend.

I arrived Friday afternoon after work and met up with friends. Friday was mostly for catching up with people I had not seen in a long time. Among others I met with  Betsy and  Christaphorac at the dealer's den and also ran into  shani-hyena. Went out to dinner with  Mykul,  reimaru-kun, and  LunarNight. We went to Cheesecake Factory at Cambridge Galleria. I have to say that was the best burger I had had in a long time. As we waited for our table, me and LunarNight actually went to the Best Buy at the galleria where I found a DVD of both Secret of NIMH movies, and I admittedly bought it because of the cover art, plus it was only $4 dollars, but it was the highlight of my day! After dinner I actually went home to end the day early.

Saturday I came in early and brought my  Naayan suit along. Before I suited, I did some more meeting up with people. I got  baron_bach started as he arrived that day in what was his first furry convention. I then suited up and went to part of the demonstration of the trained dogs (I am really sorry, I don't remember exactly what this was called). I was so tired I was actually sleeping through part of it, as no one could see that I was sleeping underneath my fursuit head. Then the parade got started and I marched near the front of the line. We had a good amount of suiters for this con. After the parade I got out of suit and briefly handled an errand and then came back. Met with a few more people including  Mikhowl,  admiralstiggy,  lonewolfartz, and  professorbeast. Later that night with Mykul, Rey, and LunarNight we had a game of Cards Against Humanity, which now seems to be like a staple of every furry convention I go to. We had pizza, I had cheese slices, naturally. I then called it a night, before coming back the next day.

Sunday was a short day but yet was still a lot of fun. I didn't suit but I had a blast watching the fursuit games. I have yet to participate in them at any con myself but it was really fun to watch and I was more giggly than ever. The rest of Sunday was just general hanging out and leaving early to avoid the snow we had last night.

It was a really simple con but it was still a lot of fun and really good for a first year con. Apologies in advance if I forgot to mention anyone here in the journal, but I had fun meeting you anyway! As I said on Twitter, beyond the "fun stuff" in the organizing of a con, simple logistics can make or break a con. The logistics of this con worked really well. Everything seemed to have run very smoothly and it made for a very enjoyable con. I think the staff of this con are the unsung heroes and deserve a much bigger applause.

Now it is done and I have post con depression lol, but oh well, until next time, I look forward to hanging out with more of you fluffies out there. Cons always leave me in a mood where I want to hug everyone. I love furry conventions!