I'd just pass on it, to be honest. If money is an uncertainty and you don't have a "staying" situation that you feel comfortable with, it's going to be difficult to be relaxed at all while you're there.

I've never gone to a con, but from what I've heard from a number of past con-goers, unless you're an extremely outgoing person or you have a number of friends you're planning on meeting/rooming with at a con, it's just going to be an awkard experience for the most part.

I doubt you really want to end up being one of those people who just sits or stands in the background looking around pathetically while everyone else is doing their thing together. x_x

My advice is to just wait until there's another con you can plan better for and have the time off of work ready. Otherwise it just seems silly to me to bother wasting the resources and losing money from missing work for something that's just likely not going to be that rewarding. =P

Yeah, you're sayin' everything I'm already thinkin'. :[ Ah, well, I think there's others this year already that I could be more prepared for... MFM, for instance. I'll see.

I can't offer nothin' too concrete, Steffo, but we have an off-con suite that might have some extra space at this rate.

Hmmmm... I'll keep in touch. I won't necessarily claim it now, if you've got someone else who needs it for sure, let 'em have it. But I'll keep it in mind, thanks.

Cons aren't supposed to be so stressful. Especially your first con, you'll never come back!