Home again, home again
Mar. 4th, 2007 10:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tarotgalWell, I'm back home after my trip. Lots to catch up on, obviously, but I'm glad to be back!!!
The conference went really, really well. No network problems (whew!) and I don't think I annoyed people by barging into hundreds of events to take pictures (apparently, writers can be quite egotistical so they probably don't really mind). I got to see bits of a few really inspiring panels (one on writing historical fiction, one on writing fantasy, and a great one with Walter Mosley about what it's like to be a writer).
Unfortunately, I didn't get out of the hotel the whole time. I had the whole evening and night free yesterday but no coworkers phoned me to let me in on their plans. So I did that stupid "sitting by the phone, waiting for it to ring" thing for 5 hours that makes me feel like a complete loser. I was a bit upset last night and kind of pissed this morning, but got over it. (Luckily, my SDI line of conflict is so short that no one noticed I was mad) People ALWAYS disappoint me. Just a fact of life. I'm used to it now. And as many times as I tell myself NOT to pin my hopes on people, every so often I still get my hopes up and each and every time they're dashed *sigh* But I'm fine with it now. They're my co-workers, not my friends, and I'm not going to bring the subject up and make it hard to work there, you know? It's totally not worth it. They're good people, deep down- great people, really. They just didn't think to call me after I mentioned several times hours before that I'd love a call. But, hey, I got to see Big Fish on TV... and repeats of Monk & Psych I missed before... and Laser Cats 2 *snort*... and ordered room service twice... and finished a book. Not a night wasted; I just wish I could have seen just a little bit of Atlanta.
ANYWAY. The point is, my first Conference went well. Not without its snags, obviously, but I LOVED it and it the members seemed to have a good time (all 6000+ of them). It was hard work and exhausting... and my feet STILL hurt. But it was well worth it. I had a great time and am already looking forward to the 2008 Conference!
Plus, I have the day off tomorrow. I think I'm going to try to catch a showing of Amazing Grace. That will definitely be happy-making :-) And then I'll go shopping for food. Yum.
I'm also actually seriously considering going to the Grace Hopper Convention for Women in Computing in October. I've been to two as a student and enjoyed my time there. I think it would be fun to attend as a "professional". But I'm in the conference mindset right now. We'll see how I am a few months from now :-)
The conference went really, really well. No network problems (whew!) and I don't think I annoyed people by barging into hundreds of events to take pictures (apparently, writers can be quite egotistical so they probably don't really mind). I got to see bits of a few really inspiring panels (one on writing historical fiction, one on writing fantasy, and a great one with Walter Mosley about what it's like to be a writer).
Unfortunately, I didn't get out of the hotel the whole time. I had the whole evening and night free yesterday but no coworkers phoned me to let me in on their plans. So I did that stupid "sitting by the phone, waiting for it to ring" thing for 5 hours that makes me feel like a complete loser. I was a bit upset last night and kind of pissed this morning, but got over it. (Luckily, my SDI line of conflict is so short that no one noticed I was mad) People ALWAYS disappoint me. Just a fact of life. I'm used to it now. And as many times as I tell myself NOT to pin my hopes on people, every so often I still get my hopes up and each and every time they're dashed *sigh* But I'm fine with it now. They're my co-workers, not my friends, and I'm not going to bring the subject up and make it hard to work there, you know? It's totally not worth it. They're good people, deep down- great people, really. They just didn't think to call me after I mentioned several times hours before that I'd love a call. But, hey, I got to see Big Fish on TV... and repeats of Monk & Psych I missed before... and Laser Cats 2 *snort*... and ordered room service twice... and finished a book. Not a night wasted; I just wish I could have seen just a little bit of Atlanta.
ANYWAY. The point is, my first Conference went well. Not without its snags, obviously, but I LOVED it and it the members seemed to have a good time (all 6000+ of them). It was hard work and exhausting... and my feet STILL hurt. But it was well worth it. I had a great time and am already looking forward to the 2008 Conference!
Plus, I have the day off tomorrow. I think I'm going to try to catch a showing of Amazing Grace. That will definitely be happy-making :-) And then I'll go shopping for food. Yum.
I'm also actually seriously considering going to the Grace Hopper Convention for Women in Computing in October. I've been to two as a student and enjoyed my time there. I think it would be fun to attend as a "professional". But I'm in the conference mindset right now. We'll see how I am a few months from now :-)
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Date: 2007-03-05 04:19 am (UTC)Glad the conference went well though. And that you made it home safely.
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Date: 2007-03-05 04:49 am (UTC)(I might not have mentioned exactly where I was going... I tend to leave details like that out of posts when I'm in a panic... so no worries) The first night we were there, my organization went to dinner at Dish (yummy). But after that I didn't leave the Hilton until this morning to go to the airport. It looked like a nice city from the window of my room, though.