Pre-convention bitch fest

[tarotgal]

Today was a bad day. My allergies are so bad I can hardly breathe and I only have a matter of hours now before I leave for the big convention I've been helping to plan for 2 years. There is SO much to do and I had to get my hair dyed for the fundraiser today. Which required driving 2 hours to get to Charlottesville, which is fine. But instead of leaving at, like, noon or 11, I had to leave at 9am and I didn't get home until 9pm. I spent 12 hours trying not to cough with every single fucking breath. It was the most miserable physically I have ever felt. Not to mention I'm exhausted because I can't sleep (I've been sleeping sitting up because of the coughing). And halfway through, I get my period. Oh GREAT. Thanks, body. So now I'm exhausted, can't breathe, don't want to cough fully because it sounds awful and I gag, and now I have to deal with cramps and headache during the convention? And the thermacare pads I use have been unavailable for months because of a product defect so I don't even get them to help me like usual. Oh great. But, seriously, I should have gone to the woman my friend Ken suggested in Arlington. I wasted the entire day just sitting around doing nothing and getting worse, physically, when I had convention things I needed to get done. And then people kept smoking outside with the door open so my allergies got 10 times worse. I'm SO miserable right now. Came home and coughed and then went right out to Walmart where I FORGOT to buy dark towels because no one told me ahead of time I needed to buy black towels. This is SO inconvenient. Now I have to go to Walmart as soon as they open in the morning to buy black towels. And I get to live at a hotel starting tomorrow and not use hotel towels and cover the pillows and sheets with towels (or the pillows, at least). This is SO stupid. As if I didn't have trouble sleeping already?

Luckily, my hair looks good. Like, really good. It looks amazing. It's supposed to be bright purple but it came out to be bright blue because of the peroxide they thought would be a good idea. I went from having Spike hair to having Illyria hair today :-) It's freakin awesome-looking.

And I'm really stressed about all the work I have to get done tonight and I can't fucking breathe. Not being able to breathe makes planning and running a convention SO much harder! It's a complication I was NOT counting on at all. What with protesters and the possible government shut down, I thought I could at least count on being able to breathe! And I thought I could count on, you know, getting work done today instead of sitting around and doing nothing for the entire day apart from fighting for every single breath.

All that aside, I'm really excited about the convention. I'm going to do the best I can to make this the happiest, most enjoyable convention every BookCrossers could ever hope for. I know it's going to be amazing and I'm looking forward to enjoying the experience. I can't wait to meet everyone and have fun with them! This is going to be a once in a lifetime experience. I can't wait... but I wish I had today to do over again. Where did that time turner go?

PS- DAMNIT, CAPS, you had better win!

Comments

[greeneyes-fan.livejournal.com]

Where is your asthma inhaler? Seriously, go get one right now.

[tarotgal]

I don't have one :-( It's not asthma, it's allergies. It's seriously icky to describe, but it's postnasal drip that gets into my lugs to make me cough and into my stomach and makes me get sick (my favorite thing ever). I refuse to blow my nose in front of anyone (like I can't sneeze in front of anyone, a side effect of this fetish) so I can't do anything about it. I went to the doctor on Monday and they gave me some steroid nasal spray stuff, but it hasn't helped yet. I'm on a bunch of allergy meds, but of course they're not helping and I don't have time to go to the allergist. *sigh* So miserable.

[greeneyes-fan.livejournal.com]

Hang in there. That is indeed nasty.

[tarotgal]

I'll be all right in the end. It's just one more complication that I seriously did NOT need right now! LOL

[melydia.livejournal.com]

Holy crap, 9pm? That's insanity!

I have some Flonase if you'd like it, but it sounds like you're already drowning in allergy meds. And if you need to run off to the bathroom suddenly to blow your nose over the weekend, just do it.

As for the black towels, I was under the impression you really only needed them for the first night when the dye was fresh, not every night until it's gone. I've never had any problems with Manic Panic staining my pillow case in the past, though.

[tarotgal]

And then I had to turn right around and go out to Walmart. So I didn't get in until about 9:45. Apparently the blue hair is a magnet for crazy. JUST what I needed. Three people walked up to me at Walmart and either complimented me or asked me to help them choose products off the shelf, as if I knew them. It was the weirdest thing I've ever experienced.

Nancy & crew said that the color would come out every time I washed it (i.e. staining hotel towels) because this was a temporary dye job. I'm sooo happy if that's not the case! It would be GREAT if I only have to use the towels the first night on the pillows! *crosses fingers*

[greeneyes-fan.livejournal.com]

Ah, THAT'S what the towels are for. I was wondering about that.

They might keep the hotel pillows from making your allergies worse, too.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_la_mysterieuse/]

I've never had a problem with hair dye on the pillows unless my hair's been wet but yeah,it has come off in towels. Though I've never bothered to buy black towels and it's usually washed out of the towels (purple at home and I've got red hair).

Hope you feel better soon & your con goes well!

[ladykorana.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry you're feeling so awful. I really hope you have a wonderful convention experience, regardless of all the physical issues.

(And seriously, is every female friend I have on the same cycle as me, no matter the proximity? It's starting to make me wonder...)