Adventures in Travel
May. 16th, 2019 07:05 pmThis weekend past was RainbowCon 3, hosted by ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
mdlbear, technoshaman, and pocketnaomi on Whidbey Island, near Seattle. I have never gone to a con that wasn't in driving range before, but this was one of my better ideas. It's a tiny filk con. This was good, because everyone got to talk to each other, and the circles were small enough that everyone could sing if they wanted. Good people, good conversation, good music, good food - what's not to like?
As a bonus, my brother-from-other-parents, originally from Cleveland and then Louisville, now lives in Seattle with his wife. That clinched the decision. I stayed with them, driving back and forth each day. That made the ferry the limiting factor and greatest delay, but it wasn't that big a deal. And I hadn't seem them since our son's bar mitzvah 8 years ago, which is much too long!
Best of all, I got to meet and talk toalatefeline and dialecticdreamer in hug space!!!! Both of them are wonderful people.
I stayed an extra day to spend time with family, which we spent talking, wandering around the botanical gardens and admiring the amazing rhododendrons and azaleas (not to mention ferns with fiddleheads I could look in the eye - at 5'6"), and then going out for dinner with friends of theirs.
So I got to be musical, which I can't do much at home because it sets off my son's sensory sensitivities. I got to rest as much as I felt like. I wasn't responsible for anyone but myself, which is also a very rare occurrence; at home I'm the pivot the household turns around. And I've come home with my mental balance back, at least for the moment. I had to hit the ground running, of course - medical appointments of varying kinds for various people, shopping that hadn't been done, laundry and the like. But it's okay; I'm ready to do it again. And I'm grateful.
mdlbear, technoshaman, and pocketnaomi on Whidbey Island, near Seattle. I have never gone to a con that wasn't in driving range before, but this was one of my better ideas. It's a tiny filk con. This was good, because everyone got to talk to each other, and the circles were small enough that everyone could sing if they wanted. Good people, good conversation, good music, good food - what's not to like?As a bonus, my brother-from-other-parents, originally from Cleveland and then Louisville, now lives in Seattle with his wife. That clinched the decision. I stayed with them, driving back and forth each day. That made the ferry the limiting factor and greatest delay, but it wasn't that big a deal. And I hadn't seem them since our son's bar mitzvah 8 years ago, which is much too long!
Best of all, I got to meet and talk to
alatefeline and dialecticdreamer in hug space!!!! Both of them are wonderful people. I stayed an extra day to spend time with family, which we spent talking, wandering around the botanical gardens and admiring the amazing rhododendrons and azaleas (not to mention ferns with fiddleheads I could look in the eye - at 5'6"), and then going out for dinner with friends of theirs.
So I got to be musical, which I can't do much at home because it sets off my son's sensory sensitivities. I got to rest as much as I felt like. I wasn't responsible for anyone but myself, which is also a very rare occurrence; at home I'm the pivot the household turns around. And I've come home with my mental balance back, at least for the moment. I had to hit the ground running, of course - medical appointments of varying kinds for various people, shopping that hadn't been done, laundry and the like. But it's okay; I'm ready to do it again. And I'm grateful.
