Basically a catch up day with folks I haven’t seen since last year, plus a few I saw last week… LOL

250 different panels and activities, plenty of things to do/see/listen to. As per my usual luck, I needed to clone myself to go to all of the panels I WANTED to see… Sigh

The limit of 750 attendees makes this a more ‘compact’ con, for lack of a better word, and those that do attend are pretty serious. I overheard one conversation about first cons back in the 1970s, and comparing various cons over the years… I cannot imagine what they’ve seen in over 40 years of cons!

The ‘formal kickoff was at 1700 yesterday, and there are 150 professionals attending from a variety of fields, from science, to writing, to art, to costuming, and a few more I’m sure I missed. Plus around 100 volunteers (bless each and every one of them), that are the glue that makes everything work.

And I’m tired… Not enough sleep… Too many conversations, and too many folks I don’t see often enough