So, there was indeed life after FRAC, which I sadly have failed to document (and I’m sure everyone is on the edge of their seats, oh yes).
After breakfast last Sunday (10/9), Takaza and I decided to opt out of any planned entertainment and head on home. We crashed hard when we got there; I napped for about an hour, and Dan slept for a good four hours. We had a small dinner after that then went to bed early.
Last week wasn’t too exciting. The big deal for me is that I started the Midwest FurFest Registration Buying Season, in which I spend thousands of dollars of other people’s money, yay! I placed the first few orders and visited with one of my vendors on Thursday after work. That visit was conveniently-timed, since I was able to go from there (in Wauconda) down to Schaumburg. I stopped by Ikea to pick up some nice (and cheap!) wine glasses, then it was over to Fuddruckers for the LAFF Western Suburbs Dinner. I admit I was a bit anti-social and mainly chatted with folks out in the parking lot, primarily because I couldn’t deal with the soccer team of 6-8 year old girls who were sharing the dining room with us. I had a good time, though.
We relaxed around the house on Saturday and I got some MFF-related work done. Then siriuswolfstar came over and I made a hyooge pot of chicken and dumplings. mirkowuff joined us later in the evening and Dan commemorated the moment by making a batch of yummy Good Eats chewy chocolate chip cookies.
On Sunday, it was it was the MFF staff meeting. Typically, the meeting was over in an hour, and the after-meeting chat lasted twice that. It was a very useful meeting, and we got a lot hashed out. I’m still working on a good location for Registration on Thursday night of the convention – we’ll see what layouts I can come up with. Afterwards we migrated over to Portillo’s for dinner, then went home and vegged out for the rest of the night, eventually going to bed by 9 PM because we’re old and boring that way 🙂
As for this week, it’s more ordering and more preparation for MFF. We’re now inside of a month, and I’m really trying to keep my stress level lower this year. Dan, bless his heart, puts up with me, but it’s not fair for him or linnaeus to have to deal with my crabby self for the next few weeks. We’ll see how successful I’ll be…