Oh man, am I exhausted. It was an extremely full weekend. takaza was hosting the Furry Convention Leadership Roundtable, and I was helping. We had folks come in from all over the country, representing Anthrocon, Furry Connection North, Rainfurrest, IndyFurCon, the Dorsai Irregulars, and of course Midwest FurFest. We spent a solid 11 hours on Saturday talking over a host of different topics, talking about what worked, what didn’t, and how things can be improved. We finished off the day with a rousing discussion of Convention Horror Stories, which was a real hoot. (Note: If you weren’t invited, don’t be upset. To prevent the discussion from being too biased toward any one organization, there was a limit of three representatives, plus S.O.’s, per convention.)

The event was held at the Hampton Inn and Suites in Lincolnshire, IL, and it turned out to be the perfect hotel. Nice, big rooms, affordable rates, and just the right amount of function space. Next time I hope we’ll actually be able to check out the hot tub and pool. Since it’s in the middle of a ton of dining options, that makes it even more attractive. Finally, the staff was extremely accommodating and helpful.

After we had unpacked the car and picked up Buddy from Dan’s mom’s place, Dan pretty much went right to bed at about 6 PM. I stayed up until 10, but clearly I should have gone to bed earlier. I’ll be dragging for the rest of the day, and I may need to take a nap when I get home from work. Ugh.