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Now Is Not The Time To Be Sick

Still fighting this summer cold. The good news is, all indications are that no infection is present so it’s just your garden-variety Upper Respiratory Ick; hopefully it’ll pass within the next day or so.

Saturday was a crazy day. We met up with datahawk then met justincheetah at the MFF storage locker and unearthed the cable protectors and power distribution panel he needed for Anthrocon. A very pleasant lunch at Chipotle followed (mmm, burritos). We don’t get to see enough of that kitty, something we’ll need to work on after Anthrocon. From there we headed into Chicago to drop off a few things with linnaeus which he will be graciously ferrying to Anthrocon for us. Then we fought our way through downtown traffic to Merrillville, Indiana where we saw Weird Al Yankovic in concert. It was a fun show (and eventually I’ll download the pictures off my cell phone, including a close-up of Al crooning to Data :-), though I admit that it hit my pet peeve of concerts, where the show sounds exactly like the songs on the albums. Sure, something is added in the performance (and Al is nothing if not expressive!). That was a minor complaint, though; overall the concert was a blast. The drive home was long, and we didn’t get to bed until 2 AM.

Sunday morning I woke up at 6 AM, of course, and couldn’t get back to sleep. Bless his heart, takaza put up with my barely-functioning, grumpy self. A midday nap helped a good bit, but the migration of the sinus stuffiness to my chest with some mild coughing didn’t help much. We did accomplish a good bit of the laundry and packing the we needed to do, though in the course we figured out that Dan needs a new dress shirt and I need a new pair of khaki pants. We closed out the evening with some Flip This House and Dirty Jobs, then stumbled off to bed.

And here we are today. I’m feeling a good bit better. My sinuses still hate me, but at least the headache I woke up has receded. I’ve got the cough-syrup-with-codeine in my bag if I need it, but hopefully I won’t. I’m off to Gurnee Mills after work to pick up the pants I need, then we’ll put the finishing touches on the packing tonight. I’ll be taking off from work tomorrow at 2:30 PM, then parking at the Grayslake train station and catching the train down to O’Hare, where I’ll meet up with Dan. Our flight out is at 7:05 PM. I’ve hit the long downhill slide before the con where I just want it to start – months of planning has gone into this, so now it’s time to see how well those plans work.

Get into Anthrocon for free!*

* – There’s a small catch, of course. There’s always a catch.

Hi everyone! Remember me? Your old pal Uncle Duncan? (Hi, Uncle Duncan!)

Yes, it’s that time of year once again, the time where I look at Anthrocon rapidly approaching, look at the number of people I have available to work Artists Alley/Con Store, and completely freak out. Yay!

So, what’s involved? Mostly, it’s running a cash register and sorting little slips of paper. We also need help with artist payout at the end of the day (I usually need about ten people for this each day) and

[info]takaza

can also use help in the cash handling room. Scheduled hours will never be earlier than 9:30 AM and never later than 6:30 PM.

What’s in it for you? Well, you’ll have a schedule in hand before the convention even starts so you know where you need to be when. As always, I’m willing to tailor your schedule around other stuff you want to do at the convention; that’s why you’re there, after all, and that comes first. Then there’s that whole “free admission” thing: Anthrocon requires at least fifteen hours (or more) of volunteer time for a complimentary admission. If you can only put in ten hours, that’s cool – you’ll at least get a free T-shirt out of the deal. And if you can only spare a couple of hours, that’s OK too – you’ll get a hug from me (if desired 🙂 and my undying gratitude (or baked goods after the convention, if local. We’ll talk).

Interested? Then please comment here or drop me a line at duncan AT wolfhusky DOT org  ASAP and I’ll add you to the list. Thanks!

NOTE: Even if you’ve already told me you’d be helping out, I’d appreciate it if you responded here. Anything to help jog my sieve-like memory 🙂