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Duckcon was wonderful this weekend. I love attending cons. I particularly love attending cons with Andrea. I suspect that, once we have more time to be together and can stop cramming every possible moment of kissing, cuddling, talking, and getting lost in each other into the short times we have together, we might even start getting to some of the programming. We did make the Chocolate Ritual. It was kind of mandatory though, since my dear one is one of the celebrants. I even have several pictures of the ritual, including ones of both kittylad and myself recieving the sacred substance. Once I get that one, and the one of my love and I together, I'll stick them on my server somewhere so everyone can see how cute she looks in her black feathered wings and kitty ears. Mrrrr!

The whole experience was a pleasant, relaxing one. I got to see several people. Some I knew already, some I only knew from LJ, and some who were new to me. I saw kittylad, datahawk, foreignlegion and saagaadaa, and briefly saw linnaeusand wyldekyttin, who I'd met only briefly at Congenial as well as moryssa who I only knew from LJ and enjoyed having a chance to meet. I met tincrash who draws such kyoot raccoons, and briefly saw, though didn't meet, rustitobuck, who probably only caught my attention due to the fact that he has really nifty hair. *smile* I also got to know a few of my beloved's friends a little better. Sarah, Topher, and Lisa (oh! and the person I couldn't remember was Brad!) are such special people and I am so very glad that she has such good, supportive people to turn to when she needs them. Lisa even offered me a little support late Sunday afternoon as the con was winding down. We had all been talking about the Andrea's situation and everything she's dealing with and I had just seen her off and walked back to the smoking lounge with the intention of telling the four of them how grateful I am for the support they offer her. I got a single sentence out to Lisa and promptly found myself bursting into tears. She just hugged me and talked to me a bit, and it helped. And she gave me her number, and along with it an offer of a ready ear to listen if I should need to talk. Thank you Lisa, that means a lot to me. Andrea's friends are so great... *contented sigh* I'm happy to know them. As I got myself under control and lifted my head from Lisa's shoulder to look up, I found kittylad standing there. I just smiled slightly sheepishly and said "Oh, hi." *giggle* I'm happy to know you too, Ian. You're a good guy.

Some other stuff happened, I imagine. We went to the dealer's room, we saw my dad and his good friend Bob who were at the con, I finally got to introduce Andrea to saagaadaa... Maybe some other time I'd go into nauseating detail, but for now I need to get to bed.now. I have a long day and week ahead of me at work. Good night all, and thanks to everone who made Duckcon such a nice experience. Fen are wonderful people, and I'm grateful to all the attendees just for being who they are, but I am very grateful to the people behind the scenes who do all the work of organizing and setting up and whatever else needs doing. They deserve a lot of credit and goodwill. I love all of you fen! You make conventions a very special 'home' place for Andrea and myself and so many others, just by being who you are.