ad astra, day 2

Jodi's in the shower and we're leaving to grab some breakfast soon, so only a short Blather this morning. Fun panel last night, two more today.

Saw Amanda at the Kelp Queen Press table in the dealer's room; she gave me a late Christmas present...a Gandalf goblet from Burger King! :-D It glows red when you turn on the switch.

Jodi and I got here first yesterday, picked up our badges at registration, chatted with Tim Jennings. Allison and John arrived shortly after and registered as well...Allison and I were mightily jealous when John found a small Lord of the Rings poster in his registration bag (the one with the Fellowship at the top) when we had none in ours. He refused to be tricked out of it, so we decided to practice our music instead.

Shortly after, John came back to the room with two extra posters in hand, yay! I was so pleased that I think I might have, um, overwhelmed him with my enthusiasm when he pulled them out. Allison and I each got one, and I'm hoping to beg Rand out of his when he arrives today so I can give it to Sara and Annie. (Notice how I didn't mention anything about giving up mine =:-O...I'm such a bad aunt!)



The highlight of the filk last night for me was when Heather Borean sang her "Waiting For Waiting For Frodo" song. (!) Apparently Allison knew about this project all along but kept it a secret. VERY cute song; I'm hoping Heather will let me post the lyrics online after Ad Astra (or that she'll post them in Blatherchat).

My cold's a lot better, yay! Probably due to the fact that I opted to crash relatively early last night instead of staying up to the wee hours as usual. I got over eight hours sleep, probably more than I usually get during an entire convention. Last night after I changed into my pajamas, Jodi was highly amused because I actually did have pajamas just like the ones in the illustration on my current Blatherings layout. :-)

Anyway, looking forward to the rest of the weekend...



Blatherpics

	Allison and Jodi practising "Starsoul" in the hotel room before the panel.
	Ad Astra registration table.
	Waiting in the hallway with Dave and Judith Hayman before the panel.