It's midway through July. I just finished my first week of a new class. Well, finish in a relative way, as I (yet again) have an assignment I will be turning in late. I get very frustrated with myself when I slack on assignments like this, and yet here I sit.

LeakyCon was a blast. There were some things I didn't like, the biggest being that I stayed so far away that I just could NOT get to the convention center as early as I wanted. I also wanted some more Harry Potter related panels, for I feel that the con is veering too far away from the books/movies now. I know it's been two years since the last movie and longer since the book and so it might be harder to stick on topic, but c'mon, I want a Harry Potter con...I can get all the other fandom stuff at other cons!
I also hated how shy I ended up being when it came to the celebs. I mean, Sunday afternoon I ate my lunch RIGHT BEHIND two of the Harry Potter actors! And I couldn't muster up the courage to say hello and gain an autograph from them! Instead I just inwardly freaked out and kept texting my friend who geeked out with me about how close I was.

Next year's con is in Orlando, and I really really want to go but I'm not sure it'll happen. I will hopefully be in a new job then, and who knows what vacation and time off will look like. Crossing my fingers and toes, because they will probably include a tour of the Harry Potter park that I've been so eager to visit!

My friend Leslie is home from the Czech Republic, that's lovely! I've missed having her here in person. AND she got a job close(ish) to home so she won't move away! Yet...but yay!

Mallory is in Maryland right now. There are a few clinical trials out that way and so she felt if she flew to them she might have a better chance of landing on one. The first one ended up saying no, which I selfishly am happy about. There is a week of intense chemo that she would have to go through on that one that could kill her, and I selfishly don't want to say goodbye so soon yet. The next one she is trying for will still require chemo, but less intense, and the government is involved so trips back and forth would be paid for!

I'll never be ready to say goodbye, even though I know I will, but how do you prepare for something like that?

Anyway, life is about the same. I may stop updating here for awhile. I'm quite a boring person. Ciao.