So I went to FWA 2008. My first con since I dropped what little presence I had in the fandom in 2005. I wanted to do a few things at the con, but the idea wasn't to do the con, but to relax, hang out and just chill. It was a vacation I was looking forward to.

Fast forward through the weekend to tonight when I finally made it back home and all I can say is 'This was the worst vacation I have ever had!"

It started with the ride up to Atlanta in the furry caravan. The drive itself was alot of fun, always is as I love to drive. But the absolute shit conditions of I 75 between Ocala and Lake City left our cars sand blasted and me with about a dozen chips in my windshield; of my just days over a year old Yaris. I was pissed!

But it gets better. While I did have fun Thursday, the first night, I awoke on Friday morning with the worst pain I have ever felt in my left ankle and a severely swollen foot. I couldn't walk on it, and I could barely hobble around the hotel room. So I spent the vast majority of the con in intense pain in the hotel room, missing everything but the fursuit parade.

Sometime during the con, someone backed into my car and left a huge dent in the bumper and scratched the paint all to hell. They left no note, there was no surveillance of the lot and nothing the hotel or the con could do. Oh yes thank you whoever you are. I hope you die slowly of ass cancer, so that way while your suffering in pain, you'll never have to chance to get laid again. Serves ya right I say. You could have left a fucking note! It would have been the polite thing to do, never mind that it was required by law...

So with all that shit going on, Its finally leaving day and I get wheel-chaired out to my car (hence how I found out about the damage in the first place) and get on the road. I'm stiff and sore and in a lot of pain, but I'm on my way home dammit! But instead I get pulled over for speeding after the cop picks out of a line of cars n the caravan (because I was the last car of the group, dontcha know?) and get a $202.50 that probably will be $405.00 due to the construction zone we were in.

Fuck!!

Im alittle too pissed and way too tired to go into more detail, but I do want to thank the guys in the caravan for the commiseration and aide they gave me on the ride back. Its was generally decided I think that I must have been cursed.

I know I got a strong vibe that I should never, ever do this shit again, but the could just be anger coloring the experience....

Fuck!!

Haven't posted in a while, so I guess I will post something as filler for now.

Still on track for FWA, the time off has been approved, and I am looking forward to the break from the monotony. I'm really not going for the 'con' per se, even though I originally planned it as my reentry into the fandom. I had planned to have my down payment into Latin by now for my suit, but that just didn't happen; money was a tad tight all last year with the car and all.

Instead I'm still here wondering if the furry fandom is my safe haven or not. Still seems like all the mundane BS I put with in life is ever present in the fandom, and some bits of it are actually worse. But then again, I feel like I should give it more off a try; give them a better chance than I have so far. Maybe, I just don't know.

Anyways, I'm looking forward to the break from work and home. Doing something I don't often do; Travel and relax. Really looking forward to the relaxing part :)

As for life, looks like my bank really likes me since they upped my credit limit. My credit record is looking good, and I am on track for buying a house soonish, I think. Not so sure where Anthony sits with it. I think the prospect of 30 or more years of debt scares him. I know it scares me shit-less.

We'll just have to see where the endless days take us.

So I havent posted or replied to anyone in a long, long, long time, and I am sorry for that. The reason is I am on a new shift at work, 12pm to 9pm and after so much time working overnights, I am just not adapting to to change. I'm dead tired all the time, and with the recent wey chill from the weather, I am sick to boot!

But things aren't all bad. The change in shift is due to a promotion (really a lateral move) to a specialty team dealing strictly with Digital Phone issues. Things like porting problems, feature sets, and no dial tones. Its very reminiscent of AT&T. The structure for this team is going to allow me to gain my MCP in XP and Vista (when thats available) as well as my Net+ and A+ certs.

Plus if I (or anyone on the team, for that matter) do a good job on maintaining attendance and Quality scores on our calls, we are eligible for an 8% raise every six months. Each raise is a promotion to a higher level of tech. I. E. DP SME I, II, and III

Also I have applied for a lead spot, which is basically an assistant supervisor, and for a Technical Writer position in the company. Leads are 2 levels in pay above me as I stand right now, and the Writer job is salaried, but I'm not sure of the pay rate for it.

In other news, I am getting my original xbox modded for its media streaming abilities, and also to allow me to rip games to a new 320gb hard drive in the console. Should be just what I need to get all my movie and TV content streamed from the upstairs computers to the new 62" HD DLP antimon bought!

To my friend friend littlenightmare thank you soooo much for the sweeet! LJ icon. I luffs it *pounces and hugs you*

Well thats about all for now. Just really waking up mentally (physically I've been up for 3 hours) and I have some things needing doing :)

Tired.

Too much work, not enough sleep.

Too much family stuffs after work, and not enough sleep.

I feel like I could sleep for a week, but I wont be able to. My bed is now painful enough on my back to limit sleep to 4-5 hours a night (day, whatever.)

*Sighs tiredly* I need a new bed