5 Conventions in 9 months? And I survived

When looking at it that way, I wish they were evenly spaced--maybe it wouldn't have been that bad. Eh, it wasn't bad overall, just a busy 9 months. Lots of planning and drive, and more planning, then little sleep, then more planning and driving and set up. Lots of bruises, cuts, scrapes, frayed emotions, but about $3,000 raised for Make*A*Wish and I guess that makes it all worth while.

I normally don't costume for these types of events, and very rarely get in photos; but this last one people kept asking me, so I did. And apparently, I was a goof. Maybe it was because of how tired I was overall and how frustrating it got near the end.

Participated in a panel about the RL. It wasn't as well attended as others have been in the past, but it was nice to have more time for Q&A.

How our section of the booth looked. We took the top off the EZ-up, placed a banner across and raised our long banners to sit on the table. Helped it be seen but also cover the unsightly poles.

Saturdays tend to be the day that we goof off with the pictures before everything starts moving along.

We love our Officers, and when they came by the booth, they agreed to be put in jail. Then our EMT ladies walked by and wanted in with all the fun.

See? Apparently I let a lot of my personality come through this convention. Personality that a lot of people never see, considering the amount of comments I received on it.

J gave Carrie Fisher one of our patches and in turn, she put glitter all over his face.

Again with the fun photos

I WANT ONE! Some friends of ours brought him up and it makes me want one more and more. I want a puppet version of him that I can wear when I'm in Slave Leia, or when I'm sitting at the booth to interact with kids.

Jakob got a picture with one of my favorite voice actors: Jim Cummings. We were able to give him a patch and pin for the voice work he does for Star Wars Rebels.

And like all of our conventions, we raised money for Make*A*Wish. At the end of the convention, we had a rough estimate of $1,420. $80 short of our $1,500 goal. Then I received a message that someone was going to give the remaining $80 so we reached it. I was ecstatic! Then when J and I recounted all the money, we ended up at $1,616. So we had reached our goal and surpassed it!

Although it was a lot of work, thankfully we don't have anything this major until July (Freedom Festival Weekend) and September after that. Time for me to relax and work on other projects.