So Jon and I finally got to go to San Jose, CA to the World Fantasy Convention! We left on Thursday morning from Philly and after an eventless flight, arrived around 12:30 West Coast time. The Fairmont was absolutely gorgeous! I mean...top of the line hotel. We had a suite, which was so nice to be able to spread out and have some room for those few days.
Not long after we got there, we registered, poked around for a few minutes, then got a cab and headed over to the Winchester Mystery House, which has been on my "hope to see someday" list since I was a kid! It was a really good tour, two actually. One of the house, in which we got to see 110 of the 160 rooms, then a behind-the-scenes one where we got to see the outbuildings and the basement, things like that. Boy, she was one big wackjob, but also a generous employer and philanthropist, so you can't say anything bad about the woman.
On Friday, Jon had a podcast interview that went really well and Jonathan, the interviewer, was very nice. He took us out to lunch afterward. Jon went to a few seminars while I read and napped in the room. The time difference really wiped me out (it always does), and I never really got to sleep in like I hoped! That night, we went out to dinner with Jon's British publisher, who brought along some very cool and interesting fellow Brits (writers, mostly) and we laughed and ate for a long time.
Saturday, we met our cousins from Anaheim, Don & Sandy, who came up special to see us and their writer pal, Tim Powers, who was also there. We had lunch, and while Jon went to a few seminars and a meeting with his agents, they were nice enough to keep me company in the lounge. It was great getting to see them again and catch up. They are one cool couple! That night, we went out to dinner with Jon's agents and some of the other JABberwocky crew, which was alot of fun! We hung out in the lounge for awhile after that, but headed up to the room at a decent hour so we could get up for our 6:30am flight back home.
After a verrrrrrry long day (nothing like having those 3 hours dumped back on you only days after losing them), we finally got home around 8:30pm. I was very good while we were away and only called hime once a day for a few minutes! Mom gave us the final update and headed home. She was awesome and we were so glad to have her be able to take care of Logan while we were gone. She got some help from Jon's family too, so big thanks to everybody! I don't even think he realized we weren't around, lol!
It was awful nice seeing him on Monday morning...we missed him so much! He was a very good boy though and is walking so well! You wouldn't think 4 days would make such a difference, but he is a pro now! And making more and more sounds...Mom said she thinks he even said "bye-bye" once, although we haven't reproduced it yet.
All in all, it was a great trip. We'll have to do it again sometime, pending Mom's approval, hehe! :)
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