HULLO BOYS AND GIRLS!!!!! *waves*

A very belated update here.  I can't believe I've been basically gone from LJ for TWO FULL WEEKS.  *horrified gasp*  Between helping my mum clear out her entire house and then Norwescon and then being UTTERLY SICK, I haven't had the energy to do more than stare blearily at the screen and try to soak in what I've missed.

BUT I AM BAAAAAACK!!!!  :D

As usual, norwescon was AMAZING, especially since we had so many fangirls this year!  Every year we get more and more, so don't be shy about signing up for next year.  (It's March 28 - 31, 2013 *cough*)  I spent many hours glomping my beloved cleo_jay, who was brave enough to stay with me for several days.  The boychild spent many hours tormenting her, thereby cementing her acceptance into our crazed unit. I would have liked to spend more time with my girls, but apparently they all had an amazing time hanging out together while I was busy running all over the building.  At least I got to see them at the H/D meetup, which was attended by oldenuf2nb, deerang2002, cinnatart, byaghro, girljim,jtsbbsps_dk and our lovely new friend skifazoa.  Unfortunately, bewarethesmirk was sick and couldn't make it.  *sadface*  girljim made butterbeer, which was SO SO SO GOOOOOOD.  I could drink that daily.  (Basically Cream Soda and Butterscotch Schnapps topped with fresh whipped cream.  NOM!)  There were also brief appearances later by winnett and itsjustgwen, although I missed Gwen and only got to snuggle winnett for a moment.

I HOPE TO SEE ALL OF YOU BACK NEXT YEAR, OKAY?  AND MORE OF YOU, TOO!!!!  (That sounds kind of pervy now that I think about it.)  *snickers*

Side note:  Muggle Quidditch is AMAZING.  Utterly amazing.  Despite everyone's con-exhaustion on Sunday, the game was continuously filled with players and kept going strong for FOUR HOURS.  We will definitely be bringing that back in the future.  I would have played myself if I'd been more functional.

Next up, LUBRICUS!!!  I can hardly wait to attend a con where I can actually partake of the programming instead of running around trying to pull off said programming and putting out fires.  I know several of you are going, including some of you I haven't yet met!  *excited* 

ALSO, for you local peeps, itsjustgwen inherited this site and since we tend to meet monthly or bi-monthly I thought it might be nice to utilize an actual meeting tracker thingy (rather than sending 30 emails asking, "Friday, right?  11:00 or 11:30? like we usually do.  Please do be clicking here and signing up.  Woohoo!  Seattle Harry Potter Meetup Group.  Also, when you sign up, be sure to read the "Profile Questions".  They are quite funny and tell you how long since the page has been used.  XD  Don't think you have to be in Seattle to join.  Even if you pop into town for a visit you can check the page and see if we're getting together sometime.  (We usually meet for lunch, but it would be fab to do more things.)

Now back to my regularly scheduled coughing fit.

(BTW - YOUR SMOOCHFEST SUBMISSIONS ARE DUE IN JUST OVER TWO WEEKS!!!!!  ISN'T THAT EXCITING?)