I know some of these people some of the time some.

I went to the doctor today! Well, yesterday, by the time I'm getting around to posting this. It was my regular yearly checkup, only my usual doc had no availability, so I nabbed an appointment with another doctor in the practice. Neither she nor I actually paid particular attention to the name on the computer screen, which meant it was a charming surprise when she walked into the room, we looked at each other, and we mutually went "......oh!" as we recognized someone who lives in the other half of our duplex.

(She kindly offered to not do the appointment if that would make me feel more comfortable, but honestly, I am very lucky in that I trust most doctors to be competent and trustworthy, and also knowing that my doc is queer is a Good Thing in terms of stuff like talking frankly about various queernesses of my own.)

( rambling details, CW medical stuff, short version is that everything is fine and I'm doing quite well bodywise )

So it was a good appointment overall and now I don't have to go to the doctor again until July. Huzzah!

~Sor
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I left off Satureve, I think? lots of very late dancing, which felt very good???

So Sunday continued my pattern of very leisurely late wakeup time (Arisia is one of the only times of year I just straight up guilt-free get to run my sleep schedule the way I actually want to). I got my stuff transferred from the one room to the other, and then had just enough time to hit up the art show before my goat check shift. But first.......Mount Arisia!

On Saturday, mindways decided to try a speed run (apparently aided by wearing his very speedy pants) during the climb time, and managed to get the thirteen floors in a truly staggering time. I know that I'm not necessarily in nearly as good shape as him, was not wearing speedy pants (in fact, at that point I was wearing a lovely-but-heavy suede skirt), and critically, am quite a bit shorter. I didn't run it. I just decided "okay, if I was going to walk up these stairs like I meant it, what would I score?"

I was not quite a minute slower, but I am _very happy_ with my 2:15 ascension. A bit over ten seconds per floor when *not* running? Yeah, I'll definitely take that, and if we're in the same hotel in 2028, I think I'll have to at least try and beat that. I don't know if I have the stamina to full run up the whole thing, but gosh, wouldn't it be fun to try?

Having not made it up to the art show earlier, I had the vague disappointment of seeing several pieces I would consider buying, if they hadn't already sold. I think that's perfect in some ways, because it meant I got to admire them, and feel happy the artist is being paid, but not have to spend the money myself. It also meant I had a little more buffer to buy needless pretties in the dealer's hall instead, which I'm honestly quite happy about. (shockingly, I did resist the EXTREMELY LARGE d20s. Like, a size for putting on the desk and pondering. And _gorgeous_ too, too often the big ones are just kinda chintzy.)

Goat check was nice, then off to check my texts and send massive congratudolances to Tuesday upon hearing that The Providence Bureau of Invest-Egg-Ations, after placing second the last two years, has won the 2026 Mystery Hunt! Am I gonna get to see this particular sweetie ever in the upcoming year? Probably not, but I'm real happy for them regardless!

I wandered a bit and dealers halled a bit and eventually wound up eating food and hanging out with mom in their room until it was time for us to head to the masquerade. Mom always works as the backstage pirate, and I often work with them. It was...fine. Mom was lovely and the costumers were lovely and Antonia is an absolute bangup MC, and I don't think the audience could tell any of the particularly rough spots (except of course that the judges took forever, because they always do.)

Post Masque I did some lobbyconning. jere7my and I went and got Toast, and then eventually Tuesday showed up and they and I went to get more Toast. I am very pleased that by my last round of the evening, they had more cookie butter, so I could get my favourite combination.

Tues and I wandered a bit, including playing Lost Cities in person, where I did about as badly as I have ever played --I scored a total of one point. Just _brutally_ unlucky with the cards! Tuesday had like, 150 points to make up for it.

Off to bed went we, and that was that.

Monday morn was going to start lazy, but when I checked my phone, I saw a somewhat urgent message from LB saying that they'll were feeling sick and could I put a sign on their table until they could figure out how to get their supplies back. I sailed downstairs to the dealers hall and blatantly ignored the "this space is not open for another forty minutes" sign entirely. I can't summon the authority of I Am Supposed To Be Here everywhere, but I _definitely_ can at sci-fi cons. Do you _know_ who I _am_? I'm the child of Greykell and Richard, this place is in my blood!

I gathered LB's things for them, and was very pleased to see their box exactly fit in my (really, Rey's) rolly crate. So that was trivial to bring home, and I'll swing it by their place later this week. It is good to be able to help my friends and community!

Tuesday and I ate breakfast and got ready for our respective tasks --I had one last goat check shift, which was incredibly slow --apparently the snow scared people out of coming for just Monday?-- and she was off to the wrapup for hunt. I helped clean up and that was that, everything else about the con was lazing about deliciously.

More photos to come later. I hope you are having a good time of things. I hope tomorrow works out well for the all of us.

~Sor
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I'm at Arisia, yay!

My brain has been kindof a mess lately, and I subsequently overpacked (which is fine, it means I have lots of nice clothing options) and then spent the entire trip to the con cussing because my bag situation was annoying (it being entirely my own making didn't make it less annoying).

But! I am at the con, and after a brief initial interlude in the room getting prettified, I was able to pretty well relax into it. It helps that I started with a completely stunning outfit that bewitched the youth! (Seriously, I looked great and got a lot of nice comments from everyone, but there were a distinctly higher-than-normal number of teenagers looking at me with stars in their eyes, which felt good. I like being proof that you can be weird and wild and everything you were dreaming of when you were young.

(I know because I would've looked at myself with stars in my eyes, and that's a good thing to remind myself of sometimes).

I wore the outfit to the Bridgerton Ball, which had rather more dancing than last year (which is to say, any). Antonia was calling, and among other people, Clara was playing. It was a pretty nice time! Speaking of teenagers with stars in their eyes, I danced with two separate people who I'd guess to be in their early to mid twenties, both of who seemed super excited and happy to dance with me. Felt good!

After, I did a bit of lobbyconning --I apparently haven't quite figured out what my angle on how to have charming semi-small talk with people I haven't seen in ages-- I ate some snax and had a bit of room quiet time. I've arranged with mom to volunteer some for Goat Check, which I'm actually looking forward to --I won't actually do any grading, but I like the idea of pretending to.

I hope you have nice plans for your weekend. I'll try to keep updated with pictures and things. Under the cut are a few for tonight!

( honestly it's mostly just photos of me looking cute )

Goodnight!

~Sor
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