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wrecksahlia) wrote2019-02-05 06:18 pm
wrecksahlia) wrote2019-02-05 06:18 pm
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hello, i am Tired
This past month has felt impossibly stressful, but I think I finally have a chance to breathe now, so. I'm gonna give it a shot. Still getting used to it.
Basically: just got back from a work trip that I've been stressing over for literal months; I had to staff a booth for four days, but my roommate/best friend decided she'd join me, which was basically the kindest thing anyone could ever do for me. I've done a couple of these library conferences, but I've never been able to wander around and see what else was out there, and her being there meant I actually got to glimpse what else was going on! We (especially she) also got a bunch of free comics (and a few free books), and this VP of marketing dude gave her his email so she could request more free comics, and she got to attend several signings, so at the very least I felt like I was kind of paying her back a little.
All in all: no disasters, I held a couple small signings that went smoothly, I had more traffic than I anticipated and virtually everyone was super nice, and I made it back all in one piece.
My ability to breathe a couple times will also hopefully allow me to keep this thing more updated, so expect some very obnoxious episode reviews (by which I mean: bullet points of yelling, probably) of some of the superhero shows I'm catching up on soon? And also Critical Role. Always.
tl;dr THE STRESS DIDN'T KILL ME!!!!
ETA: I can't believe I forgot to mention that it was almost a GRAVE DISASTER, because the product I ordered wasn't there when I got there. I know I mentioned in my last journal entry that I had finally gotten my order through to the guy? Nothing. For a couple hours, I was just like, UH???????? Turns out: they just sent it really late, so I got it just before the conference started. So it was all uphill from there!
Basically: just got back from a work trip that I've been stressing over for literal months; I had to staff a booth for four days, but my roommate/best friend decided she'd join me, which was basically the kindest thing anyone could ever do for me. I've done a couple of these library conferences, but I've never been able to wander around and see what else was out there, and her being there meant I actually got to glimpse what else was going on! We (especially she) also got a bunch of free comics (and a few free books), and this VP of marketing dude gave her his email so she could request more free comics, and she got to attend several signings, so at the very least I felt like I was kind of paying her back a little.
All in all: no disasters, I held a couple small signings that went smoothly, I had more traffic than I anticipated and virtually everyone was super nice, and I made it back all in one piece.
My ability to breathe a couple times will also hopefully allow me to keep this thing more updated, so expect some very obnoxious episode reviews (by which I mean: bullet points of yelling, probably) of some of the superhero shows I'm catching up on soon? And also Critical Role. Always.
tl;dr THE STRESS DIDN'T KILL ME!!!!
ETA: I can't believe I forgot to mention that it was almost a GRAVE DISASTER, because the product I ordered wasn't there when I got there. I know I mentioned in my last journal entry that I had finally gotten my order through to the guy? Nothing. For a couple hours, I was just like, UH???????? Turns out: they just sent it really late, so I got it just before the conference started. So it was all uphill from there!