What a wonderful trip report!! Man, I'm jealous I didn't go out to my club/bar type things--I'm not usually a club/bar type but I'm going to make an effort to go to at least one at the next con because it sounds so fun when you're with a bunch of slashy friends! Also, I laughed a lot while reading because you are so funny--the baby Jesus? Suckling?! *guffaws* The font really WAS quite small eh? That's actually why I keep a Sharpie in my bag at all times--because at one of the cons (Lumos?) I felt the need to bump up the size of the text and now I've discovered it's actually not a bad thing to have on hand...

I'm glad to hear about your son recovering and the tree situation being--well, not great but not as bad as it might've been. Also I'd love to hang out more next time, especially if you're not as much into attending every panel! I always want to spend more time with people but don't want to impose if they are interested in going to more programming things, because while I love the cons and manage to make it to one or two talks I always leave wishing I had got to know people better! ♥