This morning I turned my calendar over to March and realized that I have arrived in the first month of this year which contains two conventions. The first is a fairly normal event. I help Howard get ready, then he goes. The second is quite different. The second is Ad Astra and I get to go too. I’m excited to go. I’m going to have fun. I am also realizing that there are piles of things I need to do to prepare for leaving the kids behind. My parents are going to come stay with the kids. I want it to be a good experience for everyone, so I’m going to lighten the burden as much as possible. I’ll pre-plan meals and prep them so that preparation is simple. I’ll create a schedule book that my parents can reference. I’ll collect a pile of activities and crafts to smooth over those inevitable sad or bored moments. My brain has begun to run on the things that could go wrong and possible preventions or solutions. This is all normal, but I need to not work myself into a state of stress over it. The truth is that all the preparation is for my own comfort. My parents are fully competent and the kids would survive just fine. Mostly I’m thinking about all of this today because I have the time. Tomorrow I’ll be back working on business stuff and my brain will be too occupied to fret.
This coming week is a shipping week. On Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday I’ll be organizing the invoices and printing labels to simplify the packaging process. Thursday and Friday will be the actual packing and mailing. We’ve got about 400 packages to do. And of course there is the ever-looming layout work for Teraport Wars. Not to mention the correction work on Hold Horses. It is going to be a busy week.
Oh yay! i’m so excited that you are coming to Toronto as well 🙂 If you have copies of your book already, i have a nephew and 2 other youngsters i would love to buy your book for.
See you at the end of the month!!
Unfortunately my book won’t be back from the printer in time for Ad Astra, but I’ll bring a print out that I can show to you.
I’m really excited. I’ve never been to Canada before. Also Ad Astra sounds like an amazingly cool convention.
Ad Astra was the first sci-fi con I ever went to. I really like it, and it’s a shame I can’t go anymore (what with being on the other side of the country).
Tell Chani hi for me! 😀
That’s awesome – thank you 🙂
The hotel you are staying at is pretty nice and you aren’t too far from downtown. Depending on how much time you have here, i can let you know of the cool and interesting places to go and see. Toronto is the most diverse city in the country so there is practically every single kind of food in the world here, made by native to that country people.
i’m looking forward to meeting both you and Howard! 🙂