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[  Mood: Sleepy ]
One of the things I have learned about parenthood is that no matter how well you plan, no matter how early you leave, you are going to arrive late.

And so our travelling saga began. We arrived at the hotel about 4 pm. That is three hours later than normal for us. Of course we left about an hour later than expected, so it is only a two hour delay to lay on the geeklet.

Check-in was painless as there wasn’t a big line-up. It might be a sign of the economy, but the con has not sold out and is selling weekend registrations at the door. That might also be true of the people staying at the hotel. We got our room (two queen size beds – non-smoking in the fabulous Hilton Double Tree, settled in and ate the complementary cookies.

For those of you that have never heard of Polaris, it is Canada’s premier sci-fi/fantasy/horror con. Sure there are others that are bigger, but this one is fan run and not for profit. Prices are resonable and the con actually cares what you think. Are you listening Creation?

I did not make it to any panels tonight as I was on Geeklet watch while Husband Unit and the Artisan went to get groceries and dinner. Another thing I have learned about parenthood is that a baby requires three times as much stuff as two adults. Leaving no room in the car for groceries. Even when you borrow your mother’s SUV.

I did however make it to the Dealer’s Room. A smaller Dealer’s Room than last year given the size of the aisles. There was a remote controlled golden Dalek for sale again. They also have a Clasic Dalek.

I picked up pictures for Jason Dohring, Terry Farrell and Rachel Luttrel as they will not have photos to sell. It is a sign of the power of a baby when the big, burly dealer looks at your child as says in a squeeky voice "Hello, little toes!" I also realized I did not bring books for Jim Butcher and Tanya Huff to sign so I will be shelling out more money for that.

The Artisan made it to a presentation of Larry Stewart Live. Larry Stewart is the MC of the con and one of its perrenial attractions. He usualy runs slide-rule workshops and his Harry Potter readings are packed full. I will always remember his reading of the first few pages of the Half-Blood Prince. When he go the part about the increase in fog and the dementors breeding, the link he made had us all rolling in the aisles. The Artisan informed me that Larry was hillarious.

Husband Unit made it to the Art Show. Our friend, Heather Bruton, is back this year. Chad Porter, another artist, is engaged and has used his art to poke fun at himself.

Some of you may remember that my Maternal Unit was supposed to join us. She had to cancel at the last minute due to some work related issues. This means that the Artisan, Husband Unit and I are coming up with a Geeklet supervision schedule. This will also cut back on what we see. It also doesn’t help that they are scheduling so many of the panels I want after 9 pm. I am the mother of a newborn. The only time I am up that late is when there is a child attached to my boob.

Still we plan to have a good time and enjoy ourselves here at Polaris. Tomorrow – actors, autographs, authors and Geeklet.