Squee from DC
Oct. 16th, 2011 02:16 pmI'd intended to update a couple of times by now, but things have been even busier than usual here this year. Of course, that could be because we have more people than usual here this year. The house has been positively filled with fangirlish squee!
To do the obligatory name drop, at our peak we had![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
venturous (our fabulous host), someoldcat, craveslash, ducky, elmyraemilie, kelly_chambliss, ragdoll, songquake, tjs_whatnot, thistlerose, twilightsorcery, and Ven's friend and honorary fangirl for the weekend, Carol (plus dogs Ari, Lily, Seneca, and Bailey and our lone kitty, Cyprus).
Now to back up with a slightly longer (although I'm shooting for tl:dr-free) report:
Like last year,ragdoll and I drove down with Ari the Italian Hound of Love. Ari was a very good passenger, for which I was particularly grateful when we got stuck (for two hours!) in horrible triffic that was backed up along I-95 due to a nasty-looking wreck. Needless to say (and why do people make that remark and then say things anyway?), we arrived at Ven's place later than we intended. But, hey, so did pretty much everyone else this time. (Holy Unpredictable Manor indeed!)
Our Friday people all gradually wandered in (except one who ended up not being able to make it, boo), and we kicked off the weekend with generalized squee, jokes and references that only geeks get and a fantastic dinner. I.e. the fundamentals of the annual DC Retreat.
Saturday!twilightsorcery and songquake got up early to take off for Occupy DC, and venturous, tjs_whatnot, someoldcat, kelly_chambliss, ducky, and I took the doggy troop to the river for a romp. It was lovely out there, and the dogs were Such!Happy!Dogs! Yay!
By the time we got back, the Saturday fen had arrived. The rest of the day/evening involved me failing at taking a nap thanks to a needy Ari, another awesome dinner, and a nice bonfire (although it was way too cold for winter-hating me!). After all that, I ended up staying awake until 3:00 am talking withsomeoldcat. (Snack fans go at it all night? ::snerk::)
At some point very early this morning, the first few lines of one of my holiday fest fics came to me, so huge yay for that. Whew.
Today has been lazy. I think most of us are still sitting around in our pajamas, actually. A few have already started to trickle away (whaa!).ragdoll and I will have to leave at some point this evening since I have to teach tomorrow.
Gah, I can't believe another Fall Retreat is already almost over! Every time I'm here, I never want to leave. But it's been amazing as usual -- perhaps even more so due to the especially large group (squee increases exponentially with each added fan, you know), I've had a great time hanging out with friends who I see far too seldom, and I've met a lot of awesome new folks. And Ari's had a blast. So all goals and expectations for the weekend achieved. :)
DC Retreat attendees (especially our warm and welcoming hostventurous), you all are epic, epic WIN. See you all again next year (and many of you much sooner, I hope)?? ♥
To do the obligatory name drop, at our peak we had
venturous (our fabulous host), someoldcat, craveslash, ducky, elmyraemilie, kelly_chambliss, ragdoll, songquake, tjs_whatnot, thistlerose, twilightsorcery, and Ven's friend and honorary fangirl for the weekend, Carol (plus dogs Ari, Lily, Seneca, and Bailey and our lone kitty, Cyprus).Now to back up with a slightly longer (although I'm shooting for tl:dr-free) report:
Like last year,
ragdoll and I drove down with Ari the Italian Hound of Love. Ari was a very good passenger, for which I was particularly grateful when we got stuck (for two hours!) in horrible triffic that was backed up along I-95 due to a nasty-looking wreck. Needless to say (and why do people make that remark and then say things anyway?), we arrived at Ven's place later than we intended. But, hey, so did pretty much everyone else this time. (Holy Unpredictable Manor indeed!)Our Friday people all gradually wandered in (except one who ended up not being able to make it, boo), and we kicked off the weekend with generalized squee, jokes and references that only geeks get and a fantastic dinner. I.e. the fundamentals of the annual DC Retreat.
Saturday!
twilightsorcery and songquake got up early to take off for Occupy DC, and venturous, tjs_whatnot, someoldcat, kelly_chambliss, ducky, and I took the doggy troop to the river for a romp. It was lovely out there, and the dogs were Such!Happy!Dogs! Yay!By the time we got back, the Saturday fen had arrived. The rest of the day/evening involved me failing at taking a nap thanks to a needy Ari, another awesome dinner, and a nice bonfire (although it was way too cold for winter-hating me!). After all that, I ended up staying awake until 3:00 am talking with
someoldcat. (Snack fans go at it all night? ::snerk::)At some point very early this morning, the first few lines of one of my holiday fest fics came to me, so huge yay for that. Whew.
Today has been lazy. I think most of us are still sitting around in our pajamas, actually. A few have already started to trickle away (whaa!).
ragdoll and I will have to leave at some point this evening since I have to teach tomorrow.Gah, I can't believe another Fall Retreat is already almost over! Every time I'm here, I never want to leave. But it's been amazing as usual -- perhaps even more so due to the especially large group (squee increases exponentially with each added fan, you know), I've had a great time hanging out with friends who I see far too seldom, and I've met a lot of awesome new folks. And Ari's had a blast. So all goals and expectations for the weekend achieved. :)
DC Retreat attendees (especially our warm and welcoming host
venturous), you all are epic, epic WIN. See you all again next year (and many of you much sooner, I hope)?? ♥