Peter and I will be at ChattaCon this weekend. I was thinking this morning when I couldn’t get back to sleep when my first convention was and what my first convention out of town (ie Not in Atlanta) was. So I think I have it figured that I have been going to convention for 30 years now. My first out of town convention was ChattaCon. That’s quite a few years of going to conventions. But then I look at Ariel and Caroline who probably can’t remember a time that they didn’t go to conventions. I know Caroline’s first convention was in urtero and in Europe.<\/p>\n
I am looking forward to seeing old friends and the possibility of having an uninterrupted conversation. This will also be the first time since Caroline was born that Peter and I have gone to a convention without the kids. My brother will be throwing his usual party or his unusual party as the case may be. Overall I am going up there to have fun and a little relaxation time since I don’t have any panels on my schedule. Don’t get me wrong, I love the panels that I do at various conventions. It is just going to be interesting to go somewhere as “the wife”.<\/p>\n
A number of years ago when Peter and I were just dating, we went to ChattaCon on a lark. He wanted to go to a convention not as Peter David but as Kath’s Boyfriend and since ChattaCon is my old stomping ground, it seemed a good place to do it. My friend Bill drafted him into helping to pour beer in the con suite. So Peter was checking IDs and pouring beer like a pro. One guy came up and handed Peter his ID. Peter checked the date and handed it back. The guy did a double take and said, “You’re Peter David!”<\/p>\n
“Yep.”<\/p>\n
“What are you doing here?”<\/p>\n
“Pouring you a beer now what do you want?”<\/p>\n
The guy got a beer and went back to the table he was sitting at with his buddies. There was a lot of animated talking and pointing. Finally one of his buddies came up to Peter and said, “Our pal says that you are the writer Peter David.”<\/p>\n
Peter finishes pouring a beer for someone else, turns to the guy, and says, “Yes I am.” To which the guy goes back to his table and confirms what the first guy told them. Which I think gave them a pretty neat convention story to tell.<\/p>\n
I am grateful for comfortable conventions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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