{"id":6600,"date":"2019-08-03T08:14:27","date_gmt":"2019-08-03T13:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kathwp.malibulist.com\/?p=6600"},"modified":"2019-08-03T08:14:27","modified_gmt":"2019-08-03T13:14:27","slug":"its-been-a-while","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kathwp.malibulist.com\/index.php\/2019\/08\/03\/its-been-a-while\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s been a while"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

July 7th<\/sup>to be exact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That had been the longest break I have taken from the web log ever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Part of the reason is that Peter had my laptop for his travels and part of it was, when I had the laptop, I was so busy with family and friends I didn’t have the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where were we? Started at Shoreleave went to Disney World then Peter went to SDCC and Caroline and I spent some concentrated time at Disney together then went to St Augustine to spend time with my family at their beach condo where Peter rejoined us from there to GalaxyCon in Raleigh NC then Peter helped Ariel get to Jacksonville where she has a job and Caroline and I came home while Peter went to the Tampa Bay Comic Con where he is as I type this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Very busy month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shoreleave was fun. It was the usual panels and the like along with meeting people and making new friends. It is a very comfortable convention for us. It was the book release party for \u201cThrilling Adventure Yarns\u201d edited by Robert Greenberger which has stories by both Peter and me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Disney World was fun but wet. We had pop-up thunderstorms every day. I spend an evening in the Magic Kingdom riding the rides that I knew Angelo loved. I got stuck in the Haunt Mansion staring at the side of Madam Leota\u2019s head for 15 minutes, which I attribute to him. Caroline and I took our time and created a schedule that worked for us. We also spent time with friends that we only get to see when we are in town. Caroline got some pet therapy from the same dogs that helped her after Peter had his stroke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

St. Augustine felt like I hit the refresh button on my life. I spent the time walking and reflecting on things. That first walk on the beach is always the best one because my body relaxes and I go on vacation from my worries for a bit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GalaxyCon, formerly Raleigh SuperCon, was a blast and a half. Any convention you can spend time with friends and people you admire is a good one. This was a little more over the top. I got to show David Tennant the Good Omens puppets and he signed Crowley. Peter got to give his Phantom graphic novel to Billy Zane and Kristy Swanson. Caroline had a blast cosplaying and selling art at the table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After that Peter helped Ariel travel down to Jacksonville and Caroline and I drove home. It took only half an hour longer than the original ETA. Peter drove from Jacksonville to Tampa where he is spending the weekend at the Bards Tower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Out of this adventure, I have added three puppets to my list of puppets that must be built before DragonCon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am grateful for family adventures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

July 7thto be exact. That had been the longest break I have taken from the web log ever. Part of the reason is that Peter had my laptop for his travels and part of it was, when I had the laptop, I was so busy with family and friends I didn’t have the time. Where […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t