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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dextra" data-source="post: 1721943" data-attributes="member: 5705">OK, this may sound really weird, but my favourite moment of GenCon 2004 was when Gelfling #2 spontaneously burst into tears Sunday morning.  We were about to walk through the revolving doors at the Hyatt, when she expolded into sobs, burying her wet, red face in my shirt.It was my fave moment, not because I like seeing my kid cry, but because she was externalizing what I was feeling:  feeling overwhelmed by how much stuff there was to do, disappointment about how much we missed, overexcitement about the wonderful things left to do, nostalgia for what had been done/experienced, and were finished, the prospects of not seeing my wonderful friends for another year, missing home, sleep deprivation...  It was everything I was feeling deep down, brought to the surface.Other moments:-walking with Dave Arneson over to the Exhibitor's hall, chatting.-the girls congratulating some of the ENnies winners, and being recognized.-swimming with the girls on Thursday afternoon at the Hyatt.-chatting with a very helpful guy at the Information booth who did great sound effects, joking about a DM who tended to use a game show announcer voice, and the ensuing 5 minutes of joking between us "do you choose what's behind tapestry number 1, secret door number 2, or what's in this box?"... and it being totally cool, and funny, and comfortable, and us understanding exactly what the other was saying-being the first people at GenCon to demo Heroscape, and doing so with one of the designers, and chatting about the philosophy behind the original creation-getting a wonderful hug from Crothian.  I seriously love that man.  Teflon Billy, Psion, Ryan, and the rest...  great guys, but Chris makes me want to bake a pie, and settle down.-hanging with some of the WhiteWolf krewe who showed up at the Canadiana Suite, getting to know the art director for Exalted.  A great bunch of people.-hosting the Canadiana Suite.-sitting down with the code monkey from Paradigm and finding out that we don't have to totally rewrite the manuscript we'd submitted, just add another chapter.  Phew.-meeting Keith Baker before he got swamped, and chatting with the guy who did the dragonshards art, having him happy that I noticed his excellent use of negative space.-seeing my youngest daughter's brilliant smile and excitement about having met the REAL Spiderman (not just some actor in a movie).and most importantly:-talking with Peter Adkison and thanking him for a wonderful weekend.</blockquote>

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