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I survived VegasCon! Only lost a few *muffle* dollars on video poker and slots, but gained a shit ton of memories that were of the most excellent variety. Not only thanks to J2 and all the other amazing guests, but with the wonderful people I hung out with throughout the week. And it was a lot ... like 20 something?

rozearkana was keeping track prior to the con of who we knew that was attending and we got to 20 ... then some others popped around that we said hi to, had dinners, drinks, something or other with.

I roomed with

rozearkana and

kelleigh, and it was just the most mellow and lovely experience sharing a space for that long. We also sort of became the hang-out place and folks came by on Thursday for an SPN watch and pizza party, including

souslelys,

vatititech,

bewarethesmirk,

fiercelynormal,

lavishsqualor,

cherie_morte, and a bunch of others whose LJ names I can't remember at the moment. But it was most excellent to watch it with company and hear all the groans and moans and whimpers and laughter, and just experience it with a big group.

On Monday, we had a van and six of us trekked down to the South Rim (heh) of the Grand Canyon! I had never been! Vegas, I've seen a half dozen times before, but this was a totally different ball game! Such amazing nature that I knew was there, but never thought about the full scope of it. Just utterly amazing. And somehow also terrifying? I mean, I hate heights, but I love roller coasters, so I thought I'd be really a-okay. But the spots where you can walk out on rocks hovering over the abyss? NOT COOL. Especially when

cherie_morte climbed over the side to a ledge that I DID NOT KNOW WAS THERE OR HOW BIG IT WAS AND I FREAKED OUT AND YELLED AT HER. She likes to laugh at me about it. But it really did terrify me.

Not so terrifying, however, are a few pics snapped throughout our time ...

kelleigh and I did another great hugs pic with J2, and the purpose was to smoosh them between us. For whatever reason, Jared just stayed put and I reached out to hug him back only to find ...

JENSEN'S SQUISHY TUM TUM :DDDDDDDDDDDDD

SAM AND DEAN FINALLY MADE IT TO THE GRAND CANYON!

We giggled every time we saw the word "rim"

I often make jokes about Jensen always giving a thumbs up - "always with the thumbs, Jensen!" - so when

cherie_morte saw this on the map in the geology center, we needed a pic.

Did you also know that

cherie_morte is a child?

The kitters, obviously, were super excited when I was finally home. I had left Wednesday afternoon and returned Tuesday evening. My dad helped me bring my luggage up to my apartment, and as we were talking in the kitchen, Shep came running out of the closet (where he tends to hide out in when freaked out - probably since I wasn't home and Dad kept coming to feed them) and was meowing and rubbing all over me. My dad smiled all sweetly, which was nice to see, as I think he thinks my love for my cats is kinda silly.

The first morning back home and Shep wouldn't stop touching me, like pestering me for pets, or to be sure I was really there?

And then he put all 19 pounds of his body, plus super sharp nails that need to be clipped, onto my boobs.

Lucy seemed to take a while to come back around, maybe because Shep was SO insistent on getting attention from me. But then last night she wouldn't leave me.