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RT Report

I’m back from the RT convention and have to say it was a lot of fun. I got to see many of my writing friends and a lot of readers, which is always great, but more importantly, I got out of the house on my first big road trip since my Mom’s death. It was so hard to do! But with my Dad as co-pilot, we shared our grief in missing her and somehow found a way to do the trip and participate, as much as we each could, in the event. I bought Dad a “companion” ticket to the convention so he could come to the parties. He enjoyed the two dinners – the Fairy Ball and the Vampire Ball – a great deal. Anytime there’s food, he’s usually happy.

My Mom LOVED to travel. In recent  years, she often came with me to events, not so she could participate, but so she could go somewhere new and sightsee or shop with my Dad while I did whatever it was I’d gone there to do. That’s why I think it was hardest on him not to have her with him on this trip. While I was doing workshops, he was all alone. I think he did a lot of sitting around in the hotel lobby “people watching”, which makes me sad. I look for things for him to do, but it’s hard. He’s still very devestated by the loss of the love of his life. They were married 54 years and all of those years were happy ones. They never fought and they had what I consider the perfect marriage. So her loss is impossible for him to deal with. He’s a lot older than she was, so we just always assumed he’d go first. Now that it’s turned out the way it has, we’re all scrambling to figure out how to deal with the new circumstances. It’s just awful.

But more about RT… lots of people had lost a lot of weight, which is great! The three that come to mind first are Jacki Frank (who had bariatric surgery last year), Mandy Roth and J.C. Wilder. All three ladies have lost considerable amounts of weight and look really good! I’m so happy for them! Meanwhile, none of my clothes fit properly. LOL! I seriously need to work on it. Next  year, I want to be one of those people that has lost enough weight so that people notice how great they look.

I’ll try to write more later. Now I really must get to work on my next zombie novel. It’s due soon and I’m behind! Wish me luck.