Ugh

Well, I'm back. Everything got done, everyone liked their dresses, and I swear if I can help it I'm never doing this again. Sewing my fingers to the bone for a week for other people and then going to an event at which one has a miserable time is just not worth the effort.

The event itself was not that much fun. I spent most of the time either feeling like crap, being berated for things I have no recollection of doing or no control over, or sewing (all of which was made so much better by ill-fitting corsets and a missing direct deposit). I did have fun in Vegas itself, once we decided to bail on the convention and visit some of the casinos. The roller coaster at New York New York is fun, the gondola at the Venetian was great, if only I had put more effort into being in Vegas and less into stupid dresses it would have been a great weekend. Oh well.

The one bright spot in the whole thing is that Thena took 3rd place in the ladies costume contest with the dress I made. I can't take too much credit for this, as a large part of the competition has to do with your presentation rather than the gown, but it was nice to feel a bit vindicated after having such a crap time.

I am very much looking forward to spending the next weeks worth of evenings not sewing. I have some script work to do for Dickens, a second corset window to get together for this Saturday (I got major kudos on the first one, which was a nice treat this morning I must say), and serious amounts of cleaning to do in my sewing area, all of which is very do-able and will be somewhat relaxing even. My only real goal for the week is get my law school applications out, getting that out of the way will free me up to have a nice nervous collapse without having to worry about missing any deadlines.

Anyway, pictures from the trip and of the dresses are forthcoming.