So, virtual Dragoncon was, on the whole, pretty successful, at least from my perspective as a performer/panelist on the Filk Music track, which led the pack with over 20 hours of live and pre-recorded programming over the course of the weekend, and pulled it off almost flawlessly.

I played some tunes in the online filk circle on Saturday night, did a pretty cool panel about online collaboration, and got pretty good reviews (and sold a couple of bandcamp downloads) for my solo “Fresh Filk” set that aired on Sunday. I also watched a bunch of my friends (old and new) do their performances online, and mixed it up in the live chat with the best of them.

Ham.

The weekend otherwise was a welcome relief from the crazy at work and the world, which I largely ignored for a couple of days, which was good for my mental health. I did spend a fair bit of time knocked down with sinus/respiratory issues (don’t worry, it’s not the ‘rona, it’s just September), which wasn’t always so good for my mental health, but it’s what I needed to stay physically healthy. My lovely wife did drag me out for a couple of shopping trips, and to go have a drink at Main Line/Cirrus along with some food truck cuisine, which helped, both to get me some Vitamin D, and to remind me that I *do* often feel better after getting out and doing.

As for the week ahead, both local kids are now back in (virtual) school starting today, I’m program managing yet another software test at work from the comfort of my tiny desk in the spare room at home, I have an eye exam scheduled for tomorrow (I think this will be the year of bifocals, which is ironically appropriate for 2020), and I’ll be off Friday (again) as I have to haul people and things to the places the gotta be.

And…my sleep schedule is still messed up, finding myself wide awake at 4am with my brain running all sorts of crazy scenarios about how I forgot to do something, so I just got my ass out of bed early, fired up work, confirmed that all those crazy scenarios were made up nonsense, and just got on with the work day because I was here already. Damn. (edit: Apparently, I was dreaming about this as well, and mumbling loudly in my sleep and keeping my spouse awake – sorry!)

May your week be as you desire.