Aeternitas was awesome. Amanda and her HPMA crew did a great job, and the Margate Hotel staff were friendlier and more accommodating than I've experienced in the two other cons I've attended. Also, my roommates, laiksmarei, lariope, and mollyssister, were great. I wish them all much unbroken sleep to make up for my horrendous snoring. (I wish some remedy would actually work for this. I really feel I've tried abso-effing-lutely everything, and none of it works. Well, the CPAP works, but then I can't sleep because I'm fighting to exhale, so that's not particularly useful either.)

Pics are up on my fannish FB. I've only tagged people who I know don't mind linking their FB to their cosplay, but if you're in there and want to, please feel free to tag yourself.

( Now for the longish stuff, complete with writerly navel-gazing. )

So that's it! It was a wonderful time, and I can't wait to go back in 2013.

Still no nursing job. The class behind us was apparently advised not to bother looking for jobs and just to apply for transition-to-BSN programs. One of my classmates looks like she's going to be working in NC, and she was the most aggressive person I've spoken to yet in terms of applying for absolutely every possible position in-state. I'm holding out a slim hope for one of the organizations that's slated to come to the Career Expo this week. I already work for an agency that's under the same state mental health division and have done for almost 10 years now, so maybe that will count for something.

Meanwhile, my car STB. Head gasket. I'm not plunking another grand into it. Going to look at a used vehicle in a little bit. If it can buy me a year or two and hold some trade-in value, it'll be worth it. Mine needs more work than just the gasket, some of it computerized, otherwise fixing it might be the better deal.

In rather better news, it looks like I'm going to make it to Aeternitas for at least some of the Friday programming. Definitely should be there in time for the readings in the evening. (Well, assuming I have a vehicle. I'd better have a &*^%ing vehicle by then.)