I got to go to Escapade once in 2002 and had a great time. Met so many fan authors I loved in person and went to dinner with them. First time someone really fangirled me about my fics in an RL meeting too.
But then I got a job where February was their major crush time month so I couldn't take a vacation then during the two years working there. Then I got a new job doing a ton of work where I didn't often feel like I could get away for a few days at a time because my work would keep piling up undone while I was away. Then I got struck down by my brain compressing, had to stop working in the aftermath, and have been too poor ever since. The last time I had a vacation was 2009 when my Social Security back money finally arrived, and that was me driving to Massachusetts and staying in a friend's apartment, so my only expenses there were just a few tolls and the gasoline to drive there and back, and some meals.
(I also went to Connexions twice pre-everything that happened in the second paragraph but didn't enjoy it either time as much as I did Escapade.)
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But then I got a job where February was their major crush time month so I couldn't take a vacation then during the two years working there. Then I got a new job doing a ton of work where I didn't often feel like I could get away for a few days at a time because my work would keep piling up undone while I was away. Then I got struck down by my brain compressing, had to stop working in the aftermath, and have been too poor ever since. The last time I had a vacation was 2009 when my Social Security back money finally arrived, and that was me driving to Massachusetts and staying in a friend's apartment, so my only expenses there were just a few tolls and the gasoline to drive there and back, and some meals.
(I also went to Connexions twice pre-everything that happened in the second paragraph but didn't enjoy it either time as much as I did Escapade.)