I’ve always known ConnectiCon to be special, but something about this week has made me realize just how important this show is to me.
In Tuesday’s blog I briefly wrote about how tired I was from the lengthy travel to-and-from Nebraska, only to turn around two days later to exhibit at another convention. Two shows in two weeks is not something I have the patience or energy to do as I cross into the second half of my forties. I was anxious that, despite my excitement, my body would be weary for my favorite show of the year.
But sitting here writing this blog, with ConnectiCon on the horizon (I’m heading out there today to check in and set up), my body and mind are not only refreshed and ready, but renewed and excited. I can feel the flutter in my heart and stomach already, similar to what I feel when I’m about to step out on stage to host the Cosplay Death Match on Saturday night.
No other show has ever had this effect on me, even when I was younger.
The energy I feel at ConnectiCon may be my personal Fountain of Youth. I don’t get excited about traveling any more but I’m eager to make the drive to Hartford. The older I get the more homesick I become the longer I’m away, but ConnectiCon is the one show I’m reluctant to leave. It is the one show that still makes me as excited as I was in those early days of conventions, and that is a rare thing I will hold on to for as long as I am allowed to possess it.
So if you want to come see me at my absolute happiest, be sure to stop by ConnectiCon this weekend! I’ll hope to see you there!