That was one heck of a weekend @v@ And by weekend I mean more like almost a whole week!

I got there Thursday morning-ish, and picked up Runefox and Coffeepanda from the airport, and we hung out a bunch. I won't give a full play-by-play since that can be kinda boring to read, but some highlights were:
-Having a fireball whiskey tea party using my sake set while looking at my super old weeaboo art from 2009
-Getting to meet Katija and Ettie in person, which lead to meeting Mechsae and Tsumi as well
-Running over a curb, getting a flat tire, and then being stranded for like 2 hours in a dark parking lot with my friends
-Trading some of my bookmarks for some sweet Persona 4 swag from my table neighbor, pacificautumn
-Losing the key to my cashbox and having con ops break into it for me ;u;
-Watching people eat my ginseng candies that taste like dirt
-Watching The Last Unicorn and Jurassic World at random
-Receiving all the cuddles from Bakasaka and Iggi
-Super duper emotional bonding all around, I seriously love the fuck out of all these great friends wow gosh
-Getting super interesting tax advice from Nutcase, and tasting the elusive Matcha KitKat
-The best damn iHOP pancakes I have ever had

After the convention, I drove 2 hours north with Rune and Kazu, up to the NY area, and we stayed overnight to go to the Binghamton Zoo early in the morning. We had an appointment for a wild encounter with a red panda. Yes, that is correct. We all got to go inside the enclosure, and see, interact with, and touch a red panda. It was so magical, like... I can't even describe it. We have lots of pictures, and I will be sure to post one or two later on! They also did this thing where like, they put down safe paints on a rock, and lead the panda through the paint and onto a canvas. Then we got to keep the smudgy panda art, ha ha. Pandas are good artists~

So yeah! I made it back home late last night, as I got lost and ended up in Manhattan (scenic, but wow). I'm catching up on messages for now, then I'm going to roll through the art I still have on my plate from before the convention. After that, Ill be opening for regular commissions in small quantities. I'm also going to be streaming 3 nights a week for stream commissions, as it's something I'd really like to get back into doing. I'll announce more on that soon.

I'm off to get myself reorganized!