Get up and get ready for Meditation Workshop with Virginia Hey.  Search frantically for the hidden room in the Marriott where workshop is to be held.  Find room and secure spot near the far wall.  Run over the one hour time limit on the mediation setup, because, hey, it’s Virginia Hey and that’s how she does it :smile:.  Complete meditation portion with somewhat new outlook on life.  Meet Farscape fans and enjoy chatting about it and SG-1.  Return to Walk of Fame to receive certificate of completion of workshop, as Virginia forgot to bring them to class.  Hee!  Hit the Art Show with Ben and pick up fabulous Pirate mug (pic to come).  Mull over workshop choices and decide (last minute) to attend an intimate SG-1 panel.  Ride down escalator alone with Kavan Smith (Major Lorne, SGA).  *squee* Take nearly 100 pics and tons of video of Cliff and Kavan.  Decide to skip final large Stargate panel because NONE of them have stayed on topic and all have pretty much been “fan question based” in nature; besides, still giddy from last panel :thud: .  Jesse’s four hour Serenity game is a hit! Watch the Masquerade Ball on Dragon*Con TV with Ben.  *Huh* over results.  Take trip to bar to see celebs.  See Kiran Shah (google if you don’t know).  Remember Saturday’s bar lineup of Potsie and Ralph Mouth.  Ugh.  Decide to go to bed.

Overall Sunday thoughts:  It’s hard for me to write Sunday’s thoughts.  Being anti-hippie, anti-spiritual, anti-touchy feely, anti-new age, etc. it was a stretch for me to go to the meditation workshop.  Even while there, I never relaxed into my “special place” like many others (primarily because the man behind me fell asleep right away and began snoring–loudly).  Once it became clear that it wasn’t going to happen for me, I focused on listening to Virginia’s guidance from the “here and now”.   I was shocked and thrilled to learn after the workshop that I was not the only one who broke down and cried a mixture of release and happiness at one particular step.  The Farscape fans I met afterward had, too, they admitted.  I’ve taken something positive from that workshop and I hope to continue it.  I have not raged or needed Excedrin since I came back, and considering I work with challenging situations, that’s pretty damned miraculous.

Oh, and since posting my pictures, I was able to find a really good shot of Ben in someone else’s DC shots and I’ve added it to the DC pics here on my site.  Check it out!