lady_karelia

It's been another awesome, awesome day, which started early with the Granger/Snape meet-up.

ladyofthemasque with her wildly colourful hair, and NoGod1215 laughing with her on the other side of the table. She read an excerpt from a new SSHG fanfic she hasn't posted yet as well as an excerpt of her latest book, which is due out in September. It was a right treat!

Ladyofthemasque and

madamsnape

shalimar1981 and

soulbound8686

Cookies and chips and salsa were enjoyed by everyone. In about that order of consumption.

madamsnape doesn't believe a word by the looks of it. ;)

Now, let's see if I get this right:

qui_quae_quod,

pokeystar and

themoreyouclean

dickgloucester watching the action

ZOMG!

ginny_weasley31 and Shug!!! Meeting them was awesomesauce, srsly!

Jean Johnson, author extraordinaire

keladry_lupin and Shug

*squeeeee*

deemichelle who designed the most awesomest Hundertwasser house for Severus and Hermione in an sshg_exchange for me!

*blushes*

ariadne1, this one is for you. The lovely

annietalbot, who's written some great fics, said a hug was in order and a pic. I was so in awe that she approached me that I promptly lost my speech. *is goofy* But I did try to smile, just for you! :)

Deemichelle and

stupiddrawings (not sure I got that one right!), who was wearing the most impressive dress and hair style.

southernwitch69 and Narcissa Malfoy, who is much friendlier than I'd have thought!

Kyria of Delphi, who came to Dallas early this morning to spend the day with us. She also knows Dallas pretty well, and it was much easier with her directing me to the restaurant tonight than trying to follow

rdholmantx who changed lanes seemingly haphazardly... :p

soulbound8686 trying to do the goofy expression.

A most wonderful day, all in all, and I'm almost sad to see the adventure coming to an end. I'm exhausted. I'm neither used to nor do I generally like socialising, but I've had the time of a life, and I will surely treasure those wonderful memories for many years to come.

There are some pics that didn't turn out well. I'll have to ask

blue_paris to play around with them to make them sharper and will then post those as well. We also got to meet

pern_dragon, who is absolutely lovely! We spent the afternoon at the Anatole, hanging out with and meeting quite a few people, who I've known by name or online for a while, and it was great.

Portus ends tomorrow and most people are leaving. We're staying another day to chill in the morning, then chill with

rdholmantx in the afternoon, which possibly involves watching AR movies, then chill some more over dinner, hopefully with Amy Potterbrat. I've not managed to meet

bambu345 *cries*,

lariopefic,

shellsnapeluver, or

lulabelle72. I've heard rumours the latter three are staying tomorrow, too, and

irishredlass69 let Lariope know that we're staying too, so maybe they'll join us some time tomorrow...