I've Heard of Losing Oneself at a Convention, but this was RIDICULOUS!

I don't know if I have conveyed this enough, but we are a family of geeks.

'Tis true. We like us some geeky stuff, including conventions where they talk about geek stuff, show us geek stuff, and most importantly sell us geek stuff.

That brings us to MegaCon.

Last year, I had no idea this even existed. My brothers went and didn't tell us about it until after the fact. (I might have gotten a wee bit angry about it too, who's to say?) They went on and on about the comic book writers, the displays, the sessions, the meet and greets with celebrities. Then they showed us what they bought at MegaCon.

I immediately marked my calendar for the following year.

So this year we went. And it was HUGE! and LOTS OF PEOPLE! and STUFF! And we were walking amongst the sea of people taking it all in when...

...I looked and the husband and Scamp were GONE! POOF! VANISHED! DISAPPEARED!

So I did the only think I could do. I panicked. Annnnnd Spiff and I (and my brother) walked the sales floor for 2 hours looking for them.

We saw some interesting things along the way:

It's DOMO!!

We also saw a few superheroes:

And then Spiff found the girls of his dreams:

That is the face of a contented boy, right there...

We met some new friends from Twitter:

me and @monkeyluis. We were still looking for them while this picture was taken.

Then even I got to geek out:

It's Professor Layton and Luke!!! OMG!!

After searching and walking and searching and walking, I finally gave up and BEGGED the staff to page the Husband because I just couldn't do it anymore. And they did. And even though we had walked around and around the place for hours on end, searching ALL OVER for them, they were where I expected them to be (except every time WE walked past) :

The LEGO pit. Figures.

So my poor beleaguered brother who had come with us on NO SLEEP, finally went home after reuniting us. He's a Saint, that man! (and he's single too!!)

Thank you A, for helping us out. You are awesome!

So, exhausted, we went home. But go here for more photo goodness. We had a blast, and we'll definitely be back next year!

Next time though, we'll bring walkie-talkies or something. Or a bullhorn. Or leashes. Or maybe the Hubs will remember his cell phone?

Stay tuned!