I realized that I never did let you all in on how HenCon was. I feel in order to do this I should give you all a run down of the weekend. But then, there is the problem of boring you all to death, or, just making you insanely jealous. So, with out further ado, here is my version, as short and sweet as possible, about HenCon.

It was hot, but, California is always hot. Gillian and I had been out late the night before partying it up in Downtown Disney (partying=buying Rachel a new watch) so we got up in the late morning and prepared are selves for Abbys arrival. Gillian and I had time to check out of our hotel room and wait for a moment in the hotel lobby when a bright face, excited Abby graced us with her presence. Gillian and Abby and I took all of our luggage (I had the "monster" deemed by Gillian since it was so large. But, this was only because I had flown to see Gillian earlyer in the week and of course I needed more clothing then the others...andIcantpack.) and some how got it into to Abby mobile and just like that we were off to LAX. Kelly was the first East Coast Henrita to arrive. I do believe I was the first to great her and give her a hug. I like to be first. We took Kelly to the car, hopped in, found some parking and then went back to find the wonderful Miss Sarah. This was easy enough as she has Weasley hair and was the only one looking around for a group of girls. I of course greeted her first, again, and it was back out to the car to pack in our luggage and our selves. Daunting task indeed. The monster was cramping our style. We then headed to America's greatest fast food idea...a combo Taco Bell and Pizza Hut. I couldn't have been happier since Spokane doesn't partake in anything cool like this and so lunch it was. We finally got to the hotel after insane amounts of fun on the freeway only to find out some old peoples convention (no offense Janus) was going down and some old guy took our room. We needed a large room with queen beds and a balcony and we got a tiny room with two doubles and no view to speak of. This wasn't acceptable. Abby and I took ourselves down to the front desk were I DEMANDED we be accommodated. They threatened to throw me out. Ok, they didn't, but that’s what I called and told Gillian who in turn told the other girls. In reality they gave us another room and let us keep the one we had now. So, two rooms for the price of one wasn't so bad.

That evening we hung with Abby's cousin and his band for a bit then went over to Huntington Beach and took in some of the atmosphere. It was crowded and the only shops there sold swimming suites. A dangerous place for me to go. We ended up at Chili's for dinner. To my recollection no one had baby back ribs, but, it was still a good time. We went swimming that night, illegally after hours, but, this hotel was housing Henritas, they had to know that something like that was bound to happen. We play by our own rules. It just the way things go.

Saturday we went to Disney Land: California Adventure. I know, I know, we were supposed to go to Knott's. Well kids, things don't always go as planed. We got up late (we was tired and two of us were on different time zones) and got to California Adventure late in the day. This of course didn't stop us from making the most of the Happiest place on Earth. Gillian had been earlier in the year and led us around to the most Ah-sum! Rides. In truth they all really kicked ass. We did a water ride first and in line I had to listen to horrible country music. I almost threw myself over the rail into the fake rapids. Luckily the line moved fast and when you have such superb company even standing in line in hot weather with other sweaty people is fun. So, we came, we saw, and we left with Mickey Mouse Ears. They of course had our names on the back of them, embroidered and all. During the course of the day I had a picture with both Mickey and Sully. I was quite happy with myself. Now, let's get something clear, the other girls might comment and say I left a key event out of the day. I didn't. We never went into any place that told us what Disney Character we are. Never. We didn't take a test in a nice air-conditioned room in huge chairs with touch screen books. I suppose if we did do this Kelly might have been Ariel, Sarah-Mulan, Gillian-Tinkerbell and Abby-Dot, but I certainly didn't take this test. Now…that night at Disney land we stayed for the famous light parade. Price Charming ended up throwing Cinderella to the way side to flirt with the Henritas. I know what you're thinking, that Prince charming, such a scoundrel, well kids, what can I say, Henritas are irresistible. Even to royalty. Later, later that night we attempted to go swimming again but NO such luck. The security guard shut the shit down and we went to bed bitter and full of candy.

Sunday was our day in LA. We wanted to see celebrities and big houses. What we did see was a lot of free way and the Hollywood sign. As a side note, did you know, Pop Rocks are SO cool. Ok, so, we went to LA, we did Rodeo, walk of fame, and even saw some celebrity's houses and such. We went down to the Santa Monica pier which was just wonderful. They have a ton of shopping, cheap parking, good food and an apple store. What more could you ask for? Oh, the beach and a pier with hot boys and carnival rides? DONE! As we were leaving Santa Monica no one knew what would await us on the free way. The plan was to leave early enough so that we could get home to swim, legally. We got on the free way, and drove for a bit then stopped. Crept forward a bit and stopped. It went this way for about 3 HOURS. In order to combat our disappointment at not making it to the pool and the looming boredom, we turn to the only device that couldn't let us down: The Cell Phone. A Select Few were called and entertained us well. We later found out there had been a shooting and someone even died. Ah LA, home of fashion and high speed freeway deaths. When we FINALLY got to the hotel it was mission time. I wanted to swim, WE wanted to swim. The hot tub was calling to us and since it's an inanimate object and can't speak, such a momentous events couldn't be over looked. So, we went. We snuck down, unnoticed, documenting it as we went with a super secret cam corder and had ourselves a lovely and relaxing time at the pool. It was filled with stifled laughter and quite splashing. We all retired to our rooms tired with the next days getting up time only hours away.

Monday we went home. The first east coaster to come was the first to leave. Its weird to think that we only hung out for a few days but when Kelly left it was sad. We had all this room in the car and one less person voicing their opinion. I missed her and I'm sure the other girls did as well. Next to go were Gillian and I, homeward bound to Gillian's taking a train Harry Potter style. Sarah took off last and Abby was once again all alone. I was spoiled. I again had Gillian to myself and didn't have to finally part till the next day when I flew home to Spokane.

Meeting new people is an experience not like any other. To get to know someone online is convenient. You talk to them when they are on, trade stories about yourself and they come to know you only through what you have told them about yourself. You can read their blog, picking out things to remember them by, and you can read their post on IV. You soon get to know them threw their responses. Maybe you even call them, talk to them on the phone. The thing is, Henritas are genuine. They never miss lead you and even when you don't know what to expect, what presents its self to you is exactly what you somehow knew you would be getting. It such an experience to bring girls together from all walks of life from all over the US only to find out the one thing that brought us together was a devastatingly good looking boy. We now have so much more then that. We have friendships. We have inside jokes. We have experiences and we have secretes. HenCon, all of it, the freeway, the getting lost, the Disney Book telling me I would be Mrs. Potts, it was a blast. I wouldn't trade it for another weekend and the company I kept was outstanding. I hope in the future I can meet more of you because the friends I make on Mr. Henry Cavill's board are like no other.

Thanks Girls...till next time.

Potts
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