I dreamed that Heidi spontaneously decided one day to hold a second Nimbus that day three hours from my house. I talked to Alicey online, and she said she couldn’t go because she had homework, so I got in the car with my parents and drove for about 30 minutes before I realized I’d forgotten my sketchbook and my clothes. I phoned Heidi, who had already arrived and was setting up things with Simon and Flourish. In a rather telling blast of subconscious insecurities, I asked her if it was even worth the time for me to go to the convention, as I wouldn’t be bringing Alicey and Maggie with me, the people everyone actually wanted to meet. She said that I was being silly and that they wanted to see what I had so far for my FA April Fools pic, which I have close to nothing on so far, as Moni had to cancel on me due to getting her new job (W00t!!!) and I haven’t had any time over the past week to draw anything on my own. I drew a bit over dinner last night, but I don’t think I’ll be able to finish anything in time for the deadline tomorrow. Oh well.

To my surprise, my mom actually drove back so that I could collect everything. As I got home, suddenly music filled my head, a fully-formed new song for Men at Arms that was actually a word-for-word chunk of text from Good Omens. As I packed my bag, I threw in my tape recorder so that I would remember it. I then started on my clothes. My mom encouraged me to bring clothes that made me look good, while I for some reason wanted to disguise myself as a boy. My dad found my pair of jeans with a hole in the knee (that I use for painting and stuff) and chided me for being sloppy and not telling them that I needed new jeans (which I don’t). And then I woke up.