Getting ready to head back home

I'm sitting here in my hotel room in Vegas and just sort of winding down as I pack and get mostly ready for tomorrow's trek back to the spankless zone I call home. Just putting together some very vague and general impressions of this whole Shadowlane experience.

This trip has been wonderful and I'm glad I came. Of course I'm running on virtually no sleep so I'm going to be in need of a vacation to recover from this one by the time I make it home. I have a long day tomorrow - 3 flights and then a 2 1/2 hour drive from the airport to my place. I'll arrive very late and then have to get up early to go to work. I'm definitely not looking forward to that.

There were more people here who I knew than I was expecting so that was a pleasant surprise. The creeper element wasn't overwhelming and was usually fairly easy to run away from. People were welcoming, friendly and a lot of fun. I'm never gonna be the quintessential centre of attention party girl. Staying on the fringes and enjoying the scene quietly is more my speed. I do find the noise of so many people to become overwhelming at times and so I would make little trips to my room just to settle down and have a bit of peace and quiet before returning to the party.

I met tons of new people. I won't lie and say this trip was easy for me. I stepped way out of my comfort zone with this one. I think I did really well. I tried to lay the groundwork for a succesful party experience before I came and I think that helped a lot. I played a fair amount, I chatted with quite a few people. I had lots of laughs. There were times where I just stayed at the edges of what was going on because I would get overwhelmed by it all and start to feel out of place. I did check in with people to make sure I wasn't putting up any walls and giving off "back off/stay away" vibes and was assured I wasn't. I know I can do this, so it was good to hear that I wasn't.

It always amazes me when people recognize my online name. I was truly staggered by the number of people who knew who I was and some of them had even been to this blog! I always think I'm basically the only one reading this (which would be fine).

My poor bottom is a massive black bruise covering the entire spank zone. I did mainly stick to hand spankings with a tiny bit of leather implements thrown in. I just bruise easily. I hope it is all healed up by the time I go to Georgia at the beginning of October, but it may not be.

I'm sure I'll write more after I process it all and sort it through my head. It's fun to re-live events and cement details firmly in my head.

This was definitely an experience I am glad I did not miss.