Well, we
all know what happened that night by now. If you’re new to my blog, this is
what I wrote that night: http://thedailydaysofanasperger.blogspot.nl/2012/08/a-great-day-ends-in-great-disaster.html
and if you’re wondering how the health story continues, as I’m not writing it
again, here it is: http://thedailydaysofanasperger.blogspot.nl/2012/08/small-update-because-im-too-tired.html
So, the
next day I was very depressed, because I felt pretty useless and my wheelchair
was giving me problems and I didn’t know why yet. Also, I never used a
wheelchair before, so I had to figure out on the spot how to use one. I wasn’t
going to have Abunai pass me by though, so I stubbornly pressed on, had
breakfast and got to my section. There I politely asked what was necessary and…
Couldn’t provide it, because the Material Room was so far away, that I needed
people to push me there. If people were going to push me there, they could also
just get the materials themselves. I never felt more useless at a convention
than I did there before.
Again, I
wasn’t going to let Abunai pass me by. I could’ve just gotten myself to some
lecture or workshop or something and signed off as a SuperGopher, but I felt
the Staff was under enough pressure as it was and also, there’s a good reason
I’m a SuperGopher. I’d be very bored as a visitor, not having anything to
supervise and no problems to solve and things like that… Nope! Not happening!
So I decided I’d just provide for everything that I could provide and would
supervise when needed and get the event holders the right information. That way
I only needed people when heavy material was needed, which wasn’t very often.
The Staff assured me that I was a big help, which put a smile on my face. My
convention was back on!
This did
tire me out very fast, so after dinner I just checked up on the last events
that were in my section, then asked a Staff member to clear up for me once they
were done. This was necessary anyways, as heavy stuff needed to be taken to the
material room, so actually I didn’t ask for anything extra. Then I told
everyone that I went to bed, as I was extremely tired.
After a few
hours in my room, I enjoyed the night life of Saturday at Abunai! I always
enjoy the Saturday night life at Abunai, as there’s a huge disco and some
people also hold some small personal parties in their rooms and other corners
of the convention. I never attend the disco, as I’m way too sensitive to the
bass and the loudness of the music, but I do enjoy the happy people surrounding
the disco. I also found out my ex was there, so we had a good talk. A few
friends and my sister joined and we turned into a nice group and had a lot of
fun and shared some laughs. After a while my sister and I got tired, so we went
off to bed. On our way to bed we met the person who took care of my leg that
weekend and I had her check up on my leg. She asked me to walk around a bit and
I could! Not for long, but still, progress! Then we really went to bed.
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