Preview Night Dinner in San Diego

Tonight is definitely a first- I stayed in the hotel and Hank is out on the town! It's rare for him to be around other straight edge friends, as most of our friends in Prescott who were straight edge, aren't anymore. He's definitely not against drinking or anything for others, but he chooses to just not be around that stuff, which kind of excludes him from most of his friends activities where we live. When he's on tour with everyone it's a different story though, and I know he is so thankful for Lance (the singer and one of his best friends) who also makes the same lifestyle choices. Lance is with his girlfriend a lot when they're home though, so he's pretty much loving this, getting to spend time with friends and do fun nerd stuff for five straight days, which is right up his alley. It warms my little heart. He's at a party right now, and who knows when he'll be home, haha. It's usually the other way around and I am loving it! As for me, I am cozied up in this amazing CA King bed and enjoying every second. Sarah and Andy are downtown, but after I hit the gym and curled up in bed I just couldn't drag myself out on the town.

We arrived Wednesday afternoon after driving the five and a half hour drive from Prescott. I shouldn't say we though, because I drove the whole way! Yay for me. Lately I've been offering to make the big drives to CA because it helps me less bored when I am behind the wheel. And plus, then Hank will drive home Sunday night and I can sleep. :) Awesome. Hank had an exhibitor pass this year, from Super 7, which is a toy store in San Francisco, so he attended Wednesday night, which was Preview Night. I stayed back at the hotel and worked out and layed by the pool until I had get ready for a dinner party given by one of Hank's friends. The dinner was basically all of Hank's "board" friends, from skullbrain.org, which is a toy collecting site and is kind of a kick off for the Convention. It was definitely a fun time, and it was good to see familiar faces. Most of all I get so happy when I see Hank so happy and he was stoooked, so it was a perfect night. :)

Driving to SD


SO COMFY




getting ready! :)


Hank and Alex at the dinner


some of the raffle stuff






our friend Connell and me, he is the sweetest








melts my heart




fancy photo by Hank ;)


being silly when we got home