Con? There are cons? I hadn't thought of that! \o/ Hey, if you're going this year and I end up being able to go next year, I'll be expecting you to know all the ropes, O soon-to-be Master of the Cons. *g*

Hee--my mother tries with the internet thing. She can swing e-mail and the like, which will be helpful because I'm awful about phone calls. She really likes (as do most people, I suspect) getting snail mail, so I thought I'd try to do a lengthy, bi-weekly or monthly letter to her, along with shorter calls and e-mails for the day-to-day stuff. Does that sound workable?