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SPN NJ is somehow never my favorite con despite being the one closest to home but this year was made so much better by wonderful friends <3

Friend number one chooses to remain incognito and graciously invited me to join their Misha/Ruth op.

I have always wanted one of those Dean hug ops but I never liked that he always looks so somber in them. So I walked up and said “Can I have a Dean hug, but like a happy one?” Jensen contemplated this for a second, like he was trying to figure out what that would look like. And then gave this tiny little smile and said “Yes.” And then I had to basically snuggle and his hand was in my hair and my brain absolutely separated itself from my body, because I walked the wrong way out of the op.

Absolutely adorable Winchester kids photo with my wonderfully talented friend Liz.

Jordan drove all the way from Ohio to join me in NJ just to hug this man. I think it was worth it.

Some serious adorableness going on in this one. 

Jordan needed an “I don't understand that reference” op. Misha delivered. And then promptly broke character to wink at me. Because Misha. 

My big take away from this con is “do more ops with friends” because I’m more relaxed and less in my head and everyone looks so happy. Good times <3

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First con since April! I know that doesn't seem like very long, but it's a long time for me after averaging one a month for a while. Charlotte Con was a blast and a bit of a unique experience with the strikes ongoing but that didn't put a damper on ops!

Nate Torrence was a delight. One of my favorite parts of the weekend was listening to Rich fanboy over Nate TO Nate on stage - just absolute joy.

I love Drake so much, I wish I got to enjoy his presence at every con. The mini-moose brings me joy <3

I will forever call them "the kids" because they are almost young enough to be mine - such a delightful group of talented young people.

The incomparable Jojo showing off some lovely art my friend Jordan made for them

I had the joy of surprising my friend Christine with this op with the boys and the Impala. Her first Jared squishy hug <3

I do not like selfies at all so I always avoided the selfie pose, but I keep seeing other people's photo with the pose and they are always so flattering so I decided to use MishMish as a guinea pig and try it. Pretty happy with the results, I gotta say.

Running out of cute ideas for ops with my favorite dude. Please send help :-D

On the other hand, I apparently no longer even need to ask for my squishy hug... the moose saw me coming and just opened his arms <3

EDIT: Late arriving JPEG featuring so much cuteness <3

In all the times I've been to cons since they started offering ops with the Impala, I've never actually done them, but had to make an exception here for this exceptional restoration.

All in all Charlotte was up there among favorite cons, not the least of which was because of these wonderful ladies that I had the pleasure of getting to know.

Onwards to DC!

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Dallas Con JPEG day! 

I have done dozens of ops with the guys and I still came out of this one shaking. But also Misha said “Nice to see you!” as I was leaving the op so that may have contributed ;-)

I brought a reference photo for this one and gave it to Shelley. She showed Jensen and he seemed unexpectedly excited about it (actually went “Oh yeah!” when he saw it). Then I had to stare at him for like five seconds which is legitimately like staring into the sun. And then he gave my hands a little extra squeeze before he let go <3

I LOVED meeting The Winchesters cast! Got to do meet and greets with Drake and JoJo and they were so lovely and genuine and just excited to be there. And then look at Drake and Jensen’s faces in this op - it's like mirrored bookends. 

JoJo is just a beautiful soul, inside and out. 

I asked Drake if I could have a hug and he said “Of course!” and then proceeded to put his head on the top of mine just like Jared does when he hugs me. I was a puddle after.

After the Drake op, I had to go get a Jared op so they could be set side by side and demonstrate the son/father synchronicity (he’s done this head thing, regardless of the pose, in nearly all my ops since the plexi went away - I think it’s just our thing now). And also Moose hugs are the best kind of therapy. He gave my arms a squeeze before I walked away and I could feel it for like five minutes after <3

This beautiful soul being added to Dallas was a tipping point in me deciding to go. Calian is absolutely my favorite character from Walker:Independence. 

All in all, don’t love the way I look in all of these, but they were some of my most positive experiences in the op room that I’ve ever had.