No WorldCon for me

It's official: I've decided not to attend DisCon III in person. Almost none of my friends are attending, and while I can enjoy other cons solo, WorldCon is just as much about seeing my fandom friends as it is the larger con community. I realized a couple of weeks ago that I was cutting it close in terms of trying to find affordable flights, and that I had basically no interest in doing so -- in fact, I found the very thought of even opening the flight search apps exhausting. So today I cancelled my hotel reservation and emailed the con registration team about converting my membership to virtual.

Although I made my decision before this happened, the mayor of Washington DC recently announced that the district will be lifting its mask mandate, and although the con is still going to have strict vaccination and masking polices, rumor has it the hotel will not be following suit. Although I was able to cancel my hotel reservation on the website, I sent them an email anyway asking them to change their mind. I doubt any one customer will change their mind, but maybe if enough people push back on it, we'll see a change.

I'm a little sad, but it was definitely the right call, and I'm glad to have made the decision final. And now I can hopefully look forward to next year in Chicago, as well as Wiscon next year.