Corsets, Cold Meds, and Chair Massage

First off, I have to say how freaking happy I am that the weather has started to warm here in Iowa. We've had temps up in the low 50's, and, while at the end of summer, that's not great, at the end of winter, it's wonderful. I can walk outside in a t-shirt and skirt now, and that's awesome.

But, I'll be leaving for even warmer weather this weekend. I'm heading to Kansas City, KS tomorrow for Naka-Con, an anime convention held in Overland Park. It's forecasted to be in the 70's until Sunday there. Yay!!!

I'll be staying with and working under my good friend Kelly Lewis, who runs a chair massage booth at conventions. As I have my own chair, she's invited me to come do some massage at the con, and to stay with her for the weekend.

Here's a tip for any massage therapists out there, and this I got from Kelly: When you're doing chair massage at an event or a con, wear a corset. Not kidding. I was amazed last year when I did this with her, just how much it helped with both posture and keeping everything from hurting. Without the corset, chair massage is never comfortable. You're half bent over, trying to push with your arms from a position where you don't have all that much leverage. Wearing a corset keeps your back straight...it's basically a back brace, only more awesome.

Speaking of corsets...I get to wear a couple new ones this time round. I've been wanting an underbust corset for a long time..and a couple weeks ago, my AWESOME friend Kristin decided to get me a late Yule present :) So, we looked around online, and wound up back at www.corset-deal.com, which is where we've both gotten our best corsets before. Browsing around, I found they had a category of Buy-One-Get-One-Free, so I looked through there. I found a beautiful blue-brocade waist-training underbust, and a silver one just like it...so she bought them for me!

I'll also get to wear some other new gear at con: my new Fenris Firar Official Pack Member t-shirt and wrist bands!!! They were the awesome perks I got for donating to my best friends' indie-go-go fund. Most of you probably already know Samurai Dan and Jillian, aka Dan and Jill Coglan, but if you don't, you should go look them up, 'cause they're awesome. (Do I say "awesome" a lot? ;) )

I'm super excited for the weekend....apart from the fact that I'll be doing all this with a cold. Now, normally when I get a cold, I spend 4 or 5 days dragging myself around the house, chugging NyQuil and sleeping as much as possible. But I can't do that this weekend. Gotta work. So, instead, DayQuil and allergy meds, lots of hot tea with honey, and plenty of tissues on hand. I'm already a few days in, so I'm past being contagious.

It's going to be a very interesting, but very fun weekend. And, if you happen to be going to Naka, stop by and get yourself a massage!