I don't do that many appearances at conventions. I like to keep them special for me. And for the fans, I hope.
I do not envy the headache you will have when you awake. In the meantime, dream of large women.
I think, like a lot of other people who have been in the service, you'd been delayed in what you were doing. You wanted to catch up and the best way to catch up was to move as fast as you could toward a degree.