I mentioned in my coverage of Friday that I’m feeling tired, and that is even more true today. I fly home tomorrow (Sunday) and then back to the day job on Monday morning. And work has NOT been that quiet of late, lots of unusual extra work going on that my boss and staff have been handling over the last month, mostly without me. It’s time I dig back in. Friday was a late night for many attendees, I understand, and things lasted until the wee hours. I was not part of those shenanigans, I am old and boring. And I don’t know anyone, nor do that kind of thing anyway. I digress.ture weeks.

If you want to see my conference notes for the day, check them out on my writing site at https://polywogg.ca/day-4-of-bouchercon2025-in-new-orleans/.

I confess, I would like to stay for parts of Sunday. Or at least, I should say, if I was still here, and I had any energy left, I would do two of the agenda items. There is a set of panels left starting at 8:00 a.m. in the morning and another set at 9:30, and I didn’t get a chance to really hone which of the first four would have made my pick out of six nor which of the three of six would have been my pick at 9:30.

Instead, I packed Saturday night, barely managing to fit everything in the carry-on, and just went to the airport on Sunday morning. En route to the airport, I discovered that the Saints were playing that day, AND that it would have been really easy to get tickets even at the gate, no scalpers involved. If I had known that previously, I would have extended my stay until Monday and bought tickets in advance. Just to go to a game. I wasn’t disappointed though, I was ready to go home. Two hops and I made it around 7:30 p.m.

I survived Bouchercon 2025. I’ll let the dust settle before I decide what to do about future years.