Got back from Origins monday, it was a fun time overall, but i think i twinked the left knee a good one, its still stiff and sore as all hell, although it IS getting better by the day resting it as much as i can.

I didn't get to fursuit PER SAY at origins, i did get to show off the deer ranger/hunter costume while i was there(pictures in my photos if you want to see it), and i find it kinda funny that i basically got 3 different reactions from the several HUNDRED people that were there. #1...oh, that is so cool, can i take your picture(about 1/3 of them), #2......OMG, what is WRONG with you (pretty much the rest), and #3.....deer in headlights(which i thought I was supposed to be looking like on occasion :D ) and damn near running away from the freak(only a couple) i feel bad for the one that reacted like that, little kid MAYBE 6-7 years old that saw we are literally ran to his parents crying, hiding behind their legs. the parents loved the costume, but that poor kid........::shrugs:: i guess i should have, but didn't see that one coming. will have to be more careful i guess now not to scar some poor kid with my partials / larp costuming :(

Had a pretty serious thing going on with my youngest daughter(17) that turned up while we were at origins with a much older (to her, younger than me) guy. she's been showing obsessive behavior is a bad way and when we talked to her about it she did say that she wanted to get therapy when it was offered to her, so she has an appt now right after the 4th of july weekend to get her counseling started. It doesn't help that he wasn't acting as mature as he was for that situation so for now extremely limiting contact with him until her therapy/counseling has gotten started well

I know she has had some reservations about her dad being a furry....i'm dad, so any major changes with me i know will affect her........well, major outward changes in that way anyways, and i am REALLY hoping that isn't part of the big picture problem. I finally for the first time in my life feel like i can be free to show a lot of my inner self including being a furry to those that i love and who love me back. I know she had a bit of a messed up childhood with me being in the navy, always moving and being gone and all that, and i know she's not happy she had that kind of childhood, but i know she DOES understand WHY i lived that kind of a life, and why dad had to leave and not be there when she wanted me home and all that, but to a little kid, it can, and good chance will, leave some scars, and dad can only fix so much :(. i am just hoping whatever comes out of her counseling/therapy will help her and help me help her deal with all the things me and her mom screwed up on in her life.

she has such a bright future, i really hope i didn't screw her up too much.......