Been back home since Monday afternoon, and thought it was about time I post a journal on the con! It's exhaustive, sorry, and I know I'm leaving out plenty.

I left Thursday afternoon with local friend and ride Vix (This would be his first con!), and arrived later that night, allowing me to see Chicago's amazing nighttime skyline for the first time. Once at the hotel, we brought in our things and met up with  neevipanda, who now has a fursuit! I went up to my own floor and met with my room's owner, Red, and soon  dizmo, who also would be staying there. I eventually went back downstairs to meet back up with and for the long, cold walk to McDonald's. Later back at the hotel, I finally met up with  FarSight and  Kodi_Starpaw, an amazing couple I hadn't seen in a year. They introduced me to more of their sweet friends (as well as a few drinks), before I finally retired for the night.

Friday I visited downtown Chicago with  UchihaFox and some other cool people. It was my first time using a train of that sort and was an interesting and bumpy experience. Other than some really good dumplings at Wow Bao, none of us really bought anything while out shopping, but it was still fun and we saw some great stuff. Next time I'll bring a little more money.

After getting back to the con, I finally regged and hit the dance a couple times that night, especially that last hour where they played hardstyle. Afterward I just chilled with Farsight and Kodi until I skipped out on Denny's that night/morning and went to bed.

Saturday, I got up relatively early to go to  SkyRyd3r's dance workshop. It was fun trying to really learn how to dance and I got to speak with Tyzin for a while. Guess I was feeling shy 'cause I didn't introduce myself to Sky till he had to go for the parade. It was still nice meeting him and maybe we'll hang at a future con.

After the parade I got some pizza with Ciaphas and a few others. That night I ran into  mmm-dumpling (We have a habit of this) and at some point Mik3, and spent most of the night going around to different parties. After all the partying, we joined a good sized group to take a couple taxis over to Denny's. By then though I was about ready to sleep right where I sat. It was a good meal though, and I went to back to my room for sleep when we got back.

Sunday I got up and went to the fursuit dance competition, seeing every performance. I have my favorites such as  Rei_Meerkat and , but everyone was great. After it was all over, I met up with Neevi and Vix, who would be leaving soon. Vix was being shy about getting a photo of fellow rabbit  Clouwy, so I introduced him and took a photo of them together. Spent the rest of the con finding more parties and hanging with  OdinWolf,  Artful-Dodger, Mik3, Dizmo, and others. After being up all night, Dizmo and I left for Union Station on Monday morning at about 5:30.

I've had almost nothing but trouble since I left that hotel, but things should swing back up in a few days. MFF was totally worth it. Possibly my best con ever. I'm so happy with meeting everyone again as well as new people, there were so many I wasn't expecting to see, and I miss you all. I have much thanks for Red, her husband, and everyone else in the room. They were all very nice to Dizmo and I the whole weekend, with no problems at all.

So beyond all that, I've been planning to head out tonight for Black Friday and see if I score a few good deals. Good luck to me! Next con I'll be at is most likely FCN, but I wouldn't rule out Furnal Equinox or Furry Weekend Atlanta. Happy Thanksgiving and see you folks around!