Southern Hospitality

We left off with a dragon and a Rex, outbound and on an adventure across country to the land of atlanta for FWA. Let's start there!

Despite not attending any of the events at all; I very much enjoyed FWA. I'm not a panel or dance guy, so most of the stuff didn't entirely appeal to me but I very much enjoyed the company of the Dino and the few folks I did know who attended. Was a bit disappointing with some friends who promised to hang out heaps then piked every chance they could get, but it was made up by making new friends and getting to spend a lot more time just hanging out with Mac and doing what we wanted to do. Im sure everyone has over-reported the elevator issue, personally I feel that it's blow way out of proportion by the same inconsiderate self-entitled people who added to the issue with disrespect to fellow con attendees. Let it be said if I ever catch FurDU attendees drunkedly mashing elderly people into the elevator walls, shouting profanties... there will be hell to pay.
I finally got to meet Cinders, Purity, AsheTiger and Arc... all of whom were just as amazing and fun to be around with in real life as they are online. Also bumped into Infy a few times and of course visited Dingoroo in the dealers den as much as I could. The highlight of the con for me was discovering  tato and getting her to sketch in my book. OMG, that artz. (Expect to see a commission from her as soon as I can afford it :D) Introduced Macroceli to a bunch of awesome movies he missed from last year and got drunk a few nights and made some waiters night by being extravertedly silly :) I think If I were to attend again, it would be with a solid reliable group that we could all share the fantastic moments together :)

The day after the con we embarked on our second leg of the trip towards Orlando with good friends, theme parks and adventures in our sights! We were certainly not dissapointed.
 Chase had kindly offered to host us for the handful of days before we started theme parking... let it be said that this dino and dragon were severely spoiled by the wolf. Chase is an amazing cook and made some of the most delicious food I've ever eaten. That soup we had, nearly turned me into soup. We got to meet his housemates  exlof and  pickra who were awesome, hang out with him and them, watch stuff together and had a fantastic time. On the side, Macroceli and I went for a game of mini golf and saw "Burt Wonderstone" and "Identity Theft" Both were alright movies, but folks at home... wait for them to be piratable. (not worth $20 ticket). Thursday night chase invited a bunch of folks over for a big southern cooked chicken feast... again amazing. I seemed to have picked up a case of being socially retarded when it comes to folks I don't know.. and rather just sat shyly about and listened.
After the great meal we parted ways from chase (who if you are reading this, thankyou so much again :D A-) and onto  BlimpWolf and  Striker 's Place. Staying up rather late we chatted most of the night away before crashing rather hard.
Friday was Universal, Specs, Mac, BW and a very very tired dragon climbed into the car and set forth to the Theme parks. Harry Potter world, what can I say? Spread my ashes in the place when I die lol. We squished both the parks into one day, which was super busy but still got to do most everything. Universal was a whole lot of fun, especially harassing the dino and gimpfox in lines and stuff. I really look forward to taking Luke and Jes there one day and don't want to talk too much about it to ruin the surprises :D All the traveling and adventure got the better of me and I was very exhausted and tired early, we headed home... ate out at a fancy restraunt then cashed rather early.
Saturday was another early day, but BW let us sleep in. Packing our suits we headed off to Sunshine Wishes foundation for thier charity open day. This was the first time I've done mascot work since the last run of chemo and I was worried I wouldnt have the stamina to make it through, I did alright :) After we had lunch with dingoroo, wildwolf and co before heading to KP's place for Dingoroo's birthday party. Pictionary followed before an exausted lot fo fuzzballs called it a night.
Sunday was the day of rest... almost, we went out to TREX at downtown disney with dingoroo! then came home to a bit of an easier night with BW cooking a fantastic (and healthy) Dinner :D.
Monday Mac and I went to disney.. 14 hours of it; extended hours allowd us to hit up every park and spend enough time in it before moving onto the next one. So much fun, mostly involving the torment and destruction of children.

That leaves today, the road to chicago! Stay tuned :)