I'm still going to try to keep it brief-ish, since all the furries I know have ADHD and won't pay attention for more than two sentences (myself included).



MFF definitely was awesome! Just WAAAYYY too short (like always)… Honestly the majority of it is a blur but I'll tell you the highlights! I got there around noon on Thursday and proceeded to rat around the lobby for a couple hours until my roommates showed up. I had finally "finished" my new Dittman head (it's not finished at all but I did what I wanted to get done before the con), so this was his debut. Most people didn't know about my new Dittman suit so I was rarely recognized, and I didn't always tell people either, since I like being secretive and lurking in the shadows. So I got to run around and sometimes talk to people who didn't know I was me, although :kamunt: figured it out right away ("You're wearing the same tail as before!" …… dammit Kamunt stop being so observant)

My roommates  haal (Marko Rat) and  Nodd-Mouse arrived later in the afternoon and we checked in to our room, officially the Rodent Room! Originally, my friend  DuskySam was going to be the fourth rodent (I promise he's a real rodent despite his icon) but he fell sick, and was replaced by one of Marko's friends (I don't know his FA, I'll link it here once I figure it out). After we got settled in, we went to dinner at this really fancy bowling place… I'm not kidding, it's the fanciest bowling restaurant I've ever been to. We were with three other furries who I didn't know and can't remember :/ but we had a good time, got good food, and it didn't cost a fortune either.

Basically, the rest of Thursday was just fursuiting and goofing off as Dittman. :P



Friday! First full day at the con. I took  Timothy_Rat out for suiting in the morning for the opening ceremonies, which I think is the first time I've gone to that, actually. I got to see a TON of my furry friends then, especially since I was being a rat people recognized at that point. It also ended up being the only time I took Timothy out to play, which is sort of unfortunate but at the same time I saw pretty much all the people I wanted to see as Timothy that morning.

Friday afternoon…. um, I honestly can't remember. Probably fursuiting.

Early Friday night we went to Gino's East to get some authentic Chicago deep dish pizza - I'm pretty sure that was a first for both Marko and Nodd. We asked for extra cheese. In short, it was delicious.

Later Friday night is a blur but I know I spent a bit of time in the con suite, and had more deep dish pizza there. I mean, one slice just isn't enough, ya know?



Saturday was the big day, the day of the Rodent Party! I had been thinking of it all con, of course, and inviting any rodents I saw. We needed to go to the store to get some rodent food, but we still had the fursuit parade before we could get to that! Marko only wanted to go to the photoshoot beforehand and not the parade, but we ended up being late and stepped inside the room roughly 30 seconds before they started ushering us out. So Marko accidentally got in the parade with us, and we got to be right near the front. Afterwords Marko went to the room to change, and Nodd and hung around briefly, then headed out to my car… except the parade was still going on so we kinda had to actually join the parade again to get to where we were going. XD

Then, Marko came back down and the three of us went shopping for rodent party supplies! Nodd and I were both in suit, at least for a while at the store. I eventually took my head off, which in retrospect I'm pretty damn ashamed of :( but we were in a hurry and I needed better vision to shop. That being said, we still got back to our room right at four and were setting up everything when our guests started arriving!

OK, I'm going to attempt to remember everyone who came to the party:
My roommates and myself
 syn and  tiptoe, two of my rat friends from Wisconsin
 Scooter_squirrel
:ratcoffee:
 reservedrodent
 GrilledCheese
Syber Hamster (don't know FA)

aaaaaaaand…… uhhhhh…. I know there's several more that I can't remember. (I'm really sorry…. :( )I'll add more as people mention them.

…..and there were several more friends who were there in spirit :)

So! Yeah, we partied and did rodent stuff for a couple of hours.

I also drank towards the end of the party, which is new for me. Pretty much everyone was gone so only a couple people saw it but I actually got pretty damn drunk. O.O I'd like to give a huge thanks to both  Werewolff and  Barkley_Beaver for coming to my aid and taking me back to my room since I was literally having problems standing. So I stayed in the room awhile, resting, since it had been a really long day.

Unfortunately, right as I was actually about to go to bed we had "Incident", so…. that was a thing. I was mostly sober by this point, though, so it wasn't a huge deal. The main problem was we were really tired, but we stuck to it and hung out in the DoubleTree Inn's lobby for several hours. Finally, we were let back in and I got to start sleeping around 5 AM.



Here's the sad part: Sunday. I had to leave as soon as I got up because I had a concert to perform in at my college, so I had to drive an hour to get there by noon. I knew this all along, but I was originally planning on coming back after the concert to stay one more night at MFF. But since I got so little sleep that night because of the chlorine thing, I knew I wouldn't be awake enough to drive back… :( So I said my goodbyes to Marko and Nodd right then and there- it was kind of a rushed deal and I wish I had had more time, but that's how it happened. As it turned out, I ended up being more than half-asleep throughout the entire concert though I somehow managed to play my parts correctly when we were up.

Overall, it was a really great con, it just had a sudden and disappointing ending. :/ I've definitely thought about the good parts more than the bad parts, though, so I'm definitely calling this year a success.



P.S. - Other highlights:
Getting to see people I knew, meeting friends for the first time in real life, meeting new friends for the first time ever…, basically, all that mushy-gushy stuff.
Nodd,  silver_raccoon and I being a mob of angry rodents and ganging up on Mr. Peanut.
Getting to wear Marko's rat, Ziggy, several times during the con. (thank you Marko!)
Getting some fursuit construction tips from the owner of MoreFurLess