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So about that FurSquared
10 years ago
KZKVI QZN WRKKVI HZBH: "ZFFTSDCJSTZWHZWFS!"
As I said, I was going to touch base on this. This was a really emotional thing for me. Last week on sunday, we got some bad news about a family member that kind of upset grandma because everyone is always saving for retirement or they don't go out and do anything fun. Now that we might have two people in our family that might die early it puts things in a huge light for everyone. Also, its been 9 months since my grandpa died.
He saved for retirement but was always saving for adventures, only bought things that he needed and only took care of what needed to be taken care of. He spent a lot of time with everyone and even took me on a few trips that I will never forget. So far im the only one in the family that is being practical about anything in life, I have goals, I have money being saved, I have fun things planned.
It was on the way to FurSquared, that I somehow missed my exit and even after looking at the Phone/GPS and took me on a long detour to Rochester, not too far from where grandpa is buried. I gave a small nod to the sign to Mantorville. I knew this was going to be the closest that I would get to the cemetery for quite sometime and wished that I did stop by and see if the stone was placed and grab a quick picture.
But I was content at the time and knew that I was being watched over during this trip. Grandpa always said to take in the beauty of the area you are in. With the ice coming off the sandstone cliffs in southern Minnesota, I did take it all in, but almost shat myself going over the bridge but thats another story.
The convention was a blast. Spent most of my time looking for a few people and playing artimis reviving a nice little gift from one of my favorite artists (sucks that we were both busy the whole time so didn't talk much), met some new people that I hope to see again and im going to make cards for myself because I forgot peoples names but a few of them remembered me from Furry Migration so know that I might bump into them again.
After the convention it was time to go home, happy with the way things turned out even if goals weren't met (I got one Soonu but need more but need ref sheet that can be printed.) it was in two places that I broke down a bit. First was Wisconsin Dells, the last big trip that we took with grandpa back in 2007 (might be wrong) and trying to find the place we stayed was kind of tricky but seeing the signs to everything that we went to, everything that we saw, and everything that we did reminded me of how rich and how good I still have things.
Then I got to St. Paul, I remembered the hard times I had when I was in college and the mistakes and yet the fun that I had. Seeing old street signs and old buildings I took a bit longer here then I should have but I think that it was worth it. To me, that was a great way to end a trip, going back to start of the last convention I went to before the drugs really took me down and out and made me come home. Furry Connection North is still the farthest convention that I have ever gone to by car and will still be a great con story to tell someday.
Before I end this, May 20th will be my 10th year in the furry fandom, the start of my life, the start of a huge journey filled with beautiful times and moments that you wish everything would end. I look back at the past 10 years and think that if I didn't find this, what would I have done, would everything have ended, would I even have the adventures and the fun that I had. I can tell you all one thing. Its going to be hard for me to leave in 10 years. I will still be online but I give myself 10 more years going to conventions, 10 more years to make things awesome, and 10 more years to enjoy everything before I work on my last few years of work and get ready to sit back and relax till my final days come knocking.
I'm going to make the best of it, and you fuckers know it.
He saved for retirement but was always saving for adventures, only bought things that he needed and only took care of what needed to be taken care of. He spent a lot of time with everyone and even took me on a few trips that I will never forget. So far im the only one in the family that is being practical about anything in life, I have goals, I have money being saved, I have fun things planned.
It was on the way to FurSquared, that I somehow missed my exit and even after looking at the Phone/GPS and took me on a long detour to Rochester, not too far from where grandpa is buried. I gave a small nod to the sign to Mantorville. I knew this was going to be the closest that I would get to the cemetery for quite sometime and wished that I did stop by and see if the stone was placed and grab a quick picture.
But I was content at the time and knew that I was being watched over during this trip. Grandpa always said to take in the beauty of the area you are in. With the ice coming off the sandstone cliffs in southern Minnesota, I did take it all in, but almost shat myself going over the bridge but thats another story.
The convention was a blast. Spent most of my time looking for a few people and playing artimis reviving a nice little gift from one of my favorite artists (sucks that we were both busy the whole time so didn't talk much), met some new people that I hope to see again and im going to make cards for myself because I forgot peoples names but a few of them remembered me from Furry Migration so know that I might bump into them again.
After the convention it was time to go home, happy with the way things turned out even if goals weren't met (I got one Soonu but need more but need ref sheet that can be printed.) it was in two places that I broke down a bit. First was Wisconsin Dells, the last big trip that we took with grandpa back in 2007 (might be wrong) and trying to find the place we stayed was kind of tricky but seeing the signs to everything that we went to, everything that we saw, and everything that we did reminded me of how rich and how good I still have things.
Then I got to St. Paul, I remembered the hard times I had when I was in college and the mistakes and yet the fun that I had. Seeing old street signs and old buildings I took a bit longer here then I should have but I think that it was worth it. To me, that was a great way to end a trip, going back to start of the last convention I went to before the drugs really took me down and out and made me come home. Furry Connection North is still the farthest convention that I have ever gone to by car and will still be a great con story to tell someday.
Before I end this, May 20th will be my 10th year in the furry fandom, the start of my life, the start of a huge journey filled with beautiful times and moments that you wish everything would end. I look back at the past 10 years and think that if I didn't find this, what would I have done, would everything have ended, would I even have the adventures and the fun that I had. I can tell you all one thing. Its going to be hard for me to leave in 10 years. I will still be online but I give myself 10 more years going to conventions, 10 more years to make things awesome, and 10 more years to enjoy everything before I work on my last few years of work and get ready to sit back and relax till my final days come knocking.
I'm going to make the best of it, and you fuckers know it.
