So Happy New Year one and all. 2015 is over and 2016 is upon us, and ive decided to do a bit of a recap of how 2015 was, for me at least.

January

Not much happened for me this month IRL or outside of the fandom. Went to Elliot's Winter Carnival and had nice low key time there

February

Pretty much the same as Janusry, only this time i went to Fursonification in Ft Lauderdale, a nice one day event on the beach as well as the 2015 Ft Lauderdale International Auto Show with  sibirlupus  rieshal and  doubled, AND the Dezer Auto Collection in Miami. Also Road Rovers came out on DVD!

March: Not really much here

April

April perked up a bit for me as i was able to go back to Furry Weekend Atlanta, a con i haven't been to since the 2010 one. I road tripped up with  antimon and while it was great to be back at an old con, alot of personal issues i was having at the time prevented me from really enjoying myself. Another issue i was having was my 2003 Ranger was showing its age. The transmission leaked even after getting it rebuilt in 2011, the air conditioning created its own leak and pretty much went leaving me with luke warm air to use in Florida and it developed an intermittent electrical where the electrics would completely die while starting. Sadly i had to leave her behind and take my mothers VW Passat to FWA, no big as 33 MPG was WAY better than the god awful mileage the towing gears in the Rangers 8 inch rear, and 3000 RPM cruzing revs were giving me. Apparently fate must have seen this and decided to send some good luck my way. Literally the day after coming home from FWA, my father and i went to go look at a possible replacement for the Ford. I looked at a Focus, and a Mazda 5, but ultimately i ended up going home in a BRAND NEW Red 2015 KIA Soul+ with the nitrogen filled tire option. Call me a hamster if you want but i LOVE it! Not only that but a few weeks later i ended up meeting a fellow furry who worked at the dealership i got it at, namely  satoukie Wanna nice KIA go see him!

May:

May was a pretty good month. I turned 31. And i went to Elliot's Spring Gathering which made a nice return to Florida having been in Vegas. It was a nice time tho i was still dealing with the same demons i had at FWA, namely personal and social issues

July: July of course was a good mainly because of Megaplex. No matter what i never want to miss Megaplex. To me it feels like its MY con. Yes AC is gigantic and awesome, yes BLFC as a go kart track on site, but still i find myself unable to miss lil ol MP. This year was super special as the demons i dealt with at FWA and ESG went away when i met  lordnegaduck and his friend  ladyariaa and got to hang with them most of the con, really great people. I also was surprised by Steelclaw Fox when he policed up his 68 Fairlane too look like a drawing i made for him for the cons theme. All in all a fun time

August and September: Not much happened here.

October:

Heres where things got a bit sour as i had to deal with the notice of being barred from attending the Xmas party. Dealt with some pretty bad depression over that and ended up pretty much not being myself when i went to Furloween and Elliot's Fall Festival. Mostly just hung around behind the lights and sounds like a ghost so i wouldn't attract any negative attention. Also went to a fun party my friend  darkwolf72 threw at his place. Had fun there at least.

November:

Again not much happened this month. Went to the Miami Motor Show with  sibirlupus Had thanksgiving with my mother and father. Was still dealing with the depression from the party thing tryin to reason with the powers that be. Luckilly i has support from friends like  darkwolf72  antimon  wolvenwuff  doubled  lordnegaduck,  sibirlupus,  captainfurry and so on and so forth who were there when i needed someone to talk to. And i also wanna thank all the people who gave nice comments on my two journals on the matter. Yu all know who ya are.

December:

Things improved this month, as i was granted access to the party. I went there and actually had a good time overall,my strategy being just to hang out with my friends that i know are loyal, and to take things as they come. The Nerf war was especially fun. That was probably the highlight of the whole weekend. Christmas itself was pretty good. After kind of overlooking it last year (no decor or tree) i thought it would be that way again but my mother convinced me we needed to make it happen and so we spent all day one day buying new decor and lights and what have you, including my first xmas inflatable, a 6 ft tall Minnie Mouse, and using a small tree in a pot my mother is growing as our xmas tree. All in all it was a nice holiday. Finally to cap off 2015 the right way, mom and i do what everyone does on New Years eve;...... turn in her leased VW Passat and go for a 2016 VW Beetle Cabriolet! Quite the zippy lil bug.


Misc:

I guess the other thing about this year was the drama at my work place. We had a couple of managerial changes at work the beginning of the year for my department and the new ones came in guns a blazin. I went from exceeding expectations on my evaluation to needing improvement, a whole bunch of new (on the books but not practiced at our store) rules came up that further complicated things, our store manager has been out for the past few months for surgery during my stores remodel during which i had to come in at 5 AM to clean up after the construction crew, so the ships wheel is spinning about like crazy. Its been rough and stressful and depressing. The drop in my level really hit hard because it could be over a year or two before i get another raise. Kind of makes me feel like the 11 years ive put into my job has been a bit of a waste.

So in summy 2015 has been a bit of a topsy turvy year. Some parts of it were good, other parts great, a few, not so much. Im hoping 2016 will be a better year, at least for me. Con plans are up in the air for me right now. I do plan to hit local events and Megaplex is a definite. I dunno what out of state cons ill hit if i hit any at all.

~Convoy