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Hey all, sorry I've been a bit busier last few weeks! A lot has happened in that time!
Zephur and I went to visit his family after not seeing them since before the pandemic (we were all vaccinated, finally). We stayed with them a few days and took some time to relax as they live on a barrier island near the beach! We walked down to the beach a few times while there (between the rain/storms Florida is known for at least) and I collected some small shells. I used to collect them as a kid so there was something kind of nostalgic about it c: I didn't swim but I was more than happy just walking along the water and watching the seabirds and crabs skitter about! His mom took us out shopping one of the days and we hung out around the house when it rained. We also went to the weird place called Bucee's that I can only describe as being something like a CostCo, a QT, and a Cracker Barrel had an orgy. Weirdass place but they had good food and snacks! I got a pina colada flavored slushie because I'd never seen that flavor before; was surprisingly good despite being a bit more pineapple than coconut! Wednesday came around and we headed to Orlando for Megaplex!
The drive down wasn't too bad, hit some traffic and it threatened to rain but luckily never did. We got there in late afternoon and tossed everything into the room before going out to check out the hotel. The place was actually a full on resort, which neither of us realized at first! Who expects a furry convention to be at a resort ten minutes from Disney??? Definitely a nice surprise, especially since the room and area were really nice and not terribly expensive. The pool had a waterfall and slide in it! We didn't want to run around more than we had to, so we ate cheeseburgers from a restaurant on site and watched the Olympics in the room. Come Thursday, badge pickup wasn't starting until 6pm, so with time to kill, we headed out to get some extra supplies and then off to Disney Springs, a big shopping/entertainment area!
Now I knew of Disney Springs, but had never been. I had seen some info about it on the map while coming into town and saw some shops I was curious about. I figured it could be a good way to knock out some time. We get there, and it's MASSIVE, way bigger than I expected! Grabbed a guidemap and off we went! I wound up getting some Disney pins, candy, and some bath stuff for myself! Zephur got even more pins! Did you know that Disney has a Florida-themed mascot? It's a little orange (both the color and the fruit) themed bird! I very nearly got a big plush of him c: We had some pretzels and frozen lemonades for lunch and by that time, we were tired and headed back to the hotel.
It was still not time for reg, so we went down to the pool for a bit! The water was actually kind of cold because it had rained overnight/the day prior and been cloudy most of the day, so I didn't get into the water, just sat with my legs in the water. Zephur went down the slide and said it was fun but also freezing! We hung around until about 4 or so before heading back to the room to get some food and wait for reg to open.
When it was finally our turn, we headed down to get in line! We ran into a bunch of people from our fur groups and chats (Zephur saw his Tally Fur buddies, I ran into some Charlotte Furs, we met up with some people from the FP chats) and hung out and talked for a while since Thursday's programming didn't start til later. Zephur talked me into going to Bingo Night (cruise themed con, of COURSE there was Bingo lol) and so that's how we finished the evening! Sadly didn't win but was still nice!
Friday was by far the biggest/best day for several reasons. There were a few panels I was interested in, most notably the Enamel Pin Trading Panel hosted by FP staff and Uncle Kage's Story Hour later that night! The pin trading panel was an absolute blast! I got to meet up with a bunch of friends from chat (shoutout to Wave, you're great!) and trade all sorts of pins for all sorts of other pins! I must have wound up with at least 20 new pins by the end of all of it! A very successful trade session! Kage's Story Hour was great too! Hilarious stories, despite the fact that with no cons lately he didn't have many new furry/con related stories. Later in the night I convinced Zephur to come see Alkali and Pepper's panel, which worked and would up being absolute hilariously dumb! Kage showed up to mess with them of course, and things got real insane, real fast! We couldn't stop laughing! I'm sure someone was filming so you can probably find it on Youtube at some point! Wave had headed home by that point, so Zephur and I called it quits and headed back to the room, where he offered me some of the candy I'd bought the other day.
It was late at night, like 11, so I kinda gave him a look like "why??" but he insisted. I humored him and picked up the thing, kind of flipping it around sarcastically and noticed a paper taped to the bottom of it. It was the first in a set of clues for a scavenger hunt, since he likes setting stuff up like that for my birthday and such. I thought he'd hidden something he bought me; he'd mentioned earlier that he got me something in the Dealer's Den but wouldn't tell me what it was, so I thought it was for that. Followed the clues, found them all, put together the little puzzle. The final clue said "I have one last question and I need you to answer it! Match up the letters on each of these clues!"
The question was "Will you marry me?"
I looked up in shock to see him sitting on the couch in holding a ring box <3 It was goofy, it was silly, and it was cheesy and totally him and I couldn't have asked for a better proposal <3 It was just us two in our room, no weird audience or extra attention or special event. Just us, which is all I wanted c: Of course I said yes <3 Which was the perfect way to end our Friday.
Saturday was our last day at the con, as we had to be home Sunday for work Monday. I told my friends, Wave, Strat, Mel about the proposal (because apparently he'd set it up early Friday morning and I had nearly blown it at one point when three of us went to the room for snacks), attended a few more panels, and walked in the fursuit parade! I met a few suiters I'd seen before as well as Tavi who did my themed badges for this con! My favorite panel from Saturday was probably the babyfur panel because it was kinda chill but also part comedy show and the guy running it was great on stage! We got to color and just hang out. Some people even invited us to a room party that night, which might have been more tempting had we not had the 8 hour drive the following morning. It was still a fun experience though! After that, we got burgers again and headed back to the room. Zephur figured out the con was streaming the dance comp so I put it on my phone to watch while I caught up on my journaling, since I'd been to busy the last day or so to keep up. He went off to Madshy's Plush Bingo Bash panel and actually WON a cute soft pastel teddy bear! Which he prompted decided was mine lol. She's a cat and I've named her Cotton Candy <3
It was great to get away and take some time off, but I did miss my cat and being home. I'm glad to be back and settled in again! I'm hopeful that we'll see more cons, but we don't have any others planned yet save for Ichibancon 2022 (and even that's just the hotel currently, if things get bad again we won't be going/will cancel the room). We want to do FWA again, as we've been wanting to go back ever since 2018, but again, depends on the world situation right now. I hope things get better soon!
Zephur and I went to visit his family after not seeing them since before the pandemic (we were all vaccinated, finally). We stayed with them a few days and took some time to relax as they live on a barrier island near the beach! We walked down to the beach a few times while there (between the rain/storms Florida is known for at least) and I collected some small shells. I used to collect them as a kid so there was something kind of nostalgic about it c: I didn't swim but I was more than happy just walking along the water and watching the seabirds and crabs skitter about! His mom took us out shopping one of the days and we hung out around the house when it rained. We also went to the weird place called Bucee's that I can only describe as being something like a CostCo, a QT, and a Cracker Barrel had an orgy. Weirdass place but they had good food and snacks! I got a pina colada flavored slushie because I'd never seen that flavor before; was surprisingly good despite being a bit more pineapple than coconut! Wednesday came around and we headed to Orlando for Megaplex!
The drive down wasn't too bad, hit some traffic and it threatened to rain but luckily never did. We got there in late afternoon and tossed everything into the room before going out to check out the hotel. The place was actually a full on resort, which neither of us realized at first! Who expects a furry convention to be at a resort ten minutes from Disney??? Definitely a nice surprise, especially since the room and area were really nice and not terribly expensive. The pool had a waterfall and slide in it! We didn't want to run around more than we had to, so we ate cheeseburgers from a restaurant on site and watched the Olympics in the room. Come Thursday, badge pickup wasn't starting until 6pm, so with time to kill, we headed out to get some extra supplies and then off to Disney Springs, a big shopping/entertainment area!
Now I knew of Disney Springs, but had never been. I had seen some info about it on the map while coming into town and saw some shops I was curious about. I figured it could be a good way to knock out some time. We get there, and it's MASSIVE, way bigger than I expected! Grabbed a guidemap and off we went! I wound up getting some Disney pins, candy, and some bath stuff for myself! Zephur got even more pins! Did you know that Disney has a Florida-themed mascot? It's a little orange (both the color and the fruit) themed bird! I very nearly got a big plush of him c: We had some pretzels and frozen lemonades for lunch and by that time, we were tired and headed back to the hotel.
It was still not time for reg, so we went down to the pool for a bit! The water was actually kind of cold because it had rained overnight/the day prior and been cloudy most of the day, so I didn't get into the water, just sat with my legs in the water. Zephur went down the slide and said it was fun but also freezing! We hung around until about 4 or so before heading back to the room to get some food and wait for reg to open.
When it was finally our turn, we headed down to get in line! We ran into a bunch of people from our fur groups and chats (Zephur saw his Tally Fur buddies, I ran into some Charlotte Furs, we met up with some people from the FP chats) and hung out and talked for a while since Thursday's programming didn't start til later. Zephur talked me into going to Bingo Night (cruise themed con, of COURSE there was Bingo lol) and so that's how we finished the evening! Sadly didn't win but was still nice!
Friday was by far the biggest/best day for several reasons. There were a few panels I was interested in, most notably the Enamel Pin Trading Panel hosted by FP staff and Uncle Kage's Story Hour later that night! The pin trading panel was an absolute blast! I got to meet up with a bunch of friends from chat (shoutout to Wave, you're great!) and trade all sorts of pins for all sorts of other pins! I must have wound up with at least 20 new pins by the end of all of it! A very successful trade session! Kage's Story Hour was great too! Hilarious stories, despite the fact that with no cons lately he didn't have many new furry/con related stories. Later in the night I convinced Zephur to come see Alkali and Pepper's panel, which worked and would up being absolute hilariously dumb! Kage showed up to mess with them of course, and things got real insane, real fast! We couldn't stop laughing! I'm sure someone was filming so you can probably find it on Youtube at some point! Wave had headed home by that point, so Zephur and I called it quits and headed back to the room, where he offered me some of the candy I'd bought the other day.
It was late at night, like 11, so I kinda gave him a look like "why??" but he insisted. I humored him and picked up the thing, kind of flipping it around sarcastically and noticed a paper taped to the bottom of it. It was the first in a set of clues for a scavenger hunt, since he likes setting stuff up like that for my birthday and such. I thought he'd hidden something he bought me; he'd mentioned earlier that he got me something in the Dealer's Den but wouldn't tell me what it was, so I thought it was for that. Followed the clues, found them all, put together the little puzzle. The final clue said "I have one last question and I need you to answer it! Match up the letters on each of these clues!"
The question was "Will you marry me?"
I looked up in shock to see him sitting on the couch in holding a ring box <3 It was goofy, it was silly, and it was cheesy and totally him and I couldn't have asked for a better proposal <3 It was just us two in our room, no weird audience or extra attention or special event. Just us, which is all I wanted c: Of course I said yes <3 Which was the perfect way to end our Friday.
Saturday was our last day at the con, as we had to be home Sunday for work Monday. I told my friends, Wave, Strat, Mel about the proposal (because apparently he'd set it up early Friday morning and I had nearly blown it at one point when three of us went to the room for snacks), attended a few more panels, and walked in the fursuit parade! I met a few suiters I'd seen before as well as Tavi who did my themed badges for this con! My favorite panel from Saturday was probably the babyfur panel because it was kinda chill but also part comedy show and the guy running it was great on stage! We got to color and just hang out. Some people even invited us to a room party that night, which might have been more tempting had we not had the 8 hour drive the following morning. It was still a fun experience though! After that, we got burgers again and headed back to the room. Zephur figured out the con was streaming the dance comp so I put it on my phone to watch while I caught up on my journaling, since I'd been to busy the last day or so to keep up. He went off to Madshy's Plush Bingo Bash panel and actually WON a cute soft pastel teddy bear! Which he prompted decided was mine lol. She's a cat and I've named her Cotton Candy <3
It was great to get away and take some time off, but I did miss my cat and being home. I'm glad to be back and settled in again! I'm hopeful that we'll see more cons, but we don't have any others planned yet save for Ichibancon 2022 (and even that's just the hotel currently, if things get bad again we won't be going/will cancel the room). We want to do FWA again, as we've been wanting to go back ever since 2018, but again, depends on the world situation right now. I hope things get better soon!
