Thank you everyone who watched FPS! I had such an amazing trip all together! (I'm going to put an exclamation mark at the end of every sentence!) haha
Let me just write a little run down here since I am waiting while installing new software...
OK
Friday I got up at 1:30am and hit the road at 2am. I made it to Tilt's house at about noon in time for a good little hangout. Snap E. Tiger and FirePup showed up and we all took the grand tour of Tilt's unreal hand restored Pinball machine and classic car collection. SK1 arrived (big hug!) and then we headed off for the 50s burger joint. I had to split for band practice back in Altamonte springs for 7pm. we tuned our pipes and drums in the room right across from ol' whats-his-name the sound effects guy on police academy who was booked for comedy at the hotel lol -but i went straight to be after that. Saturday we headed to the highland games in Wintersprings where we were treated to being in the presence of the House of Edgar Schotts and Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band while they tuned up (frikkin amazing sound) then my camera phone broke just as they marched to the field and played a bunch of sets -gah!
We tuned up and nervously circled up and played our first set in a light mist -sounded pretty good, then stood off to the side and got ready for the grade 4b challenge up -the sun came out, we marched out playing this time, circled up and just hit it. Joe and Crssafox arrived in time to catch it and Kofu got there as we played massed bands where they announced the winners of the band competitions... us!!! we won both dern competitions!! We marched off to glory (what a feeling) and then I split to meet up with my friends where we headed off to Arabian Nights dinner in Kissimmee.
We had a blast there and hugged Kofu goodnight and then headed back to Crssa and Joe's for the night. got up Sunday morning and got to see Joe's inner workings on his wicked second life building stuff and also saw Crssa's secret project ;) and then had to head straight over to SK1's place in Tampa where we headed out for Funday Pawpet Show. Got in some hangout time while we drove to Kissimmee and then it was on... -got to meet all those cool crazy folks and Tron Guy, TRWolf and Squire too. Tron guy did Roll Call and I heard a lot of your names in there! ;) It was over the top awesome but it went by so quick and sadly didn't really get the chance to hangout though. Then it was off to a good late dinner with SK and to bed. got up at 3am when SK had to get up for work, eventually meandered over to a Starbucks for coffee and to watch the show, got to chat with a piper friend in Scotland and Wallywolf in Raleigh before he went to work. Practiced pipe music before SK got out of work -then headed over to the bowling alley for 6 games of watching that boy dominate (look out fursuit bowling world!!) Ordered Dominoes where Scape and SK greeted the driver and I got to sign my first receipt as a goat lol! Scape got a bear hug from Pudge the polar bear and got to check out all of SK's amazing puppets. Stayed up late watching MXC dvds and hit the hay. Had breakfast before heading back out at 10:30am and got back home to my wife at 10:30pm.
WOW what a weekend
Ok -software's done -back to work with me.
Thank you all so much! FPS was the bizombdiziggity!
*hugs all*
See you at FWA!! =)
