I left Thursday at 1am to catch the train in Grand
Forks North Dakota ... arriving at 1pm on Thursday
in Columbus Wisconsin. After arriving at my brother's
we went straight over to the High school and Performing
Arts Center to see how things would be set up. We
worked on setting tables later that night .. after
we got back Mark [Michele's
brother, who had organised the convention ~ Ed.],
Nick ( a friend of Mark's and me that go way back)
and me watched Skin And Bones since they
never saw it.
Friday, Mark and Nick
got up early to go get more things done ... they left
the radio on for me so I wouldn't miss Doug's interview
that morning live ... Doug did it while he was in
the car on the way to the airport and he did great
job! When Nick and Mark got back me and Nick went
to check in to the Hotel before picking up Doug and
Derek at the Airport ... they arrived at 3pm.
As soon as we saw
each other we gave each other hugs .. .they said their
flight went good.
So we loaded them
up in the car to take them to the Hotel to check in
... on the way I asked if they were hungry - 'course
they were. Derek wanted to eat dead cow. Well Nick,
who is not from WIisconsin, got a little lost on the
way back to the Hotel ... but Doug and Derek were
just loving the scenery. After we got them checked
in at the hotel it was off to eat at the Lake View
Inn which was built around 1800's and the food was
sooo good there.
After dinner Derek
and Doug wanted to go in and rest ... so me and Nick
went to go help out more to set up for the con. After
helping set up I went back to the Hotel to watch some
t.v. and relax myself ... Matt called and so did Emma,
saying that they probably wouldn't be checking in
around 12am. So I told them when they came to the
room to be extra quiet since we were next door to
Doug and he was relaxing since he said he didn't sleep
much the night before he got on the plane.
They came around 12am
and it was so nice to see everyone made it ... we
gave out hugs and were excited about the weekend.
Saturday I got up
to set up more tables while they stayed and ate breakfast.
When I got back we got dressed in our costumes for
the Con.
10 am the breakfast
was closed at the Hotel and I knew Doug didn't eat
any so I went down there and asked if I can grab something
for him? They were more then happy to. I then took
some muffins and a bagel to Doug's room and he was
so thankful that I did that.
Carly, Matt, Heidi
and Emma followed us in the car over to the convention.
Even though there weren't as many people there as
last year we all had fun. Morgan Mead was there, the
Director from My Name is Jerry ... it was
so nice to finally meet him.
Doug had his Q&A
at 1pm it was nice I got to do the introduction ...
a lot of good questions went to Dougie. After the
Q&A I got Derek and Doug some pulled pork sandwiches
for lunch.
After the con closed
we all went back to the hotel to get ready for dinner,
we still had an hour and Derek came to our room to
hang till then, while Dougie rested. The dinner went
very well ... we had a choice between Steak, Salmon
and Veggie Lasagna.
That night we tried
to find Karaoke but there wasn't any but we stopped
at a few places where we danced and had fun. But in
the end we went back to have our PJ party which we
all enjoyed very much.
Sunday we went in
our PJ's to breakfast which was fun ... then we all
got together for our goodbyes, which is always sad.
Me and my brother drove Derek and Doug to the airport,
but on the way Derek wanted to stop off at a comic
book store to buy some Green Arrow comics.
We gave out hugs and said our goodbyes to each other.
Then it was my turn
to catch my Train which left at 5pm. I didn't get
home till Monday at 7am, then I crawled into bed and
slept.
The
Prom Pose - Dougie and his Mixie
