Keychain of the Day
Happy birthmonth to Kai!
Once again I'm writing this thank you post a few weeks late. I think my problem is Kai is always so good about passing along only the finest keychains that I want to make the perfect post about them. This causes my brain to short circuit a bit and then I feel like I have to be in perfect condition to write about it. Too tired? Headache? Ate too many cheez puffz? Any little thing can throw me off. But as they say, perfect is the enemy of good. So I'm posting now.
Anyway, Kai is in the process of moving from sunny California to sunny Florida. Josh and I picked him up at the airport and then we went to Pollo Tropical as it is a Florida thing so Kai had never been before. I tried a salad and dessert that were new to me instead of my usual pulled pork tropichopper. Both were quite good but I think my usual dessert, the cuartro leches cake, is better. But it made for a fresh and tasty lunch.
We then dropped Kai off at the hotel that Mare Fair, Florida's latest and greatest brony convention, will be taking place at the last weekend of this month. The funny thing is that Josh and I had literally just checked out of the place that morning to try it out before the con. While unpacking, Kai gave me a few anime keychains and one Canada one and I was rather thrilled with them. He also let me swipe the free tea the hotel had left out. I tried the chamomile myself and it was great and I passed the Earl Grey on to my mom last week and she enjoyed it too. The gift that keeps on giving!
After settling in, the three of us wandered the hotel looking at the space that will be available for the con. Then we found some nice comfy chairs and hung out for awhile chatting. When we realized we were hungry, we walked across the street to the famous Big McDonald's which has both pizza and pasta. I was still full from lunch so I just had my usual cheeseburger.
We went up to the arcade and Kai was kind enough to let me use his ticket winnings on a monkey barrel keychain, two cute erasers, and a funny red pony that I intend to paint golden arches on for its cutie mark. Of course the grand prize was the Unicorn Rainbow Art. I collect these One Love unicorn products because the packaging is always hilarious. The back is usually written in terrible English and then it assures you that life really is all rainbows and unicorns and that your love for unicorns should be greater than life itself. Enough said.
Afterwards we said our goodbyes to Kai, knowing we'd see him again in a few weeks at the con so no one was as sad as we could have been which is always a plus. He was understandably tired from his flight and because moving is such a multi faceted and stressful process. But it was lovely that he made so much time to hang out with us and it really was a fun day. The time was both relaxing and quite productive in terms of con planning.
Thank you again to Kai for all the goodies! You're always a bro, dude! /)<3(\