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sixsclassic · 4 years

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It’s Lovely: Part 2

Some more Parrward fluff with Baby Mae. I recommend listening to You Mean the World to Me by Freya Ridings as it’s the song I listened to while writing.

Also a big shoutout to @modernqueensix for the kind words about the first part and it really was the motiviation I needed to finish the last bit of part 2!

Part 1

Things had moved on rather quickly in Kat’s life since meeting Mae, it was like she put herself in a slingshot and everything was flying by. She finished her first year at university and since she was living with Anne and Catalina, she was already home. She was scared that the end of the school term meant that Cathy and Mae would go back to the town where Cathy grew up but she was rather relieved to find that Cathy had found a job in the city that she’d be working for a while and couldn’t move back home. Since the first meeting of Mae, Kat spent as much time with the two of them as she could.

They’d go to the park a lot, get lunch, or just spend time at Cathy’s apartment. Mae had even met Anne and Catalina since Cathy insisted on meeting the two and Katherine was sure that she wanted them to meet Mae as well. Kat felt so much love for both Cathy and Mae. It made her heart swell with how happy Mae was to see her whenever she’d come over. The two year old would run over to her squealing her name until Kat could pick her up. They had a special bond that Kat couldn’t explain but her life was starting to make so much sense with Cathy and Mae in it.

Now it was a special day for Kat, it would be the first birthday of Mae’s that she got to spend with them both. Mae was turning three on August 1st and Kat was really determined to make it a special day for her, as she was learning about everything the little girl liked over the past three months. Kat now found herself sleeping over every once and a while at Cathy’s place and today was no exception. She felt Cathy stir against her as Kat was curled up against her girlfriend’s chest. Cathy pressed a soft kiss to the crown of Kat’s head before untangling herself from Kat’s arms and legs and heading off to the kitchen to start Mae’s birthday breakfast.

Her little girl loved chocolate chip pancakes and they’d had them for any special holiday since they were Mae’s favorite. This year it felt a little different for Cathy since the previous holidays spent just the two of them and now they had Kat in their lives. It was pleasant, so Cathy continued to make the pancakes as she heard the quiet shuffle of feet from the hallway and she turned to see Mae coming towards her, rubbing her eyes. Her now three year old was dressed in her favorite frozen nightgown and her hair was braided back into two dutch braids. Two dutch braids that Kat had patiently done on a wiggly toddler last night.

“Happy birthday my princess.” Cathy smiles as she leaned down on her knees and brushed some baby hairs off of Mae’s forehead as she gently kissed each of Mae’s cheeks earning a giggle from the little girl. “Tank you Mama.” Mae says bashfully as she let herself fall into her mother who encased her little one in a hug, placing a few more kisses on the top of Mae’s head. She then settled Mae on the counter as the toddler snacks on some of the chocolate in the bowl Cathy had placed beside the pancake mix.

A few minutes later Cathy heard another pair of feet shuffling down the hall. Kat exited her room, dressed in one of Cathy’s old band tees and a pair of pajama shorts. Her hair tied back in braids, matching Mae’s since she’d insisted the night before that her Kat Kat match her. “Happy birthday Mae.” Kat smiles, moving to where Mae was as the toddler outstretched her arms towards Kat who took her girlfriend’s daughter into her arms. She gave Mae a gentle squeeze and kissed the little girl’s cheek a few times. “Tank you Kat Kat.” Mae says, now beaming as she saw her favorite two people. “You’re welcome sweet girl.” Kae replies, placing another kiss on Mae’s cheek. Kat then turned her attention to Cathy, giving her girlfriend a matching kiss on her cheek. “And good morning to you my love.” Kat says, leaning her head on Cathy’s shoulder.

“Good morning beautiful.” Cathy answers as she delivers a soft kiss on Kat’s lips. Kat grinned widely as she danced around with Mae in her arms, making the little girl laugh loudly and Cathy though her heart was going to burst right there, this was the life that she always wanted for Mae and herself, for someone to love them both.

The morning had gone by successfully, Mae enjoyed her birthday breakfast so much that she wore most of it on her face and her nightgown. It earned her an early bath that day since they were going to be having a few friends over that to celebrate with them for Mae’s birthday. It was going to Jane with Edward since the little boy had turned two in late June and he and Mae had a little playdate the previous month and the two had wanted to have another since, then Cathy had also told Kat to invite Anne and Catalina since they were a part of their family. A few of Cathy’s friends from high school were going to be attending as well, their names being Joan and Anna. As well as three of their friends from their art class, where they’d met were going to be attending as well; Bessie, Maria and Maggie.

The last three had been the friends that really encouraged Cathy to ask Kat and always held study sessions for the first few months to see how quickly the two were falling for each other. Now they were going to be seeing Kat in a new light, one where she was a part of Cathy and Mae’s life as a big part. The party was scheduled for two and Mae spent part of her early afternoon, napping so that she’d be awake and ready to have fun during her party.

While she was napping, Kat and Cathy were getting the apartment setup with balloons and other decorations, Kat going to get the cake about an hour before the party started. “It’s looking amazing babe.” Kat says as she wraps her arms around Cathy’s waist, pressing a soft kiss against Cathy’s neck. “I can’t wait for her to see it.” Cathy replies as she looks around the living room that was filled with different frozen characters.

“She’s going to be so happy to see Olaf.” Kat smiled, “I’m going to go see if she’s up.”

“Sounds good to me, love.” Cathy replies, as Kat slipped in Mae’s room, finding the tot curled up with her teddy as Kat gently rubbed her back and Mae began to stir. “Hi sweet girl, do you wanna get ready for your party?” Kat asks as Mae rubs her eyes.

“Yes pwease.” Mae nods as Kat lifts Mae into her arms and the three year old settles against Kat’s chest as she begins to wake up and Kat finds the dress that Cathy had gotten for Mae’s birthday, a simple cornflower blue dress with daisy flowers on it. It was going to look so cute on Mae, so Kat got Mae dressed, finding a white bow to match the dress as she brought her out to the living room. “My princess, you look beautiful.” Cathy smiles.

“Tanks Mama.” Mae smiles as the doorbell rings and the first set of guests begin to arrive. The party went amazing, Mae spending most of the party playing with Edward, and being so excited at all the cool new frozen toys she’d got. Kat felt so grown up in that moment, like that Mae was her little girl, and it felt special to have some of her friends there to celebrate Mae’s birthday. Probably one of Mae’s favorites was that Anne and Catalina got her tickets to see Frozen on Ice and Kat swore that Mae was going to make herself pass out from all the excitement.

Later in the night, Mae was asleep right at bedtime, not even needing a bedtime story since she wore herself out from all the excitement. It left Cathy and Kat cleaning up the living room, and noting who gave Mae what so they could write thank you notes to everyone. Finally they were finished and settled on the couch, Kat resting her head on Cathy’s lap who started to play with her hair. “You’re so good with her.” Cathy finally says as Kat glances up at her and before she could get anything else out, Cathy adds, “Move in with us?”

“R-really?” Kat asks as she sits up and faces her girlfriend.

“Yes, I mean it.” Cathy nods as a smile grows on Kat’s face.

“I would love to.” Kat beams as she kisses Cathy softly.

“Mae loves you like crazy, she was asking me about something the other day and I wasn’t sure when to talk to you about it but now feels right.” Cathy explains.

“I love her like crazy too, you can tell me anything.” Kat replies as Cathy gently takes Kat’s hand in her’s and gives it a gentle squeeze.

“She asked me if you’re her other mommy. She sees that other kids at daycare have two parents and she knows that we’re together. I hope this doesn’t scare you.” Cathy says as her cheeks began to turn bright red since it was something she’d been building up the courage to talk to Kat about.

“I’d love to be Mae's other mommy. She holds a special place in my heart that I can’t explain. Something inside me tells me that I was always meant to find you two and I’d really love to be Mae’s mommy. It would mean the world to me.” Kat smiles as tears start to form in her eyes, she feels so connected to Cathy and Mae since now she’d be something more than Kat Kat to Mae.

#parrward #parrward fanfiction #six fanfiction #six fanfic #six the musical fanfic #six the musical fanfiction #Catherine Parr #Katherine Howard #Katherine Howard x Catherine Parr #fluffy #fluff #Mae Seymour #mary seymour

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the-reverse-mermaid · 5 years

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1. coffee mugs, teacups, wine glasses, water bottles, or soda cans?

2. chocolate bars or lollipops?

3. bubblegum or cotton candy?

4. how did your elementary school teachers describe you? energetic

5. do you prefer to drink soda from soda cans, soda bottles, plastic cups or glass cups?

6. pastel, boho, tomboy, preppy, goth, grunge, formal or sportswear?

7. earbuds or headphones?

8. movies or tv shows?

9. favorite smell in the summer? flowers

10. game you were best at in p.e.? four square

11. what you have for breakfast on an average day? eggs in some form, but it’s my breakfast AND lunch because i get home form work around 11:30am, and I’m generally not hungry at 4:30am when I leave, so.

12. name of your favorite playlist? “Current favs”

13. lanyard or key ring?

14. favorite non-chocolate candy? hot tomales tied with sour gummy worms

15. favorite book you read as a school assignment? A Tale of Two Cities

16. most comfortable position to sit in? tummy-down on the floor

17. most frequently worn pair of shoes? VERY ratty blue converse

18. ideal weather? sunny and windy

19. sleeping position? on left side/ on back/ sometimes on tummy

20. preferred place to write (i.e., in a note book, on your laptop, sketchpad, post-it notes, etc.)?

21. obsession from childhood? Danny Phantom & mermaids

22. role model? Joan of Arc, and lotsa others

23. strange habits? fingerspelling, brushing my teeth for like 15 min

24. favorite crystal? quartz

25. first song you remember hearing? the lullaby that came out of my stuffed rabbit

26. favorite activity to do in warm weather? swim/ nap

27. favorite activity to do in cold weather? go on walks/ nap

28. five songs to describe you? Self Portrait by Stephanie Smith, Glorious by David Archuleta, Shatter Me by Lindsay Stirling, My, Myself and Time by Demi Lovato, and Paper Tigers by Owl City

29. best way to bond with you? let me talk about my favorite things

30. places that you find sacred? LDS temples, esp the Orlando temple

31. what outfit do you wear to kick ass and take names? My spider-man hoodie and sweats

32. top five favorite vines? I don’t know any vines…(sweats)

33. most used phrase in your phone? K

34. advertisements you have stuck in your head? none

35. average time you fall asleep? Like how long it takes to fall asleep? If it’s a good night, like 10 min; if it’s a bad night, several hours

36. what is the first meme you remember ever seeing? oh gosh. I remember where I was when I heard the term meme for the first time. It was about rage comics, I think it was the freaking troll face in like, 2011.

37. suitcase or duffel bag?

38. lemonade or tea?

39. lemon cake or lemon meringue pie?

40. weirdest thing to ever happen at your school? One time I came to class a few minutes late and nobody was there and the whiteboard said “class is longboarding outside” and i was really confused…walked back out of the room, saw my whole class down the hall laughing at me…It was April Fool’s Day.

41. last person you texted? my sister and brother in law, with whom i have a text conversation solely to send them the weirdest images i can find

42. jacket pockets or pants pockets?

43. hoodie, leather jacket, cardigan, jean jacket or bomber jacket?

44. favorite scent for soap? Christmas tree scent

45. which genre: sci-fi, fantasy or superhero?

46. most comfortable outfit to sleep in? sweats and t-shirt tho i often wake up to find i have stripped in the night

47. favorite type of cheese? mozzarella

48. if you were a fruit, what kind would you be? Apple

49. what saying or quote do you live by? decisions determine destiny

50. what made you laugh the hardest you ever have? it’s called the boob game and it’s what my family plays on car trips and i invented it and for some reason it was/is hilarious despite it’s immaturity; you just look around at billboards and signs and replace one word with the word ‘boob’

51. current stresses? i gotta grade some papers for my TA job and I’m procrastinating it

52. favorite font? comic sans

53. what is the current state of your hands? clipped unpainted nails (the way i like); probably need some lotion

54. what did you learn from your first job? money is nice

55. favorite fairy tale? The Boy Who Drew Cats

56. favorite tradition? decorating cookies at Christmas

57. the three biggest struggles you’ve overcome? ED, rejection from animation program, LDS missionary service

58. four talents you’re proud of having? drawing, writing essays, writing stories, listening

59. if you were a video game character, what would your catchphrase be? listen up buddy

60. if you were a character in an anime, what kind of anime would you want it to be? mermaids/mythical creatures

61. favorite line you heard from a book/movie/tv show/etc.? From The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness: “In this world of numbness and information overload, the ability to feel is a rare gift indeed”

62. seven characters you relate to? Hiccup (HTTYD), Kiki (Kiki’s Delivery Service), Ned (SM:Hoco), Kit (Unicorn Store), Aunt Cass (BH6), Danny (DP)

63. five songs that would play in your club? It would be an Owl City only club

64. favorite website from your childhood? neopets, baby

65. any permanent scars? In my left armpit I have a long scar from a heart surgery when I was a baby

66. favorite flower(s)? I adore the smell of daffodils

67. good luck charms? a leaf necklace given to me by a friend

68. worst flavor of any food or drink you’ve ever tried? i hate tootsie rolls

69. a fun fact that you don’t know how you learned? human DNA and banana DNA is 50% identical

70. left or right handed? right

71. least favorite pattern? don’t have a least fav

72. worst subject? statistics

73. favorite weird flavor combo? this is more texture than flavor, but i like eating cake in a bowl of milk

74. at what pain level out of ten (1 through 10) do you have to be at before you take an advil or ibuprofen? 6

75. when did you lose your first tooth? in childhood (i don’t remember)

76. what’s your favorite potato food (i.e. tater tots, baked potatoes, fries, chips, etc.)?

77. best plant to grow on a windowsill? ur asking me? idk, i can’t grow stuff

78. coffee from a gas station or sushi from a grocery store?

79. which looks better, your school id photo or your driver’s license photo?

80. earth tones or jewel tones?

81. fireflies or lightning bugs?

82. pc or console?

83. writing or drawing?

84. podcasts or talk radio?

84. barbie or polly pocket?

85. fairy tales or mythology?

86. cookies or cupcakes?

87. your greatest fear? hopelessness

88. your greatest wish? happiness

89. who would you put before everyone else? my nephew and niece

90. luckiest mistake? tumblr…lucky bc of the homies

91. boxes or bags?

92. lamps, overhead lights, sunlight or fairy lights?

93. nicknames? Bean/Beanie, Spoons, Good Cop

94. favorite season? Spring

95. favorite app on your phone? whichever one holds my current obsession

96. desktop background? President Nelson on a swing (Russel M Nelson is the current prophet of the Church and he’s an adorable old man who i love)

97. how many phone numbers do you have memorized? Two, mine and my mom’s

98. favorite historical era? I don’t think I have one

#holy crap this was exhausting u owe me a reply anon #long post

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stagesofabreakup · 7 years

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Stages of a Breakup: Week 33

1. Help your grandma’s friend set up a new computer she bought

2. Also try to help her backup her old one

3. She told the people at Dell when she bought the new computer that she “didn’t want” wifi, so they TOOK IT OFF THE COMPUTER, which you didn’t even know they could do

4. You’re working all night by Ethernet cord

5. The backup keeps failing because of a shadow copy timeout

6. You eat the world’s most intense grilled cheese that your Grandma’s friend (Winnie) makes for you

7. Google some stuff and get the backup to start

8. Winnie’s friend Joan comes over with nips of Ciroc and they talk and drink

9. You think being 75 in New York seems like the shit

10. Eat more cheese, now on crackers

11. Talk with Winnie and Joan for a while

12. Joan used to be a Private Investigator and she showed you her license and told you about how she used to look up all her daughter’s boyfriends

13. She mentions she is looking for someone to stay in her spare room on Roosevelt Island

14. You consider it, and let her know you have something until February but maybe after

15. You and Joan exchange numbers and make a tentative plan to have lunch/see the apartment on some weekend in the future

16. You were supposed to meet your friend but the backup has taken like three hours and still isn’t finished and now it’s too late to go to Harlem because also your friend has a real job

17. You just go home instead

18. Have one beer

19. Text your friend Charlie but he’s on a date (ooh la la!)

20. Try to got to sleep

21. Work from 12-6:00pm at the dance studio college job

22. Finish reading The Color Purple

23. It’s so good

24. Write like 15 pages in your journal

25. Count how many pages you’ve written in your journal in the past 3 weeks and it’s like 50

26. Decide to go to a mic after work in Brooklyn

27. Go straight there with your backpack and laptop and food bag

28. Get there after 45 minutes only to find out they switched it to a different night

29. Decide to go to a different one that’s back in Manhattan

30. Call first so you don’t make the same mistake twice

31. They don’t answer because it’s a bar

32. Decide to go anyway because what are the odds that’ll happen twice?

33. It does

34. Decide to go to your friend’s show that’s back in Brooklyn (thank god you have that unlimited Metrocard!) because you can’t just go home

35. She gets the doorguy to wave the 10$ cover

36. Watch all of your friends on the show

37. Laugh about periods

38. Be happy

39. Hang out for a TINY bit after the show but everyone just wants to go home

40. Go home

41. Work again

42. Start and finish one of the books from your favorite series

43. Agonize about going to your friend’s mic at 6:30 that’s intimidating and terrible when you’re already going to a different mic at 9:00pm

44. Go to the library

45. Check out some books and dvds!

46. Find a movie theatre you didn’t know was there!

47. Go home, drop stuff off, eat

48. Realllllyyyyyyy want to stay in and sleep and watch a library dvd

49. Email the hosts of the second mic you’re coming to reserve a spot and so you can’t back out

50. Walk 45 min there (Upper East Side-fancy)

51. Have the bouncer look at you for ONE second before saying, “Comedy’s in the back”

52. Go up

53. Have a great set

54. Hang around watching people

55. Run into your friend Mara

56. Take the train back with her

57. She decides to come to Philly with you this weekend, says she’ll see if she can find more shows, also you guys talk about maybe starting a mic together

58. Go home

59. Feel accomplished and good

60. Watch The Diary of a Teenage Girl

61. Be ENRAGED that they made the main character thin

62. Be less enraged when you look up the original artwork from the novel and realize she was much smaller than you remember

63. Love the movie

64. Text your friend Jade most of the night about a million different things

65. Feel connected and good

66. Try to sleep

67. Go to bed around 6:00am

68. Get up around 2:47pm

69. Spend two hours trying to get uptown while the trains aren’t working

70. Finally end up taking an express to 125th and walking the 15 blocks back down to where you need to be

71. Which is at a sports bar because the Yankees are playing and your friend Gaby cares

72. Get her and her girlfriend a drink, in addition to yours this costs 40 dollars

73. Hang for a while

74. Smoke weed on the walk to the train

75. Ride the train and start reading The Handmaid’s Tale which you got from the library

76. Find out that one of your cousin’s friends drank your good special beer you were saving

77. Feel your blood boil with rage

78. Have to actively calm yourself down

79. Start watching Fifty Shades Darker

80. It’s SO terrible

81. Go to sleep at 6:00am again

82. Spend a lot of the day in bed simmering about the beer

83. Finally emerge and confront him about it

84. He seems not to understand that that was wrong

85. Impress upon him that it is

86. He asks if you want him to replace it

87. You do

88. Leave feeling ok

89. Go over to Winnie’s again (late) to check out what the backup is doing (it’s STILL going)

90. Figure out the password to her new computer she forgot but wouldn’t let you write a hint for because, “it’s the one I always remember”

91. Fix that stuff

92. Scrap the backup because it wasn’t done after two days and Winnie says she doesn’t even want what’s on the computer anyway

93. Realize you’re WAY late to meet your friend Lizzy because everything got pushed back

94. Get to a bar called Ethyl’s like 45 minutes late

95. She’s not mad because as soon as you ger there she gets a phone call from a boy and now you have to wait and that’s karma

96. Ethyl’s seems cool, a waitress comes up to take your drink order twice while Lizzy is on the phone and you have to be like, “still waiting”

97. Write in your journal which is actually needed

98. Feel better

99. Lizzy comes back and actually wants to leave because Ethyl’s is really loud (it is)

100. She wants to get food and suggests Wahlburgers, the hamburger chain restaurant Mark Wahlberg’s family owns

101. Go there

102. Get tater tots

103. Talk about relationships

104. Realize how much you miss your ex-boyfriend’s body

105. Leave Wahlburgers (but not before taking a photo of the word collage on the ceiling of every movie Mark Wahlberg’s ever been in)

106. Go to Lizzy’s house

107. Eat ice cream and paint your nails and talk about rape culture

108. Watch the first episode of American Vandal which you did NOT realize was satire/funny

109. Go home

110. Watch the rest of Fifty Shades Darker and Katy Perry’s A Part of Me

111. Be genuinely sad that she and Russell Brand broke up

112. Try to sleep

113. Wake up at 9:37am for some reason?????

114. Talk to your mom on the phone

115. Address the holiday worries you have been having

116. Tell her you’d rather spend the holidays alone this year now that your parents are divorced and it’s not going to be what it was

117. She understands

118. You talk about how sad you are to miss Mardi Gras this year

119. While you say it you realize how fucking sad you will be to miss Mardi Gras this year

120. Your mom starts looking up tickets just to see

121. SHE FINDS ONE FOR 167 ROUNDTRIP BUT THEN LOSES IT

122. You find it again for 170 and BUY IT

123. YOU’RE GOING TO MARDI GRAS BITCH!!!!!

124. You are filled with joy

125. But also worry about seeing your ex-boyfriend because you don’t want to but it’s honestly unavoidable and you don’t want to hook up with him but part of you does and you don’t want to get wrapped up in all this again and feel weak

126. You tell like 5 people you’re coming back

127. They are excited but you’re also worried about where you will stay

128. Figure out a few places you can spread it among

129. And a friend who can pick you up from the airport at 8:42am, god bless

130. You also decide to buy your bus ticket for Philly this weekend while you’re getting things done

131. Your friends from college who live in Philly also saw that you’re coming on facebook and texted you so you’re seeing them now too which will be so nice and wonderful

132. On the phone with your mom you guys talked about “Metoo” and she shares that she wants to support but honestly doesn’t feel like she’s ever experienced sexual harassment

133. You are truly shocked that any woman can say that, but also happy that her life has been like that

134. You guys get into a deeper conversation and you share that the fear of rape drives a lot of what you do, even down to the weight you are

135. Your mom confesses that she’s thought that for years but didn’t think it was her place to say

136. You’re shocked but also feel like a weight is lifted having that validated/confirmed by someone who knows you so well

137. Start thinking about how to dismantle that fear

138. Have a really frustrating conversation with your friend Gabe about censorship and comedy

139. Take a shower

140. Get dressed

141. Decide to go to an open mic

142. Walk an hour there because you don’t have a gym membership yet and haven’t left the house today

143. Get there only to find out it’s not a mic anymore but a show

144. Look up another mic and walk there

145. Same thing

146. Do this two more times before giving up

147. Look up a movie theatre (something that can never let us down)

148. Head to it without even seeing what’s playing or any of the showtimes

149. Spend almost 20 dollars in a CVS on Pringles and Australian licorice and Sour patch kids

150. Get the ticket for free because you have an AMC coupon from the time you didn’t get to see Girls Trip after waiting in line for 5+ hours

151. Watch The Foreigner (the Jackie Chan vehicle that’s like Taken but if his daughter got killed in the beginning and it was just for the hell of it) while eating lots of licorice and pringles

152. Take the train home because you’re tired of walking

153. Be aware that more men have leered and catcalled you tonight than they have in a while and this was the first time you actually felt good getting dressed and going out and how strong that correlation between weight and male attention/sexual violence is

154. Kind of decide not to do that anymore and see what happens

155. Also tackle the idea that your ex-boyfriend’s body validates you in a way and try to see what you would feel for him if you didn’t need that anymore

156. Get home

157. Eat a strawberry yogurt

158. Tweet about Dave Chappelle and trans rights some (pro-both!)

159. Decide to read because you have to get up tomorrow to work even though you really want to watch the third XXX movie you have from the library

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thezombiemamma · 7 years

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Once again, my inability to schedule a flight that didn’t leave at an ungodly hour made my last day in New York span 2 but that’s okay. Having run myself into complete exhaustion on Friday, I had no problem sleeping until 8 Saturday morning which meant I was more than ready to take on the 30+ hours of awesome that lay before me. All I had to do was jump out of bed and get crackin’. Which is exactly what I did.

Getting back to the Prudential Center bright and early Saturday morning, I got to spend the entire morning doing the one thing I love most: spend time with my friends. My one panel of the weekend was scheduled for late Saturday afternoon and all of my artist engagement passes had been for Friday so I got to spend the entire day on Saturday doing nothing more than wandering the grounds, enjoying all that KCON had to offer, with some of the people I love most in this whole world.

Showin’ off my friends’ swag since all I won was a phone ring… #lame

Saturday morning, I got to spend my time with the same pair of friends I’d spent the concert with Friday night. Having an entire year’s worth of life to catch up on, we talked and laughed and basically just enjoyed each other’s company as we wandered all over the grounds of the Prudential Center. Of course we had to stop at every booth offering free goodies along the way… Which meant we stopped at them all. As we passed the KCON TV booth, we happened to come across GoToe as he was doing an interview and I just couldn’t pass up the chance to record a little bit. I mean he was dancing to Psy’s “New Face” and all and well… Some things just need to be recorded for posterity!

Only at KCON do you get to see @xhlrud dancing to Psy on the street. #zombiesadventures #kcon2017

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Sadly, my time with my friends went by all too quickly. Before I knew it, it was time for them to head back home. After many hugs and promises to keep in touch, we parted ways. Winding my way back through the massive crowd, I headed for the one place where I knew I’d be able to find a bit of A/C and a place to charge my phone. The press room! Yeah, I know. I’m a cheater, using my badge to cool off and charge up but what’s the point of being press if you can’t enjoy some of the perks? Even better than having a place to chill and recharge is knowing that walking into the press room almost always guarantees running into more friends and this time was no exception. Of course, with many badges comes many responsibilities and pretty soon all of us were off and running, going this way and that. While my friends were running off to do all that super-important official stuff that makes them so much cooler than I am, I ran off to… Well to be perfectly honest, I set off to wander around and take photos of the convention but what I ended up doing was running into UP10TION. As in, almost literally.

That moment when you just happen to be at the right place at the right time and UP10TION walks right past you… #zombiesadventures #kcon2017ny #up10tion

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Yup! You read that right! You know how I talked about randomly being at the right place at the right time on Friday and having HIGHLIGHT walk right past me? Well, this was another one of those random yet incredibly awesome times that can only ever happen at a place like KCON. As I was walking out of the Prudential Center Saturday afternoon, UP10TION was just leaving the Toyota tent where, I’m assuming, they’d just had a whole fan interaction thing like KNK had done the day before, and somehow we ended up passing at just the right moment. I honestly didn’t even realize what was going on at first so I kind of missed a few of the guys as they walked past me, but I did managed to pull out my phone fast enough to record some of them. I think if I’d left a couple of seconds later, I really would have run into them and how awkward would that have been???

Kevin is always so sweet to his fans and his smiles are the best!

The even funnier thing was, that this wasn’t the only time I almost ran into an idol that day! Later in the afternoon, I was walking from the green room towards the panel tents when who should suddenly cross my path out of nowhere? Why, Kevin Woo, of course! It was just him and maybe his manager or a coordi or I don’t know who it was, but the two of them were headed inside the Prudential Center just as I was about to walk past the door and I was so busy checking my phone, trying to figure out where I was supposed to be and when, that I almost ran into them. Lucky for me, I heard people shouting hi at Kevin before he got close enough for me to actually run into him, so I didn’t make a complete fool out of myself. But I did just kind of stop in the middle of the sidewalk and watch him smile and wave at his fans before dashing off inside, right in front of me. It was a very funny moment to me, for some odd reason, and certainly one I’ll never forget. I mean it’s not every day you almost run into Kevin Woo!

Though now that I think about it. Saturday was just a day full of randomly running into people. I mean I found GoToe at the KCON TV booth that morning. Then I almost ran into UP10TION and Kevin Woo that afternoon. As I was wandering around the grounds later in the day, I got to meet Sunny Park from Sunny’s Channel and the Korea Bros, not to mention all the amazing people who just randomly walked up to me just to say hi. (Believe it or not, I still have a very hard time believing there are people out there who actually know me as no one other than Zombie Mamma, so when people come up to me and say hi, it tends to throw me for a loop. It’s a good loop, don’t get me wrong. It’s just kinda weird. In a good way. Oh I should probably just shut up and get back to writing. Which isn’t really shutting up… Oh good grief!)

K-Pop Tater Tots Unite!

Back to wandering around KCON on Saturday… With my fellow K-Pop Tater Tot beside me (aka Young Ajummah) we explored all that KCON had to offer. Stopping to chat with friends, vendors, fellow K-Pop and drama fans, basically anyone who was willing to take a few second to chat. We visited vendor booths, took photos, explored pretty much everything and had so much fun, we were almost late getting to our panel that afternoon! Running over to the panel tents just in time, we sat down with our fellow panelists, Chunkeemonkeeato and Joan Voss Macdonald to discuss The Next K-Drama Star.

So who is your favorite rising K-Drama star?

Now I’m know I’m pretty biased when I’m say this but this year’s panel was one of the most fun I’ve been a part of. Getting together with some amazing people, to talk about all of the up-and-coming actors and actresses who are currently making waves in the Korean drama industry, is awesome all on its own. But then to have so many people come to our panel and not only fill those seats but actually join us for this conversation… Well, you just can’t ask for anything better! With so much great material to talk about and so many in the audience excited and happy to participate, the hour we spent together went by so quickly. I can easily say that this panel was the highlight of my entire KCON 2017 NY experience and my only regret is that I had to run away as soon as the panel ended because I was already 15 minutes late to the Red Carpet press check-in. (Don’t worry, I had made arrangements ahead of time to check in as soon as my panel was over but those arrangements involved running and sweating and a very big need for water once I got to where I needed to be.) I did get to meet a couple of people before all that running and to those of you who took the time to come up to me and say hi afterwards, all I can say is, it was an honor to meet you! I’m so happy you took a minute to come up and say hi! I really hope that next time we’ll have more time to talk and I won’t have to run away like a crazy person.

Crazy as I am, I did make it to the Red Carpet on time, I did manage to get some pretty decent pictures. I did finally get them edited and up for ATK Magazine (which you can find here). From there it was off to the concert to squeal my little fangirl self silly over TWICE and UP10TION and NCT 127 and CNBLUE. It was a good concert and at some point there were tears (because this is CN-frickin’-BLUE we’re talking about here… The very reason I made this decent into madness all those years ago…) and if you want to know my thoughts on the whole entire concert you can read those here.

It’s hard to get a good late night skyline pic with nothing but your phone. Still, I did try!

After the concert I said goodbye to friends from far and wide and meet up with those I would be spending my last few hours with in New York. Taking a very scenic, relaxing, trip across Manhattan with a friend should be the way every trip to New York ends. Stopping to grab a drink at a place along the riverfront, we spent who knows how long, talking and laughing while we enjoyed the cool breeze and the beautiful Manhattan skyline. From there we lazily made our way to my friend’s neighborhood diner to grab a bite before I headed off to the airport. I have to say, there’s nothing that warms your soul quite like a piping hot bowl of soup and a good friend. Again, time passed without us knowing so much so that by the time we left the diner, it was practically time for me to leave. A quick stop at her house to freshen up a bit and say our last goodbyes was all that stood between me and the hour-long subway ride to the airport. And boy was that an adventure!

I always have the most interesting early morning subway adventures when I’m in New York.

It’s kind of disappointing, trading such a soul-warming experience for one that leaves you rather… Um… Grossed out? I’ll spare you the details but let me just say, I couldn’t finish my trip without changing seats and if I could leave you all with a single word of advice please, please, PLEASE, don’t ever take public transportation if you’re so drunk you can’t sit without falling over. Or don’t let your drunk friends go home that way either? Please! There are some experiences I’d rather not have and that was definitely one of them! At least I made it to the airport unscathed and untarnished. (Barely…)

Like an oasis in the desert, so this coffee shop is to the overnight traveler.

Safely back in the land of travel-weary zombies (aka, the airport) I checked myself in and breezed through security in less than 5 minutes. (Believe it or not, there’s not much of a line at 3 in the morning!) Having traversed the vast expanse of JFK before, I knew I had about a zillion mile walk ahead of me. What my overly exhausted, must have coffee now, can’t think anymore brain didn’t remember was just how deserted the place was that early in the morning. (It also didn’t remember that no coffee shops were open that early and that ugly reality hit me so hard I almost started to cry!) However, after doing my best zombie impression for about a half hour or so, signs of life started to appear and lo! A semi-open coffee shop came into view! All of heaven’s angels sang songs of rejoicing as I took that first sip of life-giving brew and suddenly, I found the strength to continue on my epic quest to find Gate B42.

It was either dance or run in terror. I chose dance. #ThankYouJonghyun

Funny thing was, all life disappeared again as soon as that coffee shop disappeared from view and once again I felt like I was walking straight into a scene from some horrifying zombie flick. I swear, I was expecting to see Gong Yoo come running down the empty terminal, straight at me, with a massive horde of ravenous zombies chasing him, at any second. (In case you didn’t notice, my over-active imagine gets even more over-active when it’s tired and also, I scare really easily. So much so, that sometimes, I end up scaring myself in my own head.) To keep myself from getting too freaked out, I started listening to music. Jonghyun’s She Is album, to be exact, and I got so caught up in the music that without realizing it, I started dancing my way down the terminal. Looking back on the whole thing, I really hope the place was as deserted as I imagined it to be because if it wasn’t… Well, I’d rather not think about that.

After dancing my way to the escalator, the rest of my airport adventures are pretty hum-drum. My gate lay waiting for me at the bottom of those magic moving stairs so I grabbed a seat, whipped out my book and killed the hours until my flight left my reading all about Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy own not-so-wild adventures. I did somehow get an upgraded seat on the way home, for which I was very much appreciative. And once I got home, I realized the only thing I’d really eaten for the past 2 days were frickin’ sandwiches so I hijacked the car when hubs came to pick me up and drove to H-Mart, where I proceeded to order and devour a giant bowl of yukgaejang (육개장) at 9 in the morning. I’m pretty sure the guy behind the counter was wondering what the heck this crazy white lady was doing, ordering that so early in the morning but you know what? I didn’t care! It was so nice to eat real food! I even got little bungeoppang (붕어빵) which I had intended to take home for the littles but I ended up eating them on the way home. Oops!

And so ended my NY adventures… With blue skies and my feet up. #LifeIsGood

Back in Chicago, my KCON 2017 NY adventures officially came to an end. As one might expect, when I got home, I crashed and crashed HARD. But it was so worth it! It had been a weekend full of amazing experiences, incredible friends and unexpected adventures. Needless to say, KCON 2017 NY will be one of the many moments in my life that I will never, ever forget.

KCON 2017: Zombie’s Adventures in NY – Days 3-4 Once again, my inability to schedule a flight that didn't leave at an ungodly hour made my last day in New York span 2 but that's okay.

#KCON 2017 NY #Zombie&039;s Adventures

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