So through my little escapades at the Mr. Midwest Rubber contest, I earned some tickets to the Iowa Leather Weekend!
I have been planning to go, but I was still working out the details and trying to figure out when I would make the trip down and if I would find a roomie, get my own hotel room, or maybe even stay with a local friend.
I was trying to reach out to a few people that I thought were going, and eventually got in touch with a new gear friend and former judge from the contest who lives in MN. He recommended asking the Facebook event group, (which I was eventually going to do, but wanted to see if I knew anyone first), and then remembered that a friend of his was looking for a roomie! The friend was also a fellow Wisconsin-ite so I was excited to talk to them.
The funny part was that we had totally met at IML this year! He was at a contest event and we both were rooting for Mr. Wisconsin (T.C. Hammond) and eventually chatted about being from Wisconsin. In fact, he competed against T.C. and said that doing a competition was a great way to help come out of a shell and open up more to the community!
At this point, attending the IML contest, I was pretty jazzed up and considering trying for some title in my future, but being more into rubber, I planned to run for a rubber title. But basically after talking to him, I decided that I would make it happen this year! This really came around full circle that we could talk and end up planning to share a room at the Iowa Leather Weekend!
So that is on the horizon and I can't wait to just have a good time and explore a new event and meet some new people!
I have been planning to go, but I was still working out the details and trying to figure out when I would make the trip down and if I would find a roomie, get my own hotel room, or maybe even stay with a local friend.
I was trying to reach out to a few people that I thought were going, and eventually got in touch with a new gear friend and former judge from the contest who lives in MN. He recommended asking the Facebook event group, (which I was eventually going to do, but wanted to see if I knew anyone first), and then remembered that a friend of his was looking for a roomie! The friend was also a fellow Wisconsin-ite so I was excited to talk to them.
The funny part was that we had totally met at IML this year! He was at a contest event and we both were rooting for Mr. Wisconsin (T.C. Hammond) and eventually chatted about being from Wisconsin. In fact, he competed against T.C. and said that doing a competition was a great way to help come out of a shell and open up more to the community!
At this point, attending the IML contest, I was pretty jazzed up and considering trying for some title in my future, but being more into rubber, I planned to run for a rubber title. But basically after talking to him, I decided that I would make it happen this year! This really came around full circle that we could talk and end up planning to share a room at the Iowa Leather Weekend!
So that is on the horizon and I can't wait to just have a good time and explore a new event and meet some new people!
