I gotta say, I’m impressed with my dad’s newfound chill mood lol. I gathered up the courage to ask him about me going to the ROSE show and instead of the ‘oh heck no’ I was expecting he was really nice about it. He even said I didn’t need to worry about raising the money myself. He said money wasn’t the issue. . And I was getting so hopeful and then he mentioned the real issues for him. Safety.
It’s very likely that this year, like all the years before, my dad is going to make a trip to China just about when ROSE happens. So he asked me, ‘who’s gonna go with you?’ I say ‘mom.’ He goes, ‘OK, what about your brother and the dog? Who’s gonna take care of them?’ Well, mom. So she might not be able to go with me to the show. And I can’t travel that far alone. Oops. Guess I might not be going after all. 
I mean, I did come a lot closer to the impossible than I thought I would. I guess all I need now is a fairy godmother who will fly on an airplane 1.5 thousand miles across the US with me and take me to the ball…I mean doll show. One can dream… 