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Harris tries to organize the team for Capital Pride's Parade. It goes as well as you can expect...

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Gayest 🏒 Team
Harris, Troy, Ilya, Z...
Sat Aug 13
Harris
Alright! Parade is in 2 weeks!!9:12 AM
Harris
Everyone still in?9:12 AM
Troy
yes9:13 AM
Wyatt
Lisa and I are in!9:14 AM
Zane
You know it!9:14 AM
Shane
Yes.9:15 AM
Luca
Cannot wait! My first Pride parade! 🏳️🌈9:15 AM
Shane
me too, actually. We didn’t do them in mtl.9:15 AM
Harris
Shocker.9:16 AM
Troy
Be nice.9:16 AM
Harris
That is me being nice!9:16 AM
Ilya
Are you sitting together and texting?9:18 AM
Troy
I have nothing else to do. So yes.9:18 AM
Harris
What's your excuse?9:18 AM
Shane
I’m at home. Ilya's out for a walk.9:18 AM
Wyatt
That ankle better heal soon or Coach won’t let us have street hockey tournaments anymore.9:19 AM
Zane
Who knew your husband would be that competitive.9:19 AM
Harris
✋️9:20 AM
Troy
🙋9:20 AM
Shane
Me.9:20 AM
Wyatt
🖐9:20 AM
Luca
🤚9:20 AM
Ilya
🙋9:20 AM
Zane
Okay, that’s fair.9:21 AM
Shane
It's better. Should be fine in a few days.9:21 AM
Ilya
Oh! can we bring Anya?9:21 AM
Shane
we are not bringing her on the float.9:21 AM
Ilya
but her outfit is so cute!!! 🥺9:22 AM
Shane
someone talk him out of it, please?9:22 AM
Harris
Ilya, she can stay with my sister and Chiron.9:22 AM
Troy
He has a rainbow bandana.9:23 AM
Harris
They’ll be on Bank St. along the route.9:23 AM
Ilya
fine 😩9:23 AM
Ilya
No one will see her cute outfit9:23 AM
Harris
we’ll take pics of them for the team social pages, don’t worry9:24 AM
Harris
ok, next point.9:24 AM
Harris
we can all meet at the Nature museum. I got a few parking passes organized for us there. Noon?9:25 AM
Ilya
that is the dinosaur one?9:25 AM
Zane
The one and only.9:26 AM
Wyatt
the fact that you know that, and don’t have kids, is pretty funny.9:27 AM
Ilya
it is near the yummy ice cream place!9:28 AM
Zane
Milo loves the dinos!9:28 AM
Wyatt
Does Shane eat ice cream?9:28 AM
Shane
Yes, but they have great vegan ice cream too.9:29 AM
Luca
Oh, can we have ice cream? 🍦🍨9:30 AM
Ilya
YES!9:30 AM
Shane
No!9:30 AM
Troy
After the parade.9:30 AM
Harris
No ice cream on the float!9:30 AM
Ilya
Wyatt did ice cream in the Cup!!9:31 AM
Wyatt
that was epic9:31 AM
Zane
we used it for pulled pork during a family party!9:32 AM
Ilya
There is a burger place along the parade, no?9:32 AM
Harris
FOCUS!!!!!9:32 AM
Harris
There will be no food on the float.9:32 AM
Ilya
We will need breakfast then.9:33 AM
Zane
I can make a reservation at that dinner on Preston before?9:33 AM
Harris
Lovely.9:34 AM
Harris
Breakfast before, no food on the float. Message Bood separately about it.9:34 AM
Troy
Count us in, though.9:34 AM
Harris
Now, shirts.9:35 AM
Harris
Did everyone get theirs?9:35 AM
Wyatt
Yes, we have ours.9:36 AM
Luca
👍 👕9:36 AM
Wyatt
Lisa can’t get over how soft they are.9:37 AM
Zane
Mine might be too small.9:37 AM
Shane
yes…9:37 AM
Troy
They reaally are soft!9:37 AM
Luca
They look like our Pride jerseys! 🌈 🏒9:38 AM
Ilya
Mine is the best! 😎9:38 AM
Harris
They’re all the same..?9:38 AM
Shane
I’m so sorry…9:38 AM
Ilya
😏9:39 AM
Harris
What did you do?!?!?!9:39 AM
Shane
he made it a crop top.9:39 AM
Harris
You cut my shirt!!!!9:40 AM
Ilya
It looks very good.9:40 AM
Harris
Shane!9:40 AM
Shane
Not my fault! They got here when I was out running errands.9:41 AM
Shane
It’s in the wash right now.9:41 AM
Troy
You should hear the sounds coming out of Harris right now. You broke him, Roz.9:42 AM
Shane
I blame my mother for this.9:42 AM
Wyatt
Do we want to know?9:42 AM
Ilya
She said it might be hot outside.9:43 AM
Ilya
I made it shorter to not be hot!9:43 AM
Shane
He also said it’d look better with his shorts and all the rainbow accessories he got.9:43 AM
Wyatt
Trying really hard not to make a joke about Roz “not being hot”.9:44 AM
Shane
please don’t encourage him.9:44 AM
Shane
I got lucky he hadn't done mine yet!9:45 AM
Ilya
you did not seem to mind at all when you saw it.9:46 AM
Shane
can we not!?9:46 AM
Ilya
I think they all know you find me 🥵 by now.9:47 AM
Shane
I want a divorce.9:48 AM
Ilya
😘9:48 AM
Zane
Harris, anything else we need to know?9:50 AM
Troy
Give him a sec.9:51 AM
Troy
He had to go outside and scream for a minute.9:51 AM
Troy
Something about managing children being easier…9:51 AM
Wyatt
He’s not wrong.9:52 AM
Zane
Fair.9:52 AM
Zane
Anyone know who has the Cup that day?9:55 AM
Wyatt
Pretty sure it’s Coach bringing it?9:55 AM
Harris
Yup. It’ll be there.9:57 AM
Harris
THAT was easy to organize.9:57 AM
Ilya
Sorry Harris. 😞9:58 AM
Harris
It’s fine. I’m used to this.9:58 AM
Troy
(We ran out of coffee this morning.)9:58 AM
Luca
that is rough ☕️9:59 AM
Harris
ANYWAYS10:00 AM
Harris
I think that should be all. We just need to remind the rest of the team that are in town.10:00 AM
Ilya
Team Captain is on it!10:00 AM
Harris
We will have water and stuff with us.10:00 AM
Ilya
That is allowed on the float then?10:01 AM
Harris
I will not have elite athletes passing out from dehydration on my watch.10:01 AM
Harris
We were okay’ed to bring t-shirt guns and some Centaurs pride swag.10:01 AM
Ilya
water guns??10:02 AM
Luca
💧🔫10:02 AM
Harris
We have a new outfit for Chuck that matches the tees!10:02 AM
Shane
NO WATER GUNS!10:02 AM
Luca
Theo will be there?10:02 AM
Ilya
My husband is boring.10:02 AM
Harris
Of course!10:03 AM
Ilya
See! Harris thinks so too.10:03 AM
Harris
I was replying to Luca about Theo!10:03 AM
Harris
I’m with Shane. No water guns.10:04 AM
Luca
Thanks, Harris. 😊10:04 AM
Ilya
To Luca: 🤨10:05 AM
Ilya
To Harris: 😭10:05 AM
Luca
😨10:05 AM
Ilya
🧐10:05 AM
Shane
Ilya. Stop.10:06 AM
Ilya
To Shane: 🤪10:06 AM
Harris
Y’all are so weird sometimes.10:06 AM
Wyatt
Just sometimes?10:06 AM
Ilya
I know you love us anyways.10:07 AM
Harris
You are very lucky that’s true, Buddy.10:07 AM
Ilya
To Harris: 😊🥰10:07 AM
Zane
Reminder, we are having a BBQ at our place after we’re done downtown.10:10 AM
Zane
Yes, Anya can come to that.10:10 AM
Ilya
YAY!10:11 AM
Wyatt
Woot!! BoodBQ time!10:12 AM
Troy
we are definitely there!10:12 AM
Shane
Let us know what to bring.10:12 AM
Zane
Will do.10:13 AM
Zane
GTG, Milo’s waking up from his nap.10:13 AM
Troy
It's 10am!!10:13 AM
Zane
He was up at 5... 5!!!!!!10:14 AM
Ilya
I am almost home. I can take a picture of my shirt!10:14 AM
Troy
You broke Harris again.10:15 AM
Wyatt
If anyone wants to come for a swim later, let us know.10:16 AM
Ilya
Is your sister still in town?10:17 AM
Wyatt
Yes the kids are still here.10:17 AM
Shane
We will definitely be there this afternoon then.10:18 AM
Troy
If Harris recovers, we’ll go.10:20 AM
Zane
Speaking of, where did the kid go?10:20 AM
Ilya
I have an idea…10:21 AM
Shane
Don’t embarrass Luca.10:21 AM
Ilya
Will tell you later.10:22 AM
Zane
Milo will probably want to see you guys later too.10:25 AM
Harris
Perfect! I can organize shit with your wives instead.10:26 AM
Ilya
I should say something about having a husband, yes?10:27 AM
Harris
🙄10:27 AM
Shane
You might not for much longer if you keep this up.10:28 AM
Wyatt
I don’t think Harris is gonna love us anymore if we keep talking.10:29 AM
Troy
I just took his phone. We’ll see you guys later!10:29 AM
Luca
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🤍11:11 AM

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