Wedding Bells
It's kind of funny writing this, as half of the people who will read it attended the wedding. Oh well. This is for my memories. ;)
It's so strange that Emily is married! This is my friend from sixth grade orchestra, co-violinist and bus-riding buddy. I remember when she told me her mom was pregnant with her little sister, who was a junior bridesmaid. I've known her a long time. Probably one of my oldest friends I still see on a regular basis, which is pretty cool, if you ask me. We survived junior high, high school track team, orchestra, and AP English together, not to mention a handful of school dances and a little class called Drama I that we didn't survive *together*, because I suck. Heh. There have been a lot of good times (and a couple not-so-fun "Kate... I threw up!" experiences), and it's so exciting for her to be a Real Grown-Up now. With her own husband and her own apartment and everything!
Friday was the Big Day. The day my dear friend Emily became Mrs. Frank. Er, well, you know. <.g> Meghan and I met up with a couple other people at the reception hall at 3 to take the trolley to the church. It was good times in the bouncy back of the trolley. Jamie, Meg and I thought we were going to bounce right out of our dresses. Poor Sean and Craig had to put up with us. Hee.
Emily was absolutely beautiful in her dress. It was such a pretty ceremony! Everything was perfect. The pastor read passages Em and Frank had written about each other, which was so sweet. Very cool. It was just a really nice wedding. Afterwards, there was a little fly by, which was quite fun. We took the trolley back to Beau Jolie, where the festivities began!
Let me just say, it was the most *perfect* place for their reception to be. Elegant and beautiful, and RIGHT by the airport. I'd bet a lot that the airport placement is what sold Frank on the place. Hee. We had a good table, Meghan and I, along with Nicole, Kim, Katy, and some friends of Emily's from school and work. The food was delicious, the toasts were good, the slide show was adorable.
After dinner, the dancing began. We had a ball. There was just the best group of people there, and I had SUCH a good time. Em, you throw a great partay! I hope you got to enjoy yourself some...
Anyway. After the reception was over, Meg and I headed back to the hotel. Let me just say, I stayed in that room by myself. Not too cool. But whatever. I can't be too mad because Meg and Anthony are adorable together, and he seems like a really nice guy. So I'm happy for them. Hee! Could have done without forking out money on a hotel room I stayed in alone, but all in all, not a horrible experience. Plus, I got to watch infomercials (Straight to the Maxx, baby!), Lil Bill, and Trading Spaces: Boys vs. Girls while I waited for Meghan to find her way back to our room in the morning. Could have been worse. ;)
Yesterday, I was dead tired (due to having less than five hours of sleep the two previous nights), but I couldn't for the life of me take a nap. No idea why. I finally fell asleep for about 45 minutes, which only resulted in making me more tired. Then, I went to see Underworld with Tammy, Darkeith, and Lydia. I love hanging out with them, but the movie was NOT my thing at all. Heh. It actually had a pretty good plot, but the violence and gore kind of overshadowed any good storytelling there may have been. Plus, the fantasy angle (vampires and such) and the DARK colors (the entire thing was in blue, black and grey, I swear) were not really my thing. But I got to see Tam again before she headed back down to Eastern, which was good. Miss her.
Today, once again, I only got five hours of sleep. I had to get up at the butt-crack of dawn to be in Naperville for the Crohn's and Colitis Walk, for which I was a team leader for Team Regency. It was a good time. My cousin has Crohn's Disease, so I felt like I was walking for a really good reason. It was a gorgeous day, and a nice walk down the Riverwalk, so that was cool. Then Mom and I went for lunch at Jimmy's Grill (yummy!), and then browsed through the art fair that was happening at the Riverwalk as well. Good times. I love going to art fairs!
And THEN (busy weekend!), Dad and I went to see Once Upon a Time in Mexico. Again, not really my kind of movie (lots of violence and gore again), but Johnny Depp was hot, and his character was funny. He was very good in it. That being the reason I wanted to see the movie in the first place, I was not disappointed.
So, here I am. All updated and such. Tomorrow, I have to go to almost-Indiana for a training class and luncheon with the Operations people in our company, which will be fun. I talk to these people on the phone every day, but have not met them. I am looking forward to putting a face to the voice. Yay! Shall be good times.