Weddings and Barbie Dolls...
For anyone who reads my blog thing on myspace, this entry is the same as that one... but for everyone else, here's my weekend!
I went to Philly this weekend, for the second time in a month, GLORIOUS! And I'm going again on July 15th for a PHILLIES GAME!!! Always a good thing...
Anyway, we went down for Erika's wedding, and it was so beautiful. Erika and Liz are twins, and they were like my first friends, lol. My mom works for their parents, and started working for them when they girls were in kindergarten. I went to work with her everyday until I started school, and summers were filled with me Joe, Erika, Liz, David and Gina playing together... good times.
Liz was Erika's maid of honor of course, and as soon as I saw her I started crying. The girls are super gorgeous. They're blonde and skinny and curvy in all the right places, they both looked like barbie dolls. Gary (their Dad) collects barbie dolls, and he got one custom made for Erika that had her exact wedding dress on... it seriously looked just like her.
And thats how the whole wedding was, over the top and VERY expensive. Everything was perfect. There wasnt a reception, instead there was a "Formal black tie Ball" afterwards. Yeah, that had rich written all over it. It was at the Four Seasons in Downtown Philly and the Wedding was at the First Presbeterian Church. Roses everywhere, candles, the best food ever... perfect. Erika and Justin are perfect together, and look perfect together. They are like the fairy-tale couple and they treat each other so well.
I loved every minute of it, but while Gary and Erika were dancing, I got this wave of depression. Kind of like a reality check, and I started to cry. Gary gave this great speech abour Erika first and about how great she is. And I started to think, "Wow, I'll never have a wedding like this, I'll never meet a guy like Justin, I'll never have a Dad like that..." I think thats what made me cry the most, seeing Gary love Erika that much and be so proud of her, when my dad has never once acted proud of me. Before I left for IUP the last time he hugged me was 6th grade when I got confirmed, and I can't even remember the last time he said he loved me.... so it was a little depressing.
But you know me, depression lasted like a whole three minutes, and then I was back on the dance floor!! Lol.
Oh the next morning there was also a brunch for everyone who attended the wedding. Again perfect and beautiful. I started crying at that too, because it was sad to see us all grown up. Time just went by so fast, and we all got so busy and started to develop our own lives. Liz is in NY, Erika is in Philly for Vet School, Gina's married for 6 years now, lives in the house her parents used to live in, the house we all grew up in, and she has two girls, a six year old and a four year old (they were the flower girls, and I babysit for them sometimes.), I'm near Pittsburgh now, it's just hard to keep up when we all have so much to do. The twins and I used to play with Barbie dolls, and now they look like Barbie dolls and we hardly ever talk anymore. They're 24, I'm going to be 21.... I did get a picture with both of them though, for old times. I would post it, but they make me look like chopped liver, lol! Liz is getting married in September in the Hamptons (another perfect wedding, I'm sure!), but I don't know if I'll be able to make it because of school and the whole RA gig. Hopefully I can...
Liz said she might come to the beach house when Mom and I go, that would be fun.
After the brunch Mom and I explored Philly. Went to the Art Museum to stand on the Rocky feet (which I do everytime I go to Philly!) And of course down to the South Side for a PATS CHEESESTEAK!!! Another thing I always do while in Philly....
On the way home we stopped at Gram and Pop's in Bethlehem for Fathers Day. My dad was there, which was good because then we didn't have to stop at his apartment too. All my uncles came, and Niki, my favorite cousin!
This Sunday is Uncle Dave and Karen's wedding. It won't be anything NEAR Erika's, lol! Its the second marriage for both of them, so they didn't go all out. As beautiful as Erika's wedding was, it was almost too much... I don't even know if I would want a wedding like that.
I told my mom I'm getting married on the beach, and we're playing beach volleyball at the reception. Haha, we did that at our Prom, played beach volleyball (don't ask) but that's where I got the idea. At all our family picnics we play volleyball, so it's only fitting that we play it at my wedding, or it wouldn't be a family occasion!!! I have my whole dream wedding planned out, the funny part is, I don't even know if I want to get married!!
I just hope I find a guy like that one day. .. Six months ago I thought I had a guy like that, but we all know how that turned out... I just want a guy that will treat me like a princess, and will want to spend all his free time with me. Like Justin and Erika, whenever they have free time they dont go to bars or parties... they spend it with each other, because they WANT to be around each other. They were destined to be together, as the best man said. And Justin isn't even rich like Erika's family, he's a normal middle class guy...
I'm not jealous or anything, Erika worked hard for everything she's gotten. Her Daddy does pay for a lot but not everything, and she deserved a perfect wedding. I'm just being reflective of the whole thing.
Other things (that were not on myspace):
My perm looks better now (a little less curly)
I keep pulling my shoulder at work, and refuse to see a doctor as usual, and my favorite nurse is in Ebensburg :-(
I got GLASSES!! (for driving and for seeing the board or powerpoint in class)
I turn 21 in LESS THAN A MONTH!
I lost 8 pounds since I left IUP!!! :-D
I went to Philly this weekend, for the second time in a month, GLORIOUS! And I'm going again on July 15th for a PHILLIES GAME!!! Always a good thing...
Anyway, we went down for Erika's wedding, and it was so beautiful. Erika and Liz are twins, and they were like my first friends, lol. My mom works for their parents, and started working for them when they girls were in kindergarten. I went to work with her everyday until I started school, and summers were filled with me Joe, Erika, Liz, David and Gina playing together... good times.
Liz was Erika's maid of honor of course, and as soon as I saw her I started crying. The girls are super gorgeous. They're blonde and skinny and curvy in all the right places, they both looked like barbie dolls. Gary (their Dad) collects barbie dolls, and he got one custom made for Erika that had her exact wedding dress on... it seriously looked just like her.
And thats how the whole wedding was, over the top and VERY expensive. Everything was perfect. There wasnt a reception, instead there was a "Formal black tie Ball" afterwards. Yeah, that had rich written all over it. It was at the Four Seasons in Downtown Philly and the Wedding was at the First Presbeterian Church. Roses everywhere, candles, the best food ever... perfect. Erika and Justin are perfect together, and look perfect together. They are like the fairy-tale couple and they treat each other so well.
I loved every minute of it, but while Gary and Erika were dancing, I got this wave of depression. Kind of like a reality check, and I started to cry. Gary gave this great speech abour Erika first and about how great she is. And I started to think, "Wow, I'll never have a wedding like this, I'll never meet a guy like Justin, I'll never have a Dad like that..." I think thats what made me cry the most, seeing Gary love Erika that much and be so proud of her, when my dad has never once acted proud of me. Before I left for IUP the last time he hugged me was 6th grade when I got confirmed, and I can't even remember the last time he said he loved me.... so it was a little depressing.
But you know me, depression lasted like a whole three minutes, and then I was back on the dance floor!! Lol.
Oh the next morning there was also a brunch for everyone who attended the wedding. Again perfect and beautiful. I started crying at that too, because it was sad to see us all grown up. Time just went by so fast, and we all got so busy and started to develop our own lives. Liz is in NY, Erika is in Philly for Vet School, Gina's married for 6 years now, lives in the house her parents used to live in, the house we all grew up in, and she has two girls, a six year old and a four year old (they were the flower girls, and I babysit for them sometimes.), I'm near Pittsburgh now, it's just hard to keep up when we all have so much to do. The twins and I used to play with Barbie dolls, and now they look like Barbie dolls and we hardly ever talk anymore. They're 24, I'm going to be 21.... I did get a picture with both of them though, for old times. I would post it, but they make me look like chopped liver, lol! Liz is getting married in September in the Hamptons (another perfect wedding, I'm sure!), but I don't know if I'll be able to make it because of school and the whole RA gig. Hopefully I can...
Liz said she might come to the beach house when Mom and I go, that would be fun.
After the brunch Mom and I explored Philly. Went to the Art Museum to stand on the Rocky feet (which I do everytime I go to Philly!) And of course down to the South Side for a PATS CHEESESTEAK!!! Another thing I always do while in Philly....
On the way home we stopped at Gram and Pop's in Bethlehem for Fathers Day. My dad was there, which was good because then we didn't have to stop at his apartment too. All my uncles came, and Niki, my favorite cousin!
This Sunday is Uncle Dave and Karen's wedding. It won't be anything NEAR Erika's, lol! Its the second marriage for both of them, so they didn't go all out. As beautiful as Erika's wedding was, it was almost too much... I don't even know if I would want a wedding like that.
I told my mom I'm getting married on the beach, and we're playing beach volleyball at the reception. Haha, we did that at our Prom, played beach volleyball (don't ask) but that's where I got the idea. At all our family picnics we play volleyball, so it's only fitting that we play it at my wedding, or it wouldn't be a family occasion!!! I have my whole dream wedding planned out, the funny part is, I don't even know if I want to get married!!
I just hope I find a guy like that one day. .. Six months ago I thought I had a guy like that, but we all know how that turned out... I just want a guy that will treat me like a princess, and will want to spend all his free time with me. Like Justin and Erika, whenever they have free time they dont go to bars or parties... they spend it with each other, because they WANT to be around each other. They were destined to be together, as the best man said. And Justin isn't even rich like Erika's family, he's a normal middle class guy...
I'm not jealous or anything, Erika worked hard for everything she's gotten. Her Daddy does pay for a lot but not everything, and she deserved a perfect wedding. I'm just being reflective of the whole thing.
Other things (that were not on myspace):
My perm looks better now (a little less curly)
I keep pulling my shoulder at work, and refuse to see a doctor as usual, and my favorite nurse is in Ebensburg :-(
I got GLASSES!! (for driving and for seeing the board or powerpoint in class)
I turn 21 in LESS THAN A MONTH!
I lost 8 pounds since I left IUP!!! :-D