Past two weekends...
I really should have posted about a week ago about Mike and Brittany's wedding, but I didn't get around to it, so now I'm doing a double weekend post.
O my Gosh, the wedding was awesome! So Friday we (Elliot, Jackie, Miguel, and me) all met at my house and then drove up state. We stopped at Rainbow River to go snorkeling. I acutally didn't get a whole lot of the underwater action b/c my mask kept filling up with water and I have an extreme irrational fear of any kind of suffocation (drowning is definitely the worst of those fears), so after a few minutes I was perfectly content giving Elliot my mask and chilling with the canoe.
After that we went the rest of the way to Jacksonville and got the boys to their hotel room when Matty called me and told us that everyone was getting together at Brit's house, so we got directions and went over there. Matt was the first person we saw, and he and I completely freaked out. Before we went inside, I made him come to my car b/c I had this paper wieght w/ a viking ship on it (long story) that I had taken from my grandparents house (with their consent) for him. He loved it so much that we went straight inside and he was showing it off to everyone.
Anyway, the night progressed with delicious beer, catching up with all my old Aves, surprise appearance of Danielle (Steubie friend and future sister), and swing dancing with Matty.
Saturday we picked Clare up from the airport and met Elliot and Miguel for lunch before getting ready for the wedding. The ceremony was at this beautiful, traditional church in Jacksonville. Both Mike and Brit were positively glowing, and, if nothing else, that made the ceremony beautiful.
The reception was back in Orange Park, but once we got there at got settled things were good. Matt and I were, of course, the first people on the dance floor when it was opened up for everyone. In fact, we were the only people dancing for that song. There were a ton of pictures being taken of us, and one guy was also taping the whole thing... wierd. Saw a few more Aves and one more Frannie, which was really cool.
After the reception a whole bunch of us went to a bar in St. Augustine because this was most likely, the last we'll all be together for awhile. We ended up staying out so late and I had to take ppl the airport so early that I just stayed up all night and went with a few ppl to Waffle House to get some coffee and food. Around 3 am Matty decided he wanted to try to change his flight to leave later, but when we got to the airport, there was a huge line and I didn't want him to risk missing his flight, so he left, but he called me when he got on his plane and told me that he'd come see me this fall. *happiness*
Ok, so that's the long version of the story. The short version is that I received two sacraments, witnessed a third, danced the night away (twice), caught up with my friends, had some good drinks, and I have a promise that I won't have to wait another whole year before seeing my Matt again. We tried thinking of ways the weekend could have been made better, and all I could think of would be the second coming.
Anyway, this past weekend was also good. I had finally started to rearrange my furniture in my room and really cleaning up. I ended up buying myself a swiffer just for my room and cleaning my floors so I can feel comfortable walking around barefoot in here (it is now a strictly no-shoes zone). Also moved my mom's stuff out, my tv and ps2 in, and I finally managed to find a way to keep my closet relatively orderly. I feel so relieved that my bedroom is finally clean and picked up (for the most part).
Last night was our 5 yr. hs reunion. I wasn't going to go, but Kate and Heather had told me they were going, so I met them and we all went together. It turned out *much* better than we expected. For the most part, it was attended by people I didn't really talk to in high school, but they were all friendly enough and genuinely interested in how everyone's lives were going. I ended up exchanging phone numbers with more ppl than I expected (which means I didn't plan on giving anyone my number), and then Kate, Heather, Mal, Tere and I all went to VI to continue catching up and eat pie.
Today I went to Mass and then I came home and spent some quality time with my ps2 for most of the afternoon. then for dinner my mom made CUBAN FOOD for us! It was the first time I'd had Cuban food for a long time, or really any Caribbean food that wasn't heavily influenced by Indian food, so it was basically amazing.
So ya, this weekend was good too. Not as emotionally charged as last weekend, but it was full of good times :D
O my Gosh, the wedding was awesome! So Friday we (Elliot, Jackie, Miguel, and me) all met at my house and then drove up state. We stopped at Rainbow River to go snorkeling. I acutally didn't get a whole lot of the underwater action b/c my mask kept filling up with water and I have an extreme irrational fear of any kind of suffocation (drowning is definitely the worst of those fears), so after a few minutes I was perfectly content giving Elliot my mask and chilling with the canoe.
After that we went the rest of the way to Jacksonville and got the boys to their hotel room when Matty called me and told us that everyone was getting together at Brit's house, so we got directions and went over there. Matt was the first person we saw, and he and I completely freaked out. Before we went inside, I made him come to my car b/c I had this paper wieght w/ a viking ship on it (long story) that I had taken from my grandparents house (with their consent) for him. He loved it so much that we went straight inside and he was showing it off to everyone.
Anyway, the night progressed with delicious beer, catching up with all my old Aves, surprise appearance of Danielle (Steubie friend and future sister), and swing dancing with Matty.
Saturday we picked Clare up from the airport and met Elliot and Miguel for lunch before getting ready for the wedding. The ceremony was at this beautiful, traditional church in Jacksonville. Both Mike and Brit were positively glowing, and, if nothing else, that made the ceremony beautiful.
The reception was back in Orange Park, but once we got there at got settled things were good. Matt and I were, of course, the first people on the dance floor when it was opened up for everyone. In fact, we were the only people dancing for that song. There were a ton of pictures being taken of us, and one guy was also taping the whole thing... wierd. Saw a few more Aves and one more Frannie, which was really cool.
After the reception a whole bunch of us went to a bar in St. Augustine because this was most likely, the last we'll all be together for awhile. We ended up staying out so late and I had to take ppl the airport so early that I just stayed up all night and went with a few ppl to Waffle House to get some coffee and food. Around 3 am Matty decided he wanted to try to change his flight to leave later, but when we got to the airport, there was a huge line and I didn't want him to risk missing his flight, so he left, but he called me when he got on his plane and told me that he'd come see me this fall. *happiness*
Ok, so that's the long version of the story. The short version is that I received two sacraments, witnessed a third, danced the night away (twice), caught up with my friends, had some good drinks, and I have a promise that I won't have to wait another whole year before seeing my Matt again. We tried thinking of ways the weekend could have been made better, and all I could think of would be the second coming.
Anyway, this past weekend was also good. I had finally started to rearrange my furniture in my room and really cleaning up. I ended up buying myself a swiffer just for my room and cleaning my floors so I can feel comfortable walking around barefoot in here (it is now a strictly no-shoes zone). Also moved my mom's stuff out, my tv and ps2 in, and I finally managed to find a way to keep my closet relatively orderly. I feel so relieved that my bedroom is finally clean and picked up (for the most part).
Last night was our 5 yr. hs reunion. I wasn't going to go, but Kate and Heather had told me they were going, so I met them and we all went together. It turned out *much* better than we expected. For the most part, it was attended by people I didn't really talk to in high school, but they were all friendly enough and genuinely interested in how everyone's lives were going. I ended up exchanging phone numbers with more ppl than I expected (which means I didn't plan on giving anyone my number), and then Kate, Heather, Mal, Tere and I all went to VI to continue catching up and eat pie.
Today I went to Mass and then I came home and spent some quality time with my ps2 for most of the afternoon. then for dinner my mom made CUBAN FOOD for us! It was the first time I'd had Cuban food for a long time, or really any Caribbean food that wasn't heavily influenced by Indian food, so it was basically amazing.
So ya, this weekend was good too. Not as emotionally charged as last weekend, but it was full of good times :D