Hello there!
So, I would like to start off by thanking all of my friends and family for their wonderful, encouraging, and touching messages regarding my last blog. Last week was really hard for me, and I am happy to say that I am feeling much better.
This weekend I was able to get out of town with my little sister (T), who I usually only see a few days out of the year, since she lives in So Cal. We went up to Graeagle for her best friend since elementary school’s wedding. I will admit I was a little scared about going to a wedding in my state of mind, but I tried to just focus on the fact that I was getting to spend 3 whole days with my lil sis and I was going to make every minute count.
The weekend started off on Friday, I finally went to sleep around 5:30am (one of the side effects from the meds is insomnia) only to get up at 9:30 to finish packing and go pick up T from the airport. Of course when I was heading out the door my mom made sure we did a mini tune up on the car, checking the oil, washer fluid, coolant, and all that jazz…finally got on my way to get T and of course was about 25 mins late. After a quick trip to Super Wal*Mart for snacks, the gas station, and McDonald’s, we were on the road. This is the first road trip T and I have done alone, and it was quite nice. Got to the house where Rachelle (the bride) was staying and picked up the key to our house to drop off our things.
Our house had 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms with a HUGE kitchen and living room, 2 fire places, a Jacuzzi tub, and one of the showers (in the master bathroom where the married couple we were rooming with stayed) had dual showerheads!! How cool is that!!? Haha Not only that, but the place was almost completely furnished. We had pots and pans, silverware, a coffee grinder (but no coffee), and even a rice maker! It was awesome!
Anyway, we dropped off our stuff and then headed to Portola to Rachelle’s rehearsal dinner. It was a nice, close friends and family get together at her eldest sister’s house. I have to say, her sister is a fantastic cook! Everyone’s favorite dish she made were these bomb ass mashed potatoes. So delicious! The night was fun, I met more of the family and friends, my lil sis was able to see people she hadn’t seen in a few years, and we got to enjoy standing around a fire (one of my favorite things when in woodsy areas out in the cold). After a few hours we headed back to the house and stayed up till around 12:30 chatting with our roomies and watching TV…at least we had satellite tv since there was no internet, and hardly any cell service (only thing wrong with the weekend).
Saturday we got up, ate some breakfast, then headed over to where the bride was getting ready to see if there was anything we could do to help. After visiting a while and checking out the view from her balcony (one of the few places we got cell reception), we headed back to our house to get ready for the wedding. Once ready we went back to the bride’s house to watch her get her make-up and dress on, then take some photos. I must say, when the photographer (Kevin) walked in I was like, “H-E-L-L-O!!” hahaha I think all the females in the house had their jaw hit the ground. The boy was hot. So anyway, Kevin proceeded to take pictures of the beautiful bride in her dress while the rest of us looked on.
After about 30 mins of pics it was time to head off to the ceremony. The ceremony was beautiful but cold. T, our roomie Andrea and I huddled under a blanket during the whole thing. Rachelle and Ryan are sooo in love, and sooo cute.
They really are what so many people strive to find in a relationship. It makes me hopeful that someday I will find that…
After the ceremony we all ran back to the reception site to try to get warm. After the bride and groom got their pictures done we all got our food and it was time to dance. Of course I did more watching than dancing…T and I sat at the table most of the night. It seemed we were the only single people there our age. At one point I got up and danced with the bride’s father, and then participated in the bouquet toss…and caught it! =o) I gave a few of the flowers to a couple of kids that were there then sat back at the table. A lil while later I decided to get up and dance. T stayed at the table and took pictures. By this time there was only like 4 songs left in the evening, and of course the last song was going to be a slow one, so I rushed back to the table. To my surprise the hottie photog came up and asked if either T or I would like to dance, so of course I got my butt on the dance floor. Haha We had a nice quick convo and then the party time was over.
T, our roommates, and I went back to the house. Everyone went to bed and I decided to go outside to take some photos of the night sky. The moon was bright and there were nice fluffy clouds out that were begging to have their picture taken. While I was outside I noticed someone head over to one of the houses that we thought people were meeting at, so I walked over out of curiosity. Low and behold, there were a few people still hanging out. Ended up hanging out at that house till about 2am, then went back to my house to hang out with a new friend till 7am. Went to bed around 8:30, then got woke up at 9:30 to go say by to the newlyweds as they headed off to Hawaii for their honeymoon.
So Saturday blended into Sunday, we checked out and headed home. During the drive back it started to snow and that made me even happier. For most of today I have actually had a smile on my face. I don't know if it is because I have only gotten about 11 hours of sleep in the last 4 days and am delirious, from making new friends, getting to see my sister, or getting to spend time with Mother Nature. Whatever it is, I am happy for it. And I hope that this feeling isn't fleeting.
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