i didnt blog about the weekend yesterday bc by the time i got home, i was just exhausted. my email inbox blew up in the one day i was absent from work, and i spent the whole day playing catch up. i fell asleep before i could watch all of the OCDs show. thats how tired my brain was.
but the weekend was very good. we had to make several stops along the way and didnt get to town til pretty late thursday night. having forgotten to pack the big blow up mattress, we decided it was a fine idea to sleep the two of us in a twin bed. for those of you who've slept in a 20 foot vicinity of me, you know this is the most ridiculous idea that ever came through my head, right infront of bottling the smell of summer hay. needless to say, we spent the rest of the weekend on a futon. and with multiple bruises. bc in my past life, i was totally a ninja. if i were johnny, i would have swept the leg.
friday i got to visit with bethany which was great as i haven't seen her in.... well i dont know when the last time was to be honest. my birthday? we went and took the stranger to the UK store so he could stock up on the wrong color blue t-shirts (hell, even i somehow came home with one) and then went to the most magical bookstore on the planet. by the time we'd left the store two hours later, there was a whole floor i hadnt made it to. going there would be an all day event for me. i came out with several new historical fictions and my favorite purchase, Little Women and Werewolves. i'm a third of the way into it, and its pretty alright.
that night we went to dinner at the best little diner. it was homecooked goodness. and then we went to a very magical (and by magical i mean i cant really put it into words) dive bar to hear a bluegrass band. The stranger got laura's fiance very very drunk, which is becoming a common theme in his meeting any male i know. we had to pour the both of them home, which was entertaining to say the least.
saturday we made laura go look at wedding dresses. this trip was supposed to be just for getting ideas, so her friend and i piled high the rack for her to try on. ball gowns, mermaid style, sweetheart neckline. by the time this coming wedding season is over (as the weekend after laura's wedding i get to be in jenny's!) i'm going to be a wedding planner extraordinaire. but we found her perfect dress completely by accident. and it looks amazing and i got all teary bc my baby cousin is really growing up and it makes me very very happy.
and to celebrate, we went and stuffed our faces with pasta. bc that is what we do.
UK has a ridiculously beautiful arboritum near the stadium, where they do theatre in the summer. since some of laura's friends/coworkers were in the play this year, we figured we'd go watch. it was a beautiful evening, and the stars came out and were spectacular. the play was... ok at best. but hey, its something to do and it let me fall asleep on a blanket under the stars. i call that a success.
i slept the whole way home, because that is what i do. it was the fastest trip home to date. haha. all in all it was a really good, relaxing weekend with friends and family. we got nothing and a lot accomplished. all in all, i'm glad we went. but i am equally glad we are not going anywhere this weekend. sometimes staying in town and being lazy is called for. at most we might go to the drive-in, which i am still very much looking forward to.
happy birthday to bethany!
this was not as entertaining a post as i've written in the past. apologies. i will tell you i've got a new craft project in the works, and i'll take a photo to show you probably this afternoon. i had remembered something that made me happy/sad and so i had to do this. (vague enough?)
anyway. much love.
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