this weekend was half crazy busy, livin' like a university kid, and half super slow and lazy, living like a (kinda sorta) grown up. it was a good balance. and a much needed relaxation and celebration weekend.
new beading adventures - going to be good stuff; building pieces on a sunny saturday morning; the ladies in 'beautiful' dresses; she's going to be a beautiful bride; kim's cell phone - they seem to be getting bigger and bigger; ugly/awesome dresses - the only way to celebrate a bachelorette; jake's sign for kim to wear all night; in case you forgot, bri has a 'bun in the oven' (award for best bachelorette trooper goes to...); a little ukelele between sister in laws; VIP with strawberries, free drinks, and giant men; henry the fiesty kitten; taco salad at home.
friday: leaving work, my plan was to venture on a calm shopping trip to the eaton's centre to see if i could find a top for the wedding of the summer... and received a message from my friend saying i needed to come partake in the consumption of some cider with her. so i embarked on a solo LCBO mission, and met her for some cheap chinese food takeout, cider, and vent session all night long. i left fairly early for a friday, and arrived home, got in bed, and managed an early bedtime for a friday. yay me!
saturday: woke up pretty early, put on my bathing suit, and gathered my beading things for some outdoor bead adventuring. my landlord's dad was in town, so he spent some time serving me OJ and club soda, and trying to convince me to become a fly fish lure maker (listen - this may end up being a viable option for my future!), and chatting about life. i fixed some goodies, made some new stuff, and played around with some new supplies i had just picked up. had a long chat with my landlord, and then finally threw a bag together for the remainder of the weekend. after a quick stop to pick up my copilot for the trip, we headed out to london for my friend (
jake's fiancee) kim's bachelorette. we arrived in time for some dinner, to throw on our hideous outfits (as directed by the 'ugly dress bachelorette' invite), and have some drinks. after some major pre-bar dance partying, and other shenanigans, we headed out - on a 4 bar downtown london tour... including new friends, VIP service, and a line of high fives all the way out of the final bar. we all cabbed home, and after ravaging the leftover food, we were all out pretty quickly in our respective sleeping places (some of us on floors, air mattresses, in cars, etc.).
sunday: woke up very early (considering our 4am bedtime), and tried desperately to sleep longer. the, spent the morning rehashing the evening's events, cleaning, organizing, and packing our things before we headed home. again, dropped brianne off at home, and travelled back in the rainy weather to jeff's place. after a short night's worth of sleep, i was ready for a nap... and did so promptly. once i woke up, and the sun was back out, we played with the babe kitten that his brother was fostering until he was old enough to adopt, and then walked over to the grocery store for dinner preparation items. made a huge mexican food feast of homemade taco bowl/salads, and ate too much (shocking). we spent the rest of the evening just hanging around, watching some olympics, and not doing a whole lot of anything. after the previous night's escapades, i was ready for bed before midnight.
monday: woke up after almost 11 hours of sleep (i KNOW), lounged around a bit, had a bite to eat, and then headed to the mall to find a wedding outfit appropriate for next weekend's wedding. compiled a mix matched outfit of plaid and grey (you can all hear my heart beating loudly - perfection), and then had lunch before the post shop grump set in. after a failed attempt to find a park to nap in, we ended up at a friend's house - where him and his girlfriend happened to be outside. the four of us went for a drink on a patio to enjoy the sun, and chatted about his new BB gun purchased (we were all a little to excited about the idea of shooting pop cans). after dropping them off, (and a quick side road pullover to ease my sudden freakout about the future) the remainder of the day consisted of pool swimming and lounging, and watching dexter while being lazy. we had dinner, and watched some olympics, and then just hung out. again, an early to bed night after exhaustion and slight sickness has been dragging me down.
it was a good weekend. it was an eventful, and enlightening weekend. it was filled with good talks, good friendship, and good planning for the future (even though i'm a little unsure about what that future holds). it was one of the best weekends in a while. i hope all y'all would agree.
in other news, today i was alerted to 2 particularly important 'articles' (reflections) that are extremely relevant to my life right now.... and i want to share them.
an article by
jessica pearce rotondi on
what she knows about having a sister now that she's in her 20's
AND
perfect end.
