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Jan. 6th, 2013 10:43 amIt's been a short and sweet trip to Raleigh. We arrived on Friday afternoon, in time to meet up with some cousins, aunts, and uncles for dinner at a nice Italian restaurant. William and the girls kept getting delayed, but they finally made it here when we were at dinner, so I got to get some hugs before retiring to bed. Whenever the bride was around, everyone else was invisible and Frankie only wanted to talk to her, but the rest of the time, Frankie wanted me to hold her constantly, and repeatedly told me she loved me. She is the SWEETEST.
The wedding was super fun. They had it at a cafe in downtown Raleigh, with their "altar" set up in front of the big window at the front that looks onto the street. A few interesting passersby spiced things up. First was a scruffy-looking guy with an "I <3 JESUS" cap on who stopped to spectate for a bit. Then there was a family coming to get in their car, which was parked right in front of the window. The dad was carrying a 5'-tall stuffed giraffe, and he struggled for several minutes to get it into the car as my cousin and his wife said their vows. All of us were laughing pretty hard at that. There was food, drink, dancing, the best cake I've ever had in my life, and the reception wound down with a bluegrass jam session with the groom's band, the Swift Kickers. They were fantastic, and a good time was had by all :)
We had one last big family meal last night, and I spent most of the time catching up with Lauren, Erika, and Matt. Erika and Matt live in Vermont and are in a touring band, so I don't see much of them -- it had been two or three years, I believe -- but they're about to take a year off from touring, as Erika is pregnant with their first child. I asked her if they were going to find out the gender or be surprised, and she gave the best answer I've ever heard: "We're going to be surprised. Well, probably not too surprised." McKenzie always makes fun of people who ask "what are they having?" by responding "probably a baby." It is a silly question, after all.
McKenzie had an early flight and I have a late one, so I've been killing time at the Raleigh airport for a few hours, but it's almost time for me to jet off. I'm going home by way of Atlanta, and then will beat Z home by about 90 minutes, since he is having a long layover in Memphis to chat with his boss. We'll go home, then we'll come right back to PDX for me to send him off to Monterey tomorrow. I have Blazers tickets for tomorrow night, a session with Ertan on Tuesday, and then back to work and my regular schedule on Wednesday. I have two more sectionals this month, but those are just weekend trips (and one is at home), so I'll actually be working my normal schedule without travel interruptions until I take time off for St. Louis in March. It'll be nice to get into a groove...hopefully I an take advantage of the normalcy to train harder and get ready for my half in April, which is no longer very far in the future.
The wedding was super fun. They had it at a cafe in downtown Raleigh, with their "altar" set up in front of the big window at the front that looks onto the street. A few interesting passersby spiced things up. First was a scruffy-looking guy with an "I <3 JESUS" cap on who stopped to spectate for a bit. Then there was a family coming to get in their car, which was parked right in front of the window. The dad was carrying a 5'-tall stuffed giraffe, and he struggled for several minutes to get it into the car as my cousin and his wife said their vows. All of us were laughing pretty hard at that. There was food, drink, dancing, the best cake I've ever had in my life, and the reception wound down with a bluegrass jam session with the groom's band, the Swift Kickers. They were fantastic, and a good time was had by all :)
We had one last big family meal last night, and I spent most of the time catching up with Lauren, Erika, and Matt. Erika and Matt live in Vermont and are in a touring band, so I don't see much of them -- it had been two or three years, I believe -- but they're about to take a year off from touring, as Erika is pregnant with their first child. I asked her if they were going to find out the gender or be surprised, and she gave the best answer I've ever heard: "We're going to be surprised. Well, probably not too surprised." McKenzie always makes fun of people who ask "what are they having?" by responding "probably a baby." It is a silly question, after all.
McKenzie had an early flight and I have a late one, so I've been killing time at the Raleigh airport for a few hours, but it's almost time for me to jet off. I'm going home by way of Atlanta, and then will beat Z home by about 90 minutes, since he is having a long layover in Memphis to chat with his boss. We'll go home, then we'll come right back to PDX for me to send him off to Monterey tomorrow. I have Blazers tickets for tomorrow night, a session with Ertan on Tuesday, and then back to work and my regular schedule on Wednesday. I have two more sectionals this month, but those are just weekend trips (and one is at home), so I'll actually be working my normal schedule without travel interruptions until I take time off for St. Louis in March. It'll be nice to get into a groove...hopefully I an take advantage of the normalcy to train harder and get ready for my half in April, which is no longer very far in the future.
