This weekend turned out to be wonderful! I went home for a wedding that Nick was the Best Man in and we had a blast!
That morning before I traveled home I joined in for my last day of PT with the ROTC students.
I managed to get a 9:09 mile. I’ve been pretty pleased with my early morning runs. I know they’re short, but my pace is getting pretty good and I’ve managed to get a few miles that are under a 10 min. mile. I consider myself a really slow runner, so this excites me!
I was suppose to make it home in time for the Bridesmaid Brunch (even though I wasn’t a bridesmaid), but there was some confusion on the time and I wasn’t able to be there. So I went home and spent some time with my family, got some coffee with my dad and then worked on applying for some more jobs and writing up some blog posts for the week. I felt really productive in that hour!
Nick finally got off work and so I went and spent some time with him. We hung out at his house until it was time to get ready for the rehearsal dinner. We made it to the rehearsal just in time and they did their things, then we headed to McCain Lodge for the rehearsal dinner. The food was amazing, but the best part was the bread pudding!! It was to die for! Nick and I were able to squeeze in a good picture from the evening, but I’m sad that I didn’t take any others!
Right before everyone was going to leave, the sky opened up and it just poured… the lights flickered and I thought I’d never seen so much rain! We waited it out until it was to a light drizzle and made our way home. When we got to my parents, Nick decided to hang out just a little bit and so we watched some Arrested Development.
Saturday morning I woke up and did some more blogging while I enjoyed my cup of coffee then I got ready to take care of the bride-to-be. On my way to pick her up, she asked me to get an “I love you” card for her future hubby and so I picked out 2 so she could pick the best one. I figured I could save the other one for Nick later. I picked her up and took her to get her hair done. While she was busy doing that, I went over to the groom’s parents house where I was invited to get some brunch. I left the guys outside so they could enjoy their guy time (It was the groomsman brunch after all), but I enjoyed a cup of coffee, some fruit, a cinnamon roll, and some sausage. I then took the groom’s sister with me and we went and picked up the bride and her mom and I dropped them back off at the hotel to get ready for pictures. While they were all busy, I ran an errand to bed, bath, & beyond to pick up our wedding gift and then joined my parents for lunch at Newks. I ran into the other groomsman’s wife at Newks (I met her the night before) and met a few of their other friends. Nick and I absolutely adored the groomsman and his wife and we look forward to hanging out with them again soon!
I went home and got ready for wedding. I got picked up by a limo and dropped off at the church so I could pass out wedding programs and have people sign the guest book. After the wedding, we all crammed back into the limo and opened up a bottle of champaign to toast the newly wedded bride & groom! The reception was amazing – there was great dancing, a candy bar, and an open bar! We had a really grand time!
Sunday morning I headed back over to Nick’s and we decided to make some juice. He got his juice all the way to the rim of this cup!
The juice was delicious! Afterwards we thought we would go and hang up the hammock that he received as his groomsman gift, but right as we stepped outside it started to rain, so we decided not too, but that meant that we could then go and fix my blinker! My blinker has been screwed up for a while now and it makes this annoying sound and doesn’t always work when you want it to. Now I have a full functioning blinker!
It was the hazard button that we had to replace. Then we decided to take a ride out to dogwood and get some food and look around for a bit before I headed back to Starkville. We enjoyed the leisurely time together.
Later that evening, I got this picture from Nick
Looks like he was finally able to enjoy his hammock!
Have a great week, I’m looking forward to a 3 day work week! 🙂
Looks like a great weekend! I’ve been wanting a hammock!
I really don’t know what’s better… a candy bar or an open bar! Both sound like the makings for a perfect wedding. I looooove hammocks, I wish we had a couple good trees to hang one in my yard! Great weekend, lady!!
So jealous of your 3-day work week! I have to work Friday. Boo. 🙁 P.S. I’m a slow runner too. I’m usually between 9-10 minutes/mile and that’s just running one, lol. If I run more, I’m MUCH slower! I’m also slower outside than on a treadmill.
What a sweet picture of you two. And that run is impressive!
Wow, a 9:09 mile? You are a rock star!!
Sounds like an awesome weekend!! I’m still waiting for our first good rain of the summer!! I love summer thunderstorms!
Wow you had some big wedding responsibilities despite not being a bridesmaid! You’re an awesome friend for doing all of that! 😀
(I think it would have made me grumpy!)
I love the picture of you and Nick! And I’m glad you got your blinker fixed!
Sounds like a perfect weekend! Congrats on your speedy run – and cute pic of the two of you!