It's been almost a year since I last posted, so I hope at least a few of you guys are still with me. Today I'll give the update, and then I promise I'll start making actual entries again.
Since we last talked, I got married! I now have two little bands on either side of the fat diamond I told you about. We got married in August. The wedding was perfect! We had it at the church where I met Damian (I found him on a scavenger hunt. I think I won.). The bridesmaids had red dresses and carried red roses and big red gerber daisies with a little bit of dark orange and dark chartreuse green thrown in. Believe me, it was prettier than it sounds.
We had a southern reception (think Anne-of-Green-Gables country, not horseshoes-and-haybales country) with picnic baskets down the tables on red and white tablecloths, and (get this!) actual strips of sod under the baskets so it looked like a real picnic. We also had sweet tea instead of punch (gingerale could be outlawed, as far as I'm concerned) and the groom's cake was a table of old-fashioned apple pies. So we did everything just as we liked it, with a little tradition thrown in.
Then, we set off for Cancun. The resort we were staying at had lounge chairs in the pool and bars you could swim up to. When I got tired of margaritas, I started in on the Shirley Temples (now probably my drink of choice). Yes, I do realize that ordering Shirley Temples me sound like a twelve-year-old ordering a drink at her brother's bar mitzvah.
I discovered that I am pretty good at golf (who knew?). We went snorkeling along a reef, where we were swimming with two sharks and a giant sea turtle at one point. We went to the Mayan ruins at Chichen-Itza (sp?) and climbed the temple. We took a picture of Damian in their "football" stadium and me in their marketplace. We decided those were our natural habitats. I got a massage from a Mayan healer, with some kind of spiced oils and incense and weird nature music and candles. It was delicious.
I won't bore you with the rest of the honeymoon details (and I'm sure there are some you would rather not hear), but suffice it to say the honeymoon was perfect, and we were both sorry to have to get back to our normal lives.
We're doing well, and to catch you up with everyone else:
Lillian and her husband Clark are having a baby! Yay! This is going to be the smartest, most sarcastic child ever.
Summer met a guy, started dating him (their first date being the night of our wedding, so I claim credit for this one), got married, and got preggers (all in that order, and in about the same time period it took to write that sentence) and is expecting about the same time as Lillian and Clark.
Our friend Todd, who was in our wedding, got engaged to Lena, a fabulous chick who has been a friend for years. It's really nice to see two great people find each other.
Our friend Jason (who was also in our wedding), got married to Kacey last week. He spun his wheelchair (he has Cerebral Palsy) onto the dance floor and they did their first dance to "Get a Little Mud on the Tires," which I thought was hilarious!
Things are happening so fast for our little bunch! Everyone's getting married and having babies. Okay, I'm only doing the first part. Do I feel left out of the baby blitz? A little. Am I saddened by that? ABSOLUTELY NOT. Don't be expecting an announcement from me any time soon. Married life is treating me well. And it's great to be back!
