went to Indy this weekend for my former roomie's wedding (the one i made the bridesmaid skirts for)... it was a good time... travel time was much less than i had expected - 8.5 hours as opposed to 10 like last year... so i was able to pick chris up from the airport, since we got into town at the same time...
friday afternoon, we napped - both had long days... and that evening we hit the town... had dinner at a japanese restaurant (not the kind where they cook at your table and crack jokes, though)... and then hit up some bars... that was fun... and the 2am "dinner" at steak-n-shake was quite yummy... in fact, that night i proclaimed they have "the best chicken tenders i've ever had!!!" and i stick by my statement... SnS is the best post-drinking food there is... mmmm...
saturday, we slept in - no surprise there... and then we walked back to the downtown area (we were only a few blocks away)... on the way, we saw a parade... well, sort of... we saw some people walking around in the street carrying signs, throwing candy, and some riding in beds of trucks... and they were really spaced far apart... one group would be out of sight before the next group came into view... it was kind of sad... after the "parade" we had lunch at quizno's... mmmm toasty... and then did some shopping at circle center mall... after that was the rehearsal and dinner... the rehearsal was very unorganized to begin with... we were all just like "what's going on here??? someone give us direction..." but by the time we ran through it a second time, things were coming together smoothly... and then it was dinner at Buca di Beppo... lots of food... and i mean LOTS of food... but it was waaay yummy... i ate too much, and got super tired, so i fell asleep when we got back to the hotel... chris told me he was going out to get a few things... and before i knew it, he was back with a surprise for me... a 2-CD set of Alison Krauss & Union Station!!! I'd listened to her "New Favorite" CD so much that I wore it out... so that was really sweet of chris... he's a good hero... (*side note to my hero* - Happy "Anniversary," babe!!! Thanks for a really great 4 years!)
sunday, we went to terre haute and met chris's mom before going to the little italy festival in Clinton, IN... we had kept his being in town a secret so she was surprised to see him... a good surprise... the festival wasn't what i expected... not really as much italian stuff as i had imagined... but i did get to see a pizza eating contest, some italian cooking, and an italian costume contest... after that, chris and i decided to drive around the rose campus (he hadn't been back since we graduated) and then went out to his fraternity house to look around... it was a good day, but i was way tired by the end...
monday was the wedding... it was really beautiful... everything worked like it was supposed to... and the reception was nice too... very relaxed... they had it catered by Fazoli's, Jimmy John's, KFC, and some chinese place... and the cake wasn't the traditional wedding cake... they had 3 sheet cakes - one decorated for her b'day, one for his b'day, and one for the wedding... a very neat idea... i also got to see a few ppl from rose i hadn't seen in a while... so it was good catching up with them... chris had to leave that afternoon... leaving him at the airport was hard... it always is, though... and then i went to spend the night at chris's cousin's...
tuesday morning, i had brunch with my DDD big sis before heading out of town... i hadn't seen her since i graduated, so it was a good time... we talk every month or so, so there really wasn't a lot of catching up to do... but it was still good to see her... and then i made my long trek home...
and that was my weekend... hopefully tomorrow i'll have some pictures up of the weekend festivities...
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