Sunday 3/25, I woke up in a panic a little before 8 realizing I hadn’t set an alarm and hoping it wasn’t 10 and missing my flight because we weren’t ready to go. I got up and started gathering things a little then Eliso got up and we had a nice breakfast of toast and just talked about the night before and friends then we headed upstairs to pack up and check our flight status. We were ready to go a little before 10 and called Courtney to make plans to meet up because Eliso forgot to bring the present and forgot her shoes in the hotel room and I’d forgotten my straightener but she didn’t answer. We left anyway and called JP on the way and chewed him out for not saying goodbye and to get Hakim’s #. We planned to find them when we got to the hotel then I talked to Dad on the phone who wanted a check up on how the night went and if we’d had any problems with the Corvette. We got to the hotel a few minutes later after passing Mossy Motors and cracking up. We saw Warren walking out with the same chest hair highlighting white button up shirt and I heard Eliso say under her breath “Oh God” and he goes right in for an Eliso hug which was funny, then I’m standing there and I say “What the fuck am I, chopped liver?” and he’s like, “I don’t know, you’re standing back with that raised eyebrow like you’re pissed” then really gave me a big hug, like really long, and I was like, damn, we’re not that good of friends, let go. So then I repeated the chopped liver thing to Eliso as we were walking away and she’s like “What am I, his friend?” and I laughed until we got to the entrance. We said thanks to Pat’s parents on the way in and eventually met the crowd on their way to breakfast and I was singing JT and Hakim just laughed. We went up to Court’s room to get our stuff then found them at the restaurant and said our goodbyes and that hopefully I’ll be seeing most of these people again really soon. We headed out and saw George on his way in so he stopped the car and I gave him a kiss on the cheek and told him to visit Seattle soon with a wink. Eliso just laughed and rolled her eyes, but by the time we got back to the car she was singing the praises of George’s hot bod and calling dibs on him so I resumed my position on getting with JT. We headed down to the airport, parked the car, hid the keys under the seat, locked the doors and off we went into the terminal. It was sweet that Eliso came with me because Josh offered to give her a ride along with Hakim and Carmen but she insisted on going with me and keeping me company. We checked in then grabbed some food and headed through security. We sat on the floor by the windows and talked and enjoyed each other’s company for the final few minutes we would be together and I knew it was time to go when they announced the final boarding call and paged me by name because I was the last to board…whoops. We hugged and blew kisses and off I went. I was pleasantly surprised when I boarded the plane to find a very cute guy sitting next to me. You know the drill: young-ish looking, blonde hair, tall, shaggy hair, a little bit skater…mmm. We started talking and it turns out he’s a freshman at the UW but is from Carlsbad, small world. I mainly caught up on my blog from over the long weekend and he fell asleep with his mouth open. We arrived a little early and I called Mom to pick me up, got my bag quickly and was whisked back to my car. I then drove to Susan’s to pick up J who had taken to frequently hiding under the bed and in her closet. This behavior proved to be difficult when it was time to go and putting him in his crate became practically impossible. I eventually got him in with the assistance of Susan, super cat nanny. We chatted a bit about the wedding and J’s temperament while I was gone but I was so tired all I wanted to do was get home. I had told Mom I would stop by to pick up some ham on the way home so I did that and then finally arrived home. Ahhhh. I unpacked a tiny bit but basically ate some food and settled onto my bed and talked to Dad a few times, called Trevor and left a message then almost fell asleep during ExHM. DH was a rerun so I cleaned my bathroom a titch then showered and crawled into bed.
Saturday 3/24, I woke up before Eliso, well actually, she’d thrown up so technically she was up before I was, so yeah, I got up and went and talked to Mom in her bathroom about nail polish and fake tanner and the like then we went downstairs to talk with Dad. Eliso came down and Dad started on pancakes for all us girls, which included, Mom, me, Eliso, Aubs, Nichole and Shelby. Breakfast was delicious as always and really made Eliso better then they packed up the car and headed out after Dad gave me $60 for lunch and saying our goodbyes since I wasn’t going to see them again before leaving the next day. Eliso and I got ready then went for a walk because it was beautiful outside and also because we knew we’d be eating a lot throughout the day. When we got back we got into our suits, got some nail polish and laid in the sun listening to Flaming Lips, Dire Straights and Fleetwood Mac. I was tired and decided to rest my eyes and ended up getting quite a bit of sun on my back, some might classify it as a burn, but it wasn’t too bad, just a little color. We eventually both got into the hot tub which helped my legs from those damn lunges Eliso made me do. I talked to Court and made plans to head down there around 1:00 and Eliso talked to Meghan and told her to come by the honeymoon suite later on. We both hopped in the shower and got half ready, packed our bags and set off for the Catamaran in the Corvette. We hit the drug store first and arrived much much later than we expected to but still ended up being the first girls up there to see Court. Weird. Anyway, I did my hair with Nina and Janna in the bathroom then did my make up with Eliso and Lala in the mirror in front of the door, then Kelly came over and she helped me pick a necklace and earrings. Drunk Cara was kind of rude to me in the kitchen but I was like, whatever, then got my dress on and was trying to help give Nina some moral support. We all headed down to the lobby to wait for the limo, which ended up being a huge SUV limo, like seriously enormous. The boys went first and we knew we were going to be late because traffic sucked and Court wasn’t even in her dress yet. We were hurried into the side room when we arrived, and after I hit my head getting out which hopefully the videographer didn’t catch on film, and prepared to get ready. I was really nervous and already sweating on my dress which totally showed. It gave me a good reason to get out of the dress at the reception though. Anyway, I was totally nervous walking down the aisle by myself, but when I saw a million familiar faces in the crowd I felt better. The ceremony was very quick and except for one awkward moment from Pat went pretty seamlessly and without incident. We all exited and Andy walked me down and we totally worked it and Spencer gave me a thumbs up as I walked by, then we went into the back room to wait for the crowd to clear out to take pictures. Pictures were taken of family for a while then the wedding party took the limo to the beach where we finished taking pictures and there were a bunch of cute guys there milling about. We were finally on our way back to the hotel for the reception and mingled with everyone during the cocktail hour. There was delicious brie cheese with roasted red, yellow and green peppers which I ate a few of, then I was hanging out by the bar after chatting with JP, Carmen and Hakim and ran into Meghan M. and chatted about Big Josh, her job and life in general and she looks really fabulous. I think everyone just gets better looking and fitter after college, at least that’s how it seemed at this soiree. I talked with Ryan S. as well then Spencer and Noj. It was fun but soon it was time to for the wedding party to make an entrance into the ballroom and somehow I was miraculously paired up with George and I joked that I slipped someone a fiver to get the hookup. We walked in to lots of cheers and that made me smile and finally we got to sit down at our tables and prep for dinner. Eliso let me wear her sweater because I was freezing, though I still hadn’t stopped sweating. Anyway, our table was fun, and when the subject turned to JT I announced that I was all about him at the moment and I loved that whole “ghetto white boy thing he’s got going on” and Hakim threw his head back and laughed, like couldn’t even talk and when I said again later as a joke I asked “Do I sound really white?” and he just nodded as he laughed. The dinner was good and when the chocolates came around I ate about 4 of them then snaked one off the other UPS table then found Noj, Spencer and Ryan. When they asked where I’d gotten it, I told them from their table and they didn’t believe me so I told them to ask Josh, like daring them, but mostly I was just flirting. JP kept saying he was a dick so finally I started calling him a dick which I think he found amusing. They cut the cake then Court said I could change my dress so Eliso and I ran up and I changed and looked at the room setup that Vita had worked on but laughed a little at the “Wash Yourself” “Massage her, massage him” etc notes that were left next to the bed. When we went back down everyone had a shit fit that I changed. But I didn’t really care, especially when all the guys kept telling me I looked good and Ryan said “Who’s going to get mad when you look that good?”, precisely Ryan, precisely. Anyway, I got scolded by Lauren’s Mom, Kelly, Janna, Meghan, Cara, Pat’s Mom (though once I told her why she was fine and divulged some stuff about Pat from childhood), Nina and probably other people, but whatever. I started telling people Eliso spilled wine on it and that’s why I changed. We danced our asses off even though the dj wasn’t very good and kept playing weird 90’s songs, and even though Hakim was on crutches he really worked it, and I worked that crutch like a stripper. Classy, I know. Spencer and Janna hooked up and Eliso came over and told me I missed my chance but I was ok with it and reassured Nina that he’s a good guy and that I didn’t mind. At midnight we had scheduled to do the UPS picture for Arches and I yelled at some guy and then some girl for trying to get in the picture when they clearly didn’t go to UPS and didn’t belong so one of the pictures was hilarious with me yelling. After, I was talking to Warren and trying to act bitchy drunk then asked him excitedly “Did you think I was really pissed?!” and he’s like “You know what? You’re probably the nicest person in the world, like seriously, you seem like a really nice person...but I think you just need to explore” um, okie dokie Warren, I bet you want to help me out with that too huh? Then later I was asking Sweeny to hook me up with someone but I specified “Not Warren” and he’s like, “I actually like you, I would fix you up with him if I didn’t like you”, ha, burn. I talked more with Tracy right before the night ended and heard some really horrible news that I suspected was true, but anyway, it wasn’t good though not surprising at all. We danced to a few more songs before all the lights came on and Andy and I joked about how bad we all looked in the light then Eliso and I made the rounds saying goodbye and helping Court go to the bathroom one last time which was kind of fun and we vowed to be each others shee-shee girls, and Eliso was designated wiper. Ha, just kidding, though it is true a little bit for other reasons. Eliso and I hoofed it out to the Vette and drove home where we both totally crashed out.
Friday 3/23, Eliso and I both woke up around 8 and decided to get up and get our day started so we ate some breakfast then put on our walking clothes and busted ass to the park. We did two laps and soaked up the sun in the process and talked about relationships and weddings and all sorts of other things. The conversation is always so great and we talk to each other in this voice that we both concluded we only use with each other. When we got back we both did some lunges which would haunt me for the next three days then got ready because Jamie was going to pick her up and she was going to spend a few hours with her while Dad helped me with my taxes. We cleaned up a whole bunch upstairs because Dad was having the house appraised later in the afternoon and to help Mom out we took the initiative to tidy up. Jamie, her husband and baby showed up and we sat talking in the living room for a long time then we went up to look at the dress, which ended up being the same exact one Eliso had been looking at for her bridesmaids then the four of them took off to get lunch and go to the beach. Dad came home and we got my taxes taken care of and I can’t believe the refund I’m getting which is all thanks to Dad who knew how to correctly complete the itemized deduction form, so I am eternally thankful to him. Then Mom came home and had to wait for the appraiser so Dad I and I took off for Karl Strauss or something for lunch and had a really great meal together. We talked about how great Mom is and working on not caring what people think of you and how Peggy’s been a great mentor for me work-wise. The appraiser lady ended up being late and Mom could have joined us but hadn’t because she was waiting around so Dad took off again for work and soon Eliso came back and had somehow stepped in tar at the beach so Mom broke out the 409 and started spraying away and surprisingly combined with the coconut doormat it came right off her heel. We talked with Mom for quite a while about relationships and weddings and getting involved in friends’ relationships and how it affects friendships. That Mom, she has good perspective. I called Court who told us to come down and get ready at the hotel for the rehearsal dinner so we packed up our things then headed down in the Denali and worried about the parking situation at the hotel but decided to figure it out later. We found the hotel fine and headed up to the room where it was just the three of us girls for a few minutes getting ready for the rehearsal and rehearsal dinner then a few other people showed up and we all went down together. In the lobby we found Patrick Solano who I got a really wonderfully long hug from, then George (Courtney’s hot 22-year old brother who said to me at college graduation at the age of 17 “nice eyes” and made me blush and hot at the same time), some of Courtney’s other family and a bunch of Courtney’s Hawaii girls. I got a big hug from Nina and met the other Cara (“drunk Cara”) and chatted briefly with Janna. We were waiting for the drivers to come get us to take us to the church and eventually all piled in and we were off. Eliso was such a great support and reassuring me the whole time from the pews as we practiced and I managed to wrangle Noj into sitting with me in the front pew. I found out that I would be walked down the aisle during the recessional with Andy L. who Kay-See and I used to have crushes on freshman year, so that was kind of fun. When the pastor announced George would be walking down with Kelly about 3 of us girls sighed audibly because it wasn’t going to be us. Damn! We did a dry run and Andy and I decided we were going to rock the aisle and a few people concluded that we looked like a Gap ad because we were both in black t-shirts, jeans and black shoes (though his weren’t pumps). We all did a good job though I was keeping an eye on Pat during the practice and making mental notes. After it was over we walked over to the restaurant, which, had I known we were walking, I would not have worn my 3 inch heels, oh well, at least I looked good. We walked as an enormous group and laughed and talked the whole way. When we got there Eliso snagged a spot at the table with George, Court’s and his Dad, Kelly, Andy, Megan and some other guy in the wedding party whose birthday it was. We had a really good time and the boys decided to buy a bottle of Chianti to personalize for Court and Pat and hang it from the ceiling so that was a fun process. I was flirting with George shamelessly all dinner and Eliso would just throw her head back and laugh when I would do it, she was like “You have no shame!” that’s right Eliso! I don’t! It was fun, and then his Dad was totally condoning it and like, “You have my approval son! Just get Court’s blessing” and he taught me this new secret handshake that I got on video and I’m pretty sure I’ll post on my myspace. Kelly thought I was hitting on her and was totally into it which made me laugh. I eventually ended up over by Patrick chatting with him about how great his fiancée is and other general stuff then he introduced me to her, Tracy, and she’s great, I’m like in love with her. We talked FOREVER, seriously, forever. I then had reason to tell Patrick how lucky he is and he’s so humble and knows he hit the jackpot with her but I also made sure to emphasize how wonderful he is and he totally deserves her. It was great. I kept joking with Patrick and Noj about where Spencer was and that I was going to make out with him later in the night and they were all excited or something. It was funny. Patrick was asking how I couldn’t have like 12 bfs and I told him I didn’t know but that I’d basically been broken up with twice in a year and that apparently I’m doing something wrong. Oh well. He was so funny plotting who he was going to set me up with. Send em my way Patrick! We started to head out and stood around in front of the restaurant for a long time and I was flirting with George again and told him that if I was making him uncomfortable to just tell me and I’d lay off, and he's like, “You don’t make me uncomfortable, in fact I think I could make you pretty uncomfortable, especially at the bar later” which made me blush and then “I’m not as innocent as you think”. Oh George, stop! No, keep going. I noticed I had a missed call from JP so I called him back and left a message on where we were going and I was totally stoked that he called me to find out what was going on and to meet up. Yay! I was walking with Noj for a while talking then with Andy and talking about anal warts and all sorts of other disgusting diseases you can get at the Pita Pit on CH as a side to your pita. We were laughing all the way down Mission. My feet are totally killing me so I ask Court if I can get the room key to go change my shoes and to bring their huge presents up from the car, and she’s like “What are they?!” and we’re like, Courtney, 2 huge boxes, seriously, you can’t guess? They’re from my Dad, and she goes “A barbeque?!” and we both crack up, no, guess again, “TV trays?!” we laugh harder. WHERE DOES MY DAD WORK COURTNEY?! So finally she guesses and is so excited that she’s squealing with delight because they hadn’t registered for any and regretted it, so I told her it was good they hadn’t because whatever they would have registered for wouldn’t have been as good as the shit I was hooking her up with. Eliso and I take off and do the presents, pack up our stuff and put it in the car then head back to the bar giving JP directions on the phone. We got to Nick’s and everyone was partying down and had snagged a prime table outside. I spotted Spencer right away and got a big hug and he was being all sassy and flirty and I flirted back but didn’t feel like I wanted to make out with him. He’s all “So what are you up to these days? Besides being really hot.” Oh Spencer. Then I found out he’s a republican and that totally killed it for me and I challenged him on a few things, he’s all “Oh are you a liberal?” Hell yeah I’m a fuckin liberal. Don’t forget it, though it didn’t really get heated or anything, I just made him feel silly for some of the statements he was making about equal marriage rights, education and funding for social programs. I talked to Warren a little bit and he made fun of my thumbs then made me follow him inside to do a shot then tried to get me to take one and I was like, get that shit out of my face, I don’t care how hot you are. I ended up back outside with Kelly and George and she said she wanted to make out with both of us and then asked me to video tape the three of us because we were “a good team” so I did then she wanted a kiss so I did, then she kissed George, then I kissed George. Nothing scandalous just a little peck on the lips on video. It pretty much made my night though. Finally JP and Adrian showed up and we talked and made plans for when he comes up to Seattle in a few weeks (“my only requirement is that they serve Mac and Jacks”, um, ok). I chatted more with Tracy and Pat and Pat’s like “HOW DO YOU NOT HAVE A BF?! You’re so hot!” which probably made my night even more than kissing George, then I told him I liked Tracy so much and I wanted to take a bite out of her, and he laughed because apparently she’d said the same thing about me not long before I said it. I chatted a little with Noj and scolded him for not giving me a real hug and eventually hung with Neener and got a picture of our faces after finding out that Courtney wasn’t coming back from the hotel. Andy and I talked quite a bit too about why I don’t drink and different drugs and things and found out he’s in med school which is pretty impressive, and I think I might send him a friend request when I get home, because he walked me down the aisle after all. I was talking to Warren and I told him I thought it was funny he’s sent me a friend request because I didn’t even know him in college and he was like “Yes you did” and I just looked at him and he’s like “Yeah, ok, we didn’t”. Eventually Hakim and Carmen showed up and they’d had a horrible flying ordeal but it was great to see them there. I talked a little more with JP about Dad’s cars and trying to decide whether to take the Corvette, Cadillac or Mustang to the wedding and he voted for the Cadillac so he could drive it and try out the tectonic shifting. Then I told him about the pool, hot tub, pinball machine, fooseball table and bar and he’s like “Why the fuck am I spending $250 a night at the Catamaran and not staying with you?” and then he told me he thought it was time I leave. So we did. We walked back to the car and headed home and crashed out when we got there.
Thursday 3/22, I woke up kind of early and everyone was gone except Hailey and Ali so I ate a little breakfast then went on a walk around the park a few times listening to JT. I showered and when I got out the girls were up so we chatted for a few minutes then they took off for the beach and I got ready for the day. Chrystol called me and told me she had the “high school hookup” and when I asked her what that meant and why it pertained to me, she said because she knows I like them young and Schuyler’s playing a show at a place where apparently there is a healthy supply. I told her I wouldn’t be able to make it but that I would call her when I returned. Mom came home and got ready and we decided to spend the afternoon together so we drove down the PCH and parked by the beach in Old Carlsbad with two ripped surfer types checking us out in Mom’s hot Cadillac then walked down to the News Café for lunch where I got a delicious patty melt and didn’t gorge myself. Next up we ran some errands for Mom then went to Barneys where I victoriously restrained myself against even trying anything on, and believe me, it wasn’t easy. Just couldn’t justify it and didn’t want to even tempt myself with looking fabulous in something and want to take it home. So we went to the gap instead where I bought 5 new camis and shirts. I got a good deal though so it’s ok. I talked to Court who said they were doing things there so I wasn’t really missed that much and we planned to meet up later in the evening with Eliso to hang out. We went home where we found Aubrie and Nichole who informed us that Hailey had gone to Palm Springs instead of the beach and probably wouldn’t be back for our 5:30 dinner which aggravated Mom and Dad a bit but everyone got over it. We ended up being able to push our reservation back and Mom, Aubrie, Nichole and I ended up looking at stuff on myspace and laughing hysterically when Mom was like “Sike!”, Aubrie was like, “Ug, Mom! You don’t even know what you’re saying!” it was hilarious. Finally Aubrie, Nichole and I took off for Benihana and listened to some random songs in the car while waiting for the rest of the crew to show up. Alishia was in a good mood and had just received a promotion at work so that was good. We were seated but H and A weren’t there yet and the staff were getting restless but Dad put them in their place so it was all good. Dinner was really fun and we all laughed and talked and ate delicious food. Hailey and I were cracking up when the table next to us started filling up and one of the guys looked like Harry Potter and one of the others looked like Snape. Then she noticed that they all kept looking at us and it was odd, then she heard one of them say “7 women and 1 guy, that’s illegal!” and we figured they probably thought Dad was a polygamist or something because the mixture of girls bore no resemblance to one another. We went home and hung out eating ice cream and trying to ignore Aubrie with her damn tv remoting. I was on a mission to find some of the murder mystery games and came up with two while we made fun of Dad (“She’s skanky!”) and Mom’s vocab (what does panty waste mean anyway?). Finally it was time for me to leave to go pick up Eliso at the airport so I took off in the Denali and had quite an ordeal with the parking but managed to make it happen and ran into the terminal and spotted Eliso from behind clearly on the lookout for me. It was so good to see her and from the time I saw her until the time we parted at my gate to go home we were gabbing and totally enjoying each other’s company. Anyway, we got her bag and hit the road up to Carlsbad and heard from Court who was going to take it easy and go to bed early so hanging out was not on the table. We talked the whole way up about my hanging out with Trevor and her and Jake and Court getting married and it was totally great. When we got home Hailey and Ali were up packing and cleaning and being pretty quiet because everyone was sleeping so that was good. I showed Eliso myspace and we went to some friends’ profiles then crawled into bed and talked for a long time before going to sleep.
Wednesday 3/21, I worked until 2:00 then headed straight to Grandma and Grandpa’s to leave my car there and Mom met me to take me to the airport. We talked about Trevor and some other things then she dropped me off. I made it through ticketing with no problem, and though security sucked I made it to the gate with tons of time to spare so I got a bagel sandwich thing and went to my gate. I talked to Susan about Jacques and Trevor and she was like “I’ll tell you about mortifying!” referring to the cheek incident. It soon became apparent that our flight was going to be delayed and there were announcements and the gist of the story is that my flight ended up being 3 hours late. It SUCKED. I talked to Dad about 5 times giving him updates then talked to Kassie and Susan again while I paced around waiting for them to let me on the plane with the rest of the passengers. When I arrived Dad picked me up outside baggage claim and we chatted the whole way home and how the house would be a sorority house by the next night, what with 7 women in the house and him being the only boy. When we got there we went in and said hi to Hailey and her friend Ali who were watching MTV Spring Break or something with 3-6 Mafia. I was hungry from lack of dinner so I ate the remains of their pizza then had a small bowl of ice cream and headed to bed.
Saturday 3/24, I woke up before Eliso, well actually, she’d thrown up so technically she was up before I was, so yeah, I got up and went and talked to Mom in her bathroom about nail polish and fake tanner and the like then we went downstairs to talk with Dad. Eliso came down and Dad started on pancakes for all us girls, which included, Mom, me, Eliso, Aubs, Nichole and Shelby. Breakfast was delicious as always and really made Eliso better then they packed up the car and headed out after Dad gave me $60 for lunch and saying our goodbyes since I wasn’t going to see them again before leaving the next day. Eliso and I got ready then went for a walk because it was beautiful outside and also because we knew we’d be eating a lot throughout the day. When we got back we got into our suits, got some nail polish and laid in the sun listening to Flaming Lips, Dire Straights and Fleetwood Mac. I was tired and decided to rest my eyes and ended up getting quite a bit of sun on my back, some might classify it as a burn, but it wasn’t too bad, just a little color. We eventually both got into the hot tub which helped my legs from those damn lunges Eliso made me do. I talked to Court and made plans to head down there around 1:00 and Eliso talked to Meghan and told her to come by the honeymoon suite later on. We both hopped in the shower and got half ready, packed our bags and set off for the Catamaran in the Corvette. We hit the drug store first and arrived much much later than we expected to but still ended up being the first girls up there to see Court. Weird. Anyway, I did my hair with Nina and Janna in the bathroom then did my make up with Eliso and Lala in the mirror in front of the door, then Kelly came over and she helped me pick a necklace and earrings. Drunk Cara was kind of rude to me in the kitchen but I was like, whatever, then got my dress on and was trying to help give Nina some moral support. We all headed down to the lobby to wait for the limo, which ended up being a huge SUV limo, like seriously enormous. The boys went first and we knew we were going to be late because traffic sucked and Court wasn’t even in her dress yet. We were hurried into the side room when we arrived, and after I hit my head getting out which hopefully the videographer didn’t catch on film, and prepared to get ready. I was really nervous and already sweating on my dress which totally showed. It gave me a good reason to get out of the dress at the reception though. Anyway, I was totally nervous walking down the aisle by myself, but when I saw a million familiar faces in the crowd I felt better. The ceremony was very quick and except for one awkward moment from Pat went pretty seamlessly and without incident. We all exited and Andy walked me down and we totally worked it and Spencer gave me a thumbs up as I walked by, then we went into the back room to wait for the crowd to clear out to take pictures. Pictures were taken of family for a while then the wedding party took the limo to the beach where we finished taking pictures and there were a bunch of cute guys there milling about. We were finally on our way back to the hotel for the reception and mingled with everyone during the cocktail hour. There was delicious brie cheese with roasted red, yellow and green peppers which I ate a few of, then I was hanging out by the bar after chatting with JP, Carmen and Hakim and ran into Meghan M. and chatted about Big Josh, her job and life in general and she looks really fabulous. I think everyone just gets better looking and fitter after college, at least that’s how it seemed at this soiree. I talked with Ryan S. as well then Spencer and Noj. It was fun but soon it was time to for the wedding party to make an entrance into the ballroom and somehow I was miraculously paired up with George and I joked that I slipped someone a fiver to get the hookup. We walked in to lots of cheers and that made me smile and finally we got to sit down at our tables and prep for dinner. Eliso let me wear her sweater because I was freezing, though I still hadn’t stopped sweating. Anyway, our table was fun, and when the subject turned to JT I announced that I was all about him at the moment and I loved that whole “ghetto white boy thing he’s got going on” and Hakim threw his head back and laughed, like couldn’t even talk and when I said again later as a joke I asked “Do I sound really white?” and he just nodded as he laughed. The dinner was good and when the chocolates came around I ate about 4 of them then snaked one off the other UPS table then found Noj, Spencer and Ryan. When they asked where I’d gotten it, I told them from their table and they didn’t believe me so I told them to ask Josh, like daring them, but mostly I was just flirting. JP kept saying he was a dick so finally I started calling him a dick which I think he found amusing. They cut the cake then Court said I could change my dress so Eliso and I ran up and I changed and looked at the room setup that Vita had worked on but laughed a little at the “Wash Yourself” “Massage her, massage him” etc notes that were left next to the bed. When we went back down everyone had a shit fit that I changed. But I didn’t really care, especially when all the guys kept telling me I looked good and Ryan said “Who’s going to get mad when you look that good?”, precisely Ryan, precisely. Anyway, I got scolded by Lauren’s Mom, Kelly, Janna, Meghan, Cara, Pat’s Mom (though once I told her why she was fine and divulged some stuff about Pat from childhood), Nina and probably other people, but whatever. I started telling people Eliso spilled wine on it and that’s why I changed. We danced our asses off even though the dj wasn’t very good and kept playing weird 90’s songs, and even though Hakim was on crutches he really worked it, and I worked that crutch like a stripper. Classy, I know. Spencer and Janna hooked up and Eliso came over and told me I missed my chance but I was ok with it and reassured Nina that he’s a good guy and that I didn’t mind. At midnight we had scheduled to do the UPS picture for Arches and I yelled at some guy and then some girl for trying to get in the picture when they clearly didn’t go to UPS and didn’t belong so one of the pictures was hilarious with me yelling. After, I was talking to Warren and trying to act bitchy drunk then asked him excitedly “Did you think I was really pissed?!” and he’s like “You know what? You’re probably the nicest person in the world, like seriously, you seem like a really nice person...but I think you just need to explore” um, okie dokie Warren, I bet you want to help me out with that too huh? Then later I was asking Sweeny to hook me up with someone but I specified “Not Warren” and he’s like, “I actually like you, I would fix you up with him if I didn’t like you”, ha, burn. I talked more with Tracy right before the night ended and heard some really horrible news that I suspected was true, but anyway, it wasn’t good though not surprising at all. We danced to a few more songs before all the lights came on and Andy and I joked about how bad we all looked in the light then Eliso and I made the rounds saying goodbye and helping Court go to the bathroom one last time which was kind of fun and we vowed to be each others shee-shee girls, and Eliso was designated wiper. Ha, just kidding, though it is true a little bit for other reasons. Eliso and I hoofed it out to the Vette and drove home where we both totally crashed out.
Friday 3/23, Eliso and I both woke up around 8 and decided to get up and get our day started so we ate some breakfast then put on our walking clothes and busted ass to the park. We did two laps and soaked up the sun in the process and talked about relationships and weddings and all sorts of other things. The conversation is always so great and we talk to each other in this voice that we both concluded we only use with each other. When we got back we both did some lunges which would haunt me for the next three days then got ready because Jamie was going to pick her up and she was going to spend a few hours with her while Dad helped me with my taxes. We cleaned up a whole bunch upstairs because Dad was having the house appraised later in the afternoon and to help Mom out we took the initiative to tidy up. Jamie, her husband and baby showed up and we sat talking in the living room for a long time then we went up to look at the dress, which ended up being the same exact one Eliso had been looking at for her bridesmaids then the four of them took off to get lunch and go to the beach. Dad came home and we got my taxes taken care of and I can’t believe the refund I’m getting which is all thanks to Dad who knew how to correctly complete the itemized deduction form, so I am eternally thankful to him. Then Mom came home and had to wait for the appraiser so Dad I and I took off for Karl Strauss or something for lunch and had a really great meal together. We talked about how great Mom is and working on not caring what people think of you and how Peggy’s been a great mentor for me work-wise. The appraiser lady ended up being late and Mom could have joined us but hadn’t because she was waiting around so Dad took off again for work and soon Eliso came back and had somehow stepped in tar at the beach so Mom broke out the 409 and started spraying away and surprisingly combined with the coconut doormat it came right off her heel. We talked with Mom for quite a while about relationships and weddings and getting involved in friends’ relationships and how it affects friendships. That Mom, she has good perspective. I called Court who told us to come down and get ready at the hotel for the rehearsal dinner so we packed up our things then headed down in the Denali and worried about the parking situation at the hotel but decided to figure it out later. We found the hotel fine and headed up to the room where it was just the three of us girls for a few minutes getting ready for the rehearsal and rehearsal dinner then a few other people showed up and we all went down together. In the lobby we found Patrick Solano who I got a really wonderfully long hug from, then George (Courtney’s hot 22-year old brother who said to me at college graduation at the age of 17 “nice eyes” and made me blush and hot at the same time), some of Courtney’s other family and a bunch of Courtney’s Hawaii girls. I got a big hug from Nina and met the other Cara (“drunk Cara”) and chatted briefly with Janna. We were waiting for the drivers to come get us to take us to the church and eventually all piled in and we were off. Eliso was such a great support and reassuring me the whole time from the pews as we practiced and I managed to wrangle Noj into sitting with me in the front pew. I found out that I would be walked down the aisle during the recessional with Andy L. who Kay-See and I used to have crushes on freshman year, so that was kind of fun. When the pastor announced George would be walking down with Kelly about 3 of us girls sighed audibly because it wasn’t going to be us. Damn! We did a dry run and Andy and I decided we were going to rock the aisle and a few people concluded that we looked like a Gap ad because we were both in black t-shirts, jeans and black shoes (though his weren’t pumps). We all did a good job though I was keeping an eye on Pat during the practice and making mental notes. After it was over we walked over to the restaurant, which, had I known we were walking, I would not have worn my 3 inch heels, oh well, at least I looked good. We walked as an enormous group and laughed and talked the whole way. When we got there Eliso snagged a spot at the table with George, Court’s and his Dad, Kelly, Andy, Megan and some other guy in the wedding party whose birthday it was. We had a really good time and the boys decided to buy a bottle of Chianti to personalize for Court and Pat and hang it from the ceiling so that was a fun process. I was flirting with George shamelessly all dinner and Eliso would just throw her head back and laugh when I would do it, she was like “You have no shame!” that’s right Eliso! I don’t! It was fun, and then his Dad was totally condoning it and like, “You have my approval son! Just get Court’s blessing” and he taught me this new secret handshake that I got on video and I’m pretty sure I’ll post on my myspace. Kelly thought I was hitting on her and was totally into it which made me laugh. I eventually ended up over by Patrick chatting with him about how great his fiancée is and other general stuff then he introduced me to her, Tracy, and she’s great, I’m like in love with her. We talked FOREVER, seriously, forever. I then had reason to tell Patrick how lucky he is and he’s so humble and knows he hit the jackpot with her but I also made sure to emphasize how wonderful he is and he totally deserves her. It was great. I kept joking with Patrick and Noj about where Spencer was and that I was going to make out with him later in the night and they were all excited or something. It was funny. Patrick was asking how I couldn’t have like 12 bfs and I told him I didn’t know but that I’d basically been broken up with twice in a year and that apparently I’m doing something wrong. Oh well. He was so funny plotting who he was going to set me up with. Send em my way Patrick! We started to head out and stood around in front of the restaurant for a long time and I was flirting with George again and told him that if I was making him uncomfortable to just tell me and I’d lay off, and he's like, “You don’t make me uncomfortable, in fact I think I could make you pretty uncomfortable, especially at the bar later” which made me blush and then “I’m not as innocent as you think”. Oh George, stop! No, keep going. I noticed I had a missed call from JP so I called him back and left a message on where we were going and I was totally stoked that he called me to find out what was going on and to meet up. Yay! I was walking with Noj for a while talking then with Andy and talking about anal warts and all sorts of other disgusting diseases you can get at the Pita Pit on CH as a side to your pita. We were laughing all the way down Mission. My feet are totally killing me so I ask Court if I can get the room key to go change my shoes and to bring their huge presents up from the car, and she’s like “What are they?!” and we’re like, Courtney, 2 huge boxes, seriously, you can’t guess? They’re from my Dad, and she goes “A barbeque?!” and we both crack up, no, guess again, “TV trays?!” we laugh harder. WHERE DOES MY DAD WORK COURTNEY?! So finally she guesses and is so excited that she’s squealing with delight because they hadn’t registered for any and regretted it, so I told her it was good they hadn’t because whatever they would have registered for wouldn’t have been as good as the shit I was hooking her up with. Eliso and I take off and do the presents, pack up our stuff and put it in the car then head back to the bar giving JP directions on the phone. We got to Nick’s and everyone was partying down and had snagged a prime table outside. I spotted Spencer right away and got a big hug and he was being all sassy and flirty and I flirted back but didn’t feel like I wanted to make out with him. He’s all “So what are you up to these days? Besides being really hot.” Oh Spencer. Then I found out he’s a republican and that totally killed it for me and I challenged him on a few things, he’s all “Oh are you a liberal?” Hell yeah I’m a fuckin liberal. Don’t forget it, though it didn’t really get heated or anything, I just made him feel silly for some of the statements he was making about equal marriage rights, education and funding for social programs. I talked to Warren a little bit and he made fun of my thumbs then made me follow him inside to do a shot then tried to get me to take one and I was like, get that shit out of my face, I don’t care how hot you are. I ended up back outside with Kelly and George and she said she wanted to make out with both of us and then asked me to video tape the three of us because we were “a good team” so I did then she wanted a kiss so I did, then she kissed George, then I kissed George. Nothing scandalous just a little peck on the lips on video. It pretty much made my night though. Finally JP and Adrian showed up and we talked and made plans for when he comes up to Seattle in a few weeks (“my only requirement is that they serve Mac and Jacks”, um, ok). I chatted more with Tracy and Pat and Pat’s like “HOW DO YOU NOT HAVE A BF?! You’re so hot!” which probably made my night even more than kissing George, then I told him I liked Tracy so much and I wanted to take a bite out of her, and he laughed because apparently she’d said the same thing about me not long before I said it. I chatted a little with Noj and scolded him for not giving me a real hug and eventually hung with Neener and got a picture of our faces after finding out that Courtney wasn’t coming back from the hotel. Andy and I talked quite a bit too about why I don’t drink and different drugs and things and found out he’s in med school which is pretty impressive, and I think I might send him a friend request when I get home, because he walked me down the aisle after all. I was talking to Warren and I told him I thought it was funny he’s sent me a friend request because I didn’t even know him in college and he was like “Yes you did” and I just looked at him and he’s like “Yeah, ok, we didn’t”. Eventually Hakim and Carmen showed up and they’d had a horrible flying ordeal but it was great to see them there. I talked a little more with JP about Dad’s cars and trying to decide whether to take the Corvette, Cadillac or Mustang to the wedding and he voted for the Cadillac so he could drive it and try out the tectonic shifting. Then I told him about the pool, hot tub, pinball machine, fooseball table and bar and he’s like “Why the fuck am I spending $250 a night at the Catamaran and not staying with you?” and then he told me he thought it was time I leave. So we did. We walked back to the car and headed home and crashed out when we got there.
Thursday 3/22, I woke up kind of early and everyone was gone except Hailey and Ali so I ate a little breakfast then went on a walk around the park a few times listening to JT. I showered and when I got out the girls were up so we chatted for a few minutes then they took off for the beach and I got ready for the day. Chrystol called me and told me she had the “high school hookup” and when I asked her what that meant and why it pertained to me, she said because she knows I like them young and Schuyler’s playing a show at a place where apparently there is a healthy supply. I told her I wouldn’t be able to make it but that I would call her when I returned. Mom came home and got ready and we decided to spend the afternoon together so we drove down the PCH and parked by the beach in Old Carlsbad with two ripped surfer types checking us out in Mom’s hot Cadillac then walked down to the News Café for lunch where I got a delicious patty melt and didn’t gorge myself. Next up we ran some errands for Mom then went to Barneys where I victoriously restrained myself against even trying anything on, and believe me, it wasn’t easy. Just couldn’t justify it and didn’t want to even tempt myself with looking fabulous in something and want to take it home. So we went to the gap instead where I bought 5 new camis and shirts. I got a good deal though so it’s ok. I talked to Court who said they were doing things there so I wasn’t really missed that much and we planned to meet up later in the evening with Eliso to hang out. We went home where we found Aubrie and Nichole who informed us that Hailey had gone to Palm Springs instead of the beach and probably wouldn’t be back for our 5:30 dinner which aggravated Mom and Dad a bit but everyone got over it. We ended up being able to push our reservation back and Mom, Aubrie, Nichole and I ended up looking at stuff on myspace and laughing hysterically when Mom was like “Sike!”, Aubrie was like, “Ug, Mom! You don’t even know what you’re saying!” it was hilarious. Finally Aubrie, Nichole and I took off for Benihana and listened to some random songs in the car while waiting for the rest of the crew to show up. Alishia was in a good mood and had just received a promotion at work so that was good. We were seated but H and A weren’t there yet and the staff were getting restless but Dad put them in their place so it was all good. Dinner was really fun and we all laughed and talked and ate delicious food. Hailey and I were cracking up when the table next to us started filling up and one of the guys looked like Harry Potter and one of the others looked like Snape. Then she noticed that they all kept looking at us and it was odd, then she heard one of them say “7 women and 1 guy, that’s illegal!” and we figured they probably thought Dad was a polygamist or something because the mixture of girls bore no resemblance to one another. We went home and hung out eating ice cream and trying to ignore Aubrie with her damn tv remoting. I was on a mission to find some of the murder mystery games and came up with two while we made fun of Dad (“She’s skanky!”) and Mom’s vocab (what does panty waste mean anyway?). Finally it was time for me to leave to go pick up Eliso at the airport so I took off in the Denali and had quite an ordeal with the parking but managed to make it happen and ran into the terminal and spotted Eliso from behind clearly on the lookout for me. It was so good to see her and from the time I saw her until the time we parted at my gate to go home we were gabbing and totally enjoying each other’s company. Anyway, we got her bag and hit the road up to Carlsbad and heard from Court who was going to take it easy and go to bed early so hanging out was not on the table. We talked the whole way up about my hanging out with Trevor and her and Jake and Court getting married and it was totally great. When we got home Hailey and Ali were up packing and cleaning and being pretty quiet because everyone was sleeping so that was good. I showed Eliso myspace and we went to some friends’ profiles then crawled into bed and talked for a long time before going to sleep.
Wednesday 3/21, I worked until 2:00 then headed straight to Grandma and Grandpa’s to leave my car there and Mom met me to take me to the airport. We talked about Trevor and some other things then she dropped me off. I made it through ticketing with no problem, and though security sucked I made it to the gate with tons of time to spare so I got a bagel sandwich thing and went to my gate. I talked to Susan about Jacques and Trevor and she was like “I’ll tell you about mortifying!” referring to the cheek incident. It soon became apparent that our flight was going to be delayed and there were announcements and the gist of the story is that my flight ended up being 3 hours late. It SUCKED. I talked to Dad about 5 times giving him updates then talked to Kassie and Susan again while I paced around waiting for them to let me on the plane with the rest of the passengers. When I arrived Dad picked me up outside baggage claim and we chatted the whole way home and how the house would be a sorority house by the next night, what with 7 women in the house and him being the only boy. When we got there we went in and said hi to Hailey and her friend Ali who were watching MTV Spring Break or something with 3-6 Mafia. I was hungry from lack of dinner so I ate the remains of their pizza then had a small bowl of ice cream and headed to bed.
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