The Wedding Weekend

Thursday night after work Joel and I headed across the state to visit the McCullens. Sadly, we didn’t get to visit much while we were there, as we were gone during the afternoon and night, Uncle Bob was out of the country until Saturday night, and school beckoned the remainder of the family during the day. Friday we headed to the church to meet Daniel, and we headed to a very late lunch with him and his friend Wes to enjoy his last few unmarried hours. Back at the church, we met more friends and family, and a couple of us not in the wedding visited during the rehearsal. The BBQ at the rehearsal dinner was tasty, but not as tasty as Eastern NC style, and it never will be. Afterwards the “young” people headed out to visit. It was great to catch up with Joel’s college friends and meet a few new ones too. The original plan was Dave & Buster’s, but Jimmie Johnson had rented the whole place out, so we settled on Quaker. Saturday morning we got to visit with Aunt Chris & Alexa, while Matthew was taking the SAT. ECU was playing the conference championship game, so Joel called out the score to me while I was in the shower, and amazingly we got Pirate Radio in the car on the way to the church. Joel, being a groomsman, was stuck in the basement with nothing but Gametracker, and out taking photos. Luckily it wasn’t too cold, so I stayed in the car and put my makeup on while being serenaded by the Pirate win. The wedding was beautiful, and the bride and groom just glowed with joy. The reception was lots of fun, as the DJ was clean but funny and sentimental, and tons of people got up to dance. Joel and I got back to the house exhausted, only to find the whole family awake, so we sat around and visited until I started falling asleep in a fluffy pink chair. I’ll let you guess whos room that was in. You’re probably wrong. Sunday I was half dead from exhaustion and somehow slept through the family heading off to church, which I’ll have to make up for next time we see them by making circus waffles. Joel and I got back on the road home, the end of yet another road trip.