thirteen things that happened since last thursday
1) my best friend amanda (of 25 years!) got married! i was the maid of honor, a job i luuuurved and stressed about to a serious degree. i procrastinated (as usual) and wrote my (what i'm told was a very solid and moving) moh speech about three hours before the wedding. wanna know how i got through college? yeah, like that.
2) i caught the bouquet and felt a little rush of joy at the thought of someday being married to d (refer to number four on this list). the garter bounced off of d's fingertips and landed in the hands of the ring bearer. parker snatched the bouquet out of my hands so fast and raced over to him to seal the deal with him. another wedding in 20 years anyone? (see number 7)
3) snake & butterfly got several new wholesale accounts and was contacted by bon appetit magazine for a potential article (omg! omg! omg!).
4) isn't he handsome? yeah, i fell in love again this week too.
5) d2 came for a visit and reminded me how out of practice i am at parenting/wrangling three kids and that i do not now, or ever, want another baby. ;)
6) I watched gangs of new york for the first time. *thumbs up* seriously, what the hell was i doing from 2001 to 2006? i feel like i missed out on a ton of stuff. maybe this is why i'm excited for my thirties. yeah, i'm gonna pay attention to that decade.
7) my daughter fell in love with a very tiny groomsman. after ignoring him for the entirety of the rehearsal and the rehearsal dinner and racing as fast as she could down the aisle with him, miss p was suddenly and completely smitten with one of auntie amanda's new nephews. she sat at his table for dinner and raced around the lawns and dance floor until she could no longer stand upright.
8) i taught the kids about the joys of the used book store. they collected some very good condition and not very liked books of theirs and took them to our local non-musty, well organized used bookstore. and they made $34, that they spent on books! i had to convince renzo that he would regret buying ALL spongebob books.
9) all that crazy shit with mel gibson happened. seriously? what a psycho that guy is. can you imagine how vindicating it must be to release those tapes though?
10) i took a crazy hard aqua aerobics class and it kicked my butt. i may have been the youngest one there by 40 years but i did it without a floaty and it was hard ya'll. i'm not going to say that i'm trying to work out more because then i'll just stop but um, i have worked out more lately.
11) i narrowly escaped having to meet bk's latest girlfriend. he asked if she could come over to watch the kids with him tonight and i decided it would be best that that not happen, virtually unannounced, in MY house. i don't have a problem her or with them seeing each other (she's a young mom) but good lord. boundaries man, boundaries.
12) i was asked to attend my friend's uc homebirth. i'm thrilled and honored and cannot wait.
13) lots of good sex. :)