a hitchin'

to really call this a blog, i need to write about the social event of the season. the wedding of jenna and gareth. it was, by any measure, epic. i will proceed to write a few of the highlights.

a. the drive. a good reconnect with pete, lots of homemade sandwiches and a swim in moose lake. plus, my truck is the bomb.

b. a friend reunion. i got to see my best victoria friends and my best edmonton friends all in the same place. it was christmas in july.

c. a pedicure and manicure. girl bonding time and general hilarity all around. and she managed to paint on a toenail (i lost a toenail after the half marathon in halifax) that actually stayed!

d. more free alcohol than i could handle. thankfully this never got me into too much trouble.

e. a delicious nest bed on the floor of jenna's grandma's house. i am still dreaming about it.

f. the following comment when my hairstyle become the complete fiasco of the wedding morning:

me: "jenna, we're trying! nothing's working!"
jenna: "well you should have practiced."
me: "i did practice.."
jenna: "well you should have practiced harder!"

i was in the bad books all day. oh well. it was worth it. plus, i would be in my own bad books if it was my wedding. but really.. ALL DAY.

g. the reception. it was off the hook. a full night of dancing, mooning, drinking, more dancing, more drinking, the electric slide, and about a gazillion other things i have no recollection of.

h. decorating jenna's car! even though it took us about 5 hours to actually mobilize the troops to get this going the end product was awesome.

i. the farm party. amazing fun times with sarina. everyone else was there, but i haven't had a good hang out with sarina since high school and it was so super good to spend time with her and generally be hilarious together. the mosquitos were a non-highlight. that was almost a week ago and my bites are still itchy.

j. breakfast at the red bull. it was just fun and chill and it felt like old times in victoria.

k. seeing my baba on the way home. i love that woman. she made pete and i perogies and i said goodbye for the last time before i go to china. i'll talk to her on the phone but it was our last hug. plus, i surprised her which was totally awesome!

l. seeing a bear on the drive home!

okay, i'm sure i'll come up with more but this is good for now. it was amazing. if i ever thought i wanted to have a wedding i've changed my mind because it could never come close to the amazingness of this one.

the end.