The Weekend

Friday
I got up early and headed to my hometown of Brandenburg to help my mom with my cousin's rehearsal dinner. Once I finally got there, we loaded up the trailblazer and headed to my aunt's, where the event was to happen. We went ahead and set up tables and began cooking. Rain kept pushing us back because the dinner was supposed to be outside. However, my mom had no "plan B" for if it were to rain. My aunt's house really isn't big enough to hold tables, chairs, and twenty to thirty people. Luckily sprinkles past and the sun came out just as the soon to be bride and her bridal party arrived.

Saturday
Ron, Mom and I made it to the wedding and met Dustin, Kelly, and Jarred at the church. The wedding was nice even though the fundamentalist church thinks women are second class to men and that people with "secular" jobs are sinning. The wedding however did bring up thoughts of how many things I have left to do before my own wedding which as of Saturday was only 21 days away. I started to get stressed and making list after list of things I must do before the big day. After the wedding and cake, all six of us (plus Jack) headed for Richmond. Ron and Mom decided they had better get him measured for his tux before they ran out of weekends. That night we ate at Outback. Gotta love the dark wheat bread, and went back to Dustin's and my house to play a game. However, little did we know that having Jack, Sam, and the Quinnster all together in one room would be enough of a hastle that games couldn't be played. I must say that Quinn is very rough with other dogs. I think she is so jealous and protective that she growls, barks and fights with any dog that gets anything she doesn't. Jack and Quinn do not play well at all. However, for some reason Quinn tolerates Sammy and even likes to playfully wrestle with him. All I can figure is that Jack is a couple of years old whereas Sam and Quinn are both puppies. Maybe they just don't want to play with the old guy. Later after Ron, Jarred, Kelly, and Sam all went to sleep, Mom, Dustin, and I stayed up sorting out our vows. It is so hard to pick the things you want said at the wedding. I kind of wish that David, out preacher, would just do it how he sees fit. That lasted until 1:00 in the morning.

Sunday
We woke up and went to Cracker Barrel with Mom, Ron, and Jarred. We ate some yummy breakfast and then headed back to drop of Jarred and get the dogs to head to the park where the wedding will take place. Ron wanted to get a better idea of what he was working with on the gazebo and we wanted to check out where we should put parking signs. A couple of little kids came over wanting to pet Quinn and Jack. I was a little worried since Quinn had never been around little children before. I wasn't worried about her growling or biting, but I was worried about her jumping. Quinny acted wonderfully and just sat as they petted her and complimented her bright blue eyes. Mom, Ron, and Jack left for B-burg from the park, and Dustin, Quinn, and I left for home. Dustin and I spent the rest of the evening watching Van Hellsing, Bridget Jone's Diary, and a couple of hours of Animation Domination. Jarred joined us to watch Simpson's and Family Guy and they headed home. Dustin, Quinn, and I went to bed falling asleep to season one of Futurama.