subject:mahhwidge

what.
a.
weekend.

after 4 days in hotlanta, visiting my sister, we made the stormy trek back to cincinnati thursday.  graham and i tried to watch the meteor shower when we got back, but it wasn't dark enough anywhere and then he got tired and fell asleep in the car.  sweet boy.  he starts middle school tomorrow, which breaks my heart a little - i'm not ready for him to get older like this yet.  :(

 friday was my shower/bachelorette party, which was a blast.  almost all of my homegirls were in attendance, gave me lovely things, fed me food and drinks all night.  we danced.  we chatted.  we made new friends.  it was pretty much as perfect as it could have been with the circumstances surrounding it and the folks who could not attend.  and i owe some BIG thank yous to the jens, karen and joanne, for picking up where others had left off and making a party happen [and jen s. for driving me around without even a drop of anything that wasn't just a diet - you're amazels, and you know this, but i just had to remind you of your awesomeness].  my ladies were amazing.  as soon as i get some photos, i will post them, as i was not entirely in a state to take any.  :D

saturday i recovered for a while, picked up my wedding band that was being resized at the jeweler [yay!!], then went to our friends' house to watch a sweet informative video we all made for the best man's impending wedding, so that was fun.  it was pretty hilarious.  they are getting married at red river gorge and making a weekend of it, so this was a fun way to let everyone know some of the rules and what to expect for the weekend.  tons of folks worked on it, and it turned out really cute.  it's too long a video to post, so just take my word for it.  ;)

this afternoon, after having lunch with mike's dad for his birthday, we went to send our well wishes to my friend constance and her brand-spankin' new husband joseph at their reception, which took place at mayday.  i'm a moron and forgot my camera, so i can't even post any pics of this lovely, low key, dancing-all-afternoon festivity, but i can tell you that it was exactly the kind of chill event i hope to see at my own party.  friends, family, food, dancing...  it was dreamy.  and muggy, as cincinnati will often be [especially this summer, for some reason - ugh].  in any case, a huuuuge congrats to connie + joe!!!

i also ended up having an impromtu photoshoot with the ever-talented scott beseler in the balmy upstairs of mayday.  thank god for that giant, industrial fan [it made me feel like i was in a bollywood movie, admittedly].  he was taking pictures of my birdleg™, to be used for an article that is going to be written for soapbox media, a local, urban-focused online 'zine., so be watching for this to come out.  i learned today that i am pretty camera shy, so i will have to warn our wedding photographer of this, i suppose... scott was pretty easy on me though.  :)

hope you all had a great weekend - aside from a few hiccups, mine was pretty righteous.  now to kick back, eat some pizza rolls and gear up for the week, which includes second cake tasting, marriage license procurement and a mess of DIY thingies.  sigh.  wish me luck!