I'm sure you're all dying to see pics.....we kind of are, too. :) Days before the wedding Crissy's laptop decided to stop working and apparently needs the motherboard replaced. My laptop doesn't really work either. Fortunately, we have our iPad, but sadly....our photos won't upload to blogger from it. Sadness. You'll all see them in due time, though....
First, we really have to thank all of you for the really awesome wedding we had two weeks ago. Seriously. We couldn't have asked for better family and friends to help out, each in their own way - or for a more fun time. I'm not sure if you noticed or not, but Crissy and I really enjoyed ourselves. We loved being able to spent time with all of you, dance with you, chat with you and just all be in the same place at the same time. We're so happy to have moved the wedding indoors (even if it had not stormed during our ceremony) - and we can now say that we had a wedding at a funeral home, with a beverage tent inside. I mean, that's just not something the average person can say. :)
As I mentioned above, Crissy and I had a fan-freaking-tastic time. So much so that we've discussed the idea of a potluck BYOB Labor Day anniversary party each year. I mean, who doesn't want to get together each year, have a reason to celebrate, and party? Anyway....we might have had a tiny bit too much fun. Scratch that. We didn't have too much fun - we may or may not have had too much to drink. Someone made those cranberry & vodkas a little on the strong side. Shame on her. :-/ So, we have a few moments that we now find funny from the end of the night when I was feeling less than stellar.
Those hangovers we had though did not result in a great start to our really long road-trip to Florida for our honeymoon. We still weren't feeling all that great by Sunday evening when we, after showering and opening up a few presents, set out for our 21+ hour drive to Pompano Beach, Florida. Needless to say, we only made it to Marion, Illinois our first night. Feeling more rested, we got up early Monday morning and set off with the whole goal of making it to Florida. Well, stupid Tropical Storm Lee had a different plan. He decided to drop massive amounts of nasty, nasty rain on every state from Tennessee to Florida. It, no joke, rained from almost the moment we entered Tennessee to about 45 minutes from our destination in Florida (with the exception of a few moments of non-rain here & there). The rain through TN and GA was some of the worst I've ever driven through - and resulted in us pulling over several times because we couldn't see. That's also not counting the numerous times traffic was only moving at about 20mph due to visibility. Seriously - don't drive through a tropical storm. They're nasty beasts. We finally made it, though....and it was sunny! For the first 20 minutes we were at the condo. Clearly, we were doomed....the rain had followed us.
The rain did follow us - but only in the evening, after we were able to enjoy time at the beach each day. I wish I was able to post pics here right now....because everything was gorgeous. The beach was lovely - the sand was perfect and the water was clear. The condo was mere feet from the beach - and overlooked the ocean. There was typically a fantastic breeze while we were at the beach, keeping us from being too hot. Neither one of us got sick on the trip from heat or anything else (a first for us on a long trip). We took time each day to find somewhere new to go - different bars, restaurants or a new walk. Crissy refers to some of our nights as "food crawls" because we would find a local place, order a drink & an appetizer/tapas, sit for a while and enjoy that particular place - and then move on to somewhere else. We took full advantage of the 2-for-1 drinks most places offered before 7pm and the frequent half-price or $5 tapas at a variety of places. So, we tried new things and shared stuff....originally with the idea of saving a little money, but ending up just to have fun.
The best part of it all? Spending time together....time that we haven't had for quite some time. We were able to take walks, enjoy bands, have drinks, watch crap TV, enjoy a glass of wine outside, talk, laugh and have fun. Seriously, we just had fun...we enjoyed each other. And, it makes it that much harder when I return to work tomorrow and don't get to see Crissy as much.
We're home again, have put lots of things away, and are nearly back to "real life" again. I'm not sure there are words to summarize the feelings that come from the wedding and everything else. Our gratitude to people and our excitement for what our wedding was is nearly indescribable. We love all of you for your part in it. So, thank you. :-)
(ps - we'll probably keep blogging, so keep checking sometimes. :) We'll post wedding pics when we have them. And, you'll luck out - after that, it probably won't be about wedding stuff anymore. haha.)
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