this weekend was a bit of a write off. between a later night than anticipated friday, and then a full day (and into sunday) bachelor party, things were a bit..... nuts.
however. it's my understanding that what happens at a bachelor party, stays at a bachelor party. so this is as much as I can share:
front row tickets to a jays game – for my visit with alex; a
lazy Friday afternoon; mill street organic and catching up on walking dead; our
long drive to forest – already raising the roof; bachelor party intimidation; early
day volleyball; trolley tractor ride!; joshy and his sunglasses; field photo
shoots; leaving parts of the party behind; belly flop competition; poker day;
downtown grand bend in jean short cutoffs; lots of arm wrestling; the morning after.
thursday: i left work to meet my friend steph's mom and sister - her sister is getting married, and i'm creating her wedding jewelry, and her mom's. we took some time to pick out pieces for them (my first time having client's with me to shop - it was tough!), and then i met my dear friend alex. in short, i got to spend the night with alex, who has just moved home from the native reserve that she has been teaching on for years, in time to move to thailand to teach. we got a good night together, filled with burritos, and a
jays game, that i somehow managed to procure third row tickets to. amazing. we headed home after, and got in bed.
friday: after work i got my haircut, and then just wandered home. i spent the last moments of sun reading outside, then while making jewelry for the aforementioned wedding, i caught up on the
walking dead, and had a beer. i then went to
1602 to have a drink with elliott - bartender supreme - and headed home to sleep.
saturday: bachelor party. since i can't share much, what i can say was it involved: lots of driving - listening to podcasts of
the onion and
radio lab; lots of volleyball; lots of bellyflops; lots of chicken fights; lots of arm wrestling (jake prefers to do so at bars, without a shirt); lots of poker; LOTS of food; lots of bar hopping; lots of dancing on stages; and lots of other funness and irresponsible behaviour that you can only find yourself in at a bachelor party. some things i also noted in my blackberry for future reading/writing about: '
yea, the exit is JUST aafter london - it gives london the old reach around' (remember - weekend of men); '
go sabres? fuckin' idiot' (bumper stickers that were apparently not well received);
'he's in there - dave's my buddy' (don't know the context of this one).
sunday: we all woke up, had some gatorade, rehashed the night, and then nate, dave and i headed home. after a quick stop to catch up with brianne (nate's wife), dave and i drove back to toronto. i literally spent the remainder of the day packing for vancouver (yay!!) and watching the rest of season 1 of
girls. and laying in bed.
i hope everyone had a less painful, and far more productive weekend than i. 2 more sleeps until vancouver!
thanks boys for including me - and thanks kim for putting up with us in your wonderful fiancee's life!
meanwhile, i've written some posts for my absence - just leaving you with some things i've been digging lately. not as in depth as you know me for typically, and no flat out introspective posts (those will likely come upon my return from van), but just some stuff to peruse in my absence. one a day! and sorry... you'll have to live sans 'weekend in summary' for just one week!
