The Big Wedding

So the big wedding was this past weekend. And it was a lot of fun!! A and C are so low key that there wasn't the big frantic hoopla going on. So on Friday, I drove down to Nags Head and spent the afternoon at the pool. I tried going to the beach, but it was so windy that I was more covered in sand than anything. So instead I went back to the pool and hung out there for many hours. Then I drove around the area, trying to find places for us to go.

When I got back to the hotel, I met up with A's mom, dad, sister (L), aunt, and cousin (G). And then E finally showed up. E is A's best friend, and she was the maid of honor.

A found out that her grandfather was probably not going to last the weekend, so they decided to drive 4 hours to see him. So they left and E and I would take care of the wedding stuff that needed to be done. We went out to get some food and beer at Slammin' Sammy's. And it was nice - we got to know each other more and we just connected.

Unfortunately, A's grandfather passed away Friday night. They all came back, so the girls drank in our room then crashed for the night.

On Saturday, I got up early and headed out to the pool. The girls finally made it down there, and we spent several hours getting some sun. Then it was time for lunch at Mulligan's before getting our nails done - what a great treat from A. When we were done with that, we ran a few errands (Wal-Mart, Cold Stone, Brew Thru) before heading back to the hotel to get ready to head to the rehearsal dinner.

The dinner was held at the beach house the W's were renting. The families were there, the bridal party, and a few of the fraternity friends. Food, lots of drinks, funny conversations. Great evening. Then we took A out to Mulligan's to meet up with some of her friends. But the one thing about Nags Head - it's not a place to bar hop. Not much was opened, or stayed open past midnight. So we headed back to the hotel to get some sleep.

Sunday was the big day. Again, I started the day at the pool for a few hours. The girls had hair appointments, so we did those while A got her hair done. We all put our hair up since we'd be at the beach. Then we had to calm A down - she was worried about the chance of rain. So we made the arrangements in case it rained and everything was fine. At 5, we started getting dressed and we were downstairs at the lobby by 6 to wait for the limo - which was 8 minutes late because the guys were 8 minutes late.

So we make our way to the beach - and it was absolutely beautiful. We all had tears - A was one of the most beautiful brides I've ever seen. It was a quick ceremony - maybe 15 minutes, then we took a bunch of pictures. As we were getting some done, we saw some dolphins in the water - very cool! Then it was time for the reception.

The reception was held at Mallard's Marsh, and it was a beautiful spot. E and I got A's bustle ready and off we went. They had their first dance ("Unchained Melody"), we ate dinner, drank lots of beer and sangria, did the best man/maid of honor toasts, garter and bouquet tosses, and the father/daughter and mother/son dance. And more dancing and drinking. The reception went until 10:30, and the bride and groom walked off amongst bubbles.

We all made our way back to the hotel, and I persuaded the hotel manager to open up the pool for us. So a bunch of us went on in. And it was heaven. Yes, the water was cold, but we didn't care. FM spent most of his time in the VIPool (as he called it - it was the baby pool). J, N and his girlfriend stayed in the jacuzzi. The rest of us went back and forth between the big pool and the jacuzzi, except I went to all three. Slowly people started leaving until it was just J&J (who were fighting, so they stayed in the VIPool area), JE, E, FM and me. So after awhile, we decided to head back to our room for more beer and cards.

After changing, we started playing hearts, but quickly moved onto Asshole. With lots of beer. Lots and lots of beer. We were getting very silly and drunk. After Asshole, we played Electricity. That was the mistake! At some point, FM ended up taking off his shorts, so he was covered up in two towels. We're still not sure why he did that. JE threw a bowl of candy doves onto FM, so those were everywhere! But it was hysterical. We kept trying to get FM to move so he'd lose the towels.

Finally around 5:00 a.m. we decided it was time to go to bed. JE and E decided to stay up and watch the sunrise, so they went out on the balcony. FM and I went to my room and got into bed. And started fooling around. And it was a lot of fun. He kept telling me how he was waiting for this to happen and he knew that we'd end up together. We spent a lot of time talking the night before, and there was a lot of flirting in the pool. He knew he was drunk, so I don't know how much of what he was saying was just speak and not truth. But it's okay - we just had fun together, and got to snuggle together. He did mention getting together again, so we'll see if that even happens.

A few hours later, A's mom was knocking on the door. I had to find my clothes and let her in the room. Let me tell you - trying to get up afer drinking major amounts of beer and only getting about 3 hours of sleep is tough! But I was able to crawl back into bed until she came to the door again. This time I had to wake FM up since he shouldn't be sleeping if I wasn't able to. He kept telling me to just stay in bed with him - we had plenty of time. Well, we would have except that we knocked over my suitcase and my clothes were all over the place and I had to repack everything (and we trashed the hotel room). Then both A and C came in and were laughing at both JE and FM (and us) for the state of the room. But we finally got everyone up, packed, and check out of the hotel so we could go eat.

We went to a pancake place and stayed there for over an hour - I think we were all a bit too hungover to really focus on the day. But soon it was time to end the weekend and drive home.

I'm hoping that I'll hear from FM - I have to send him some of the pictures, so I'll do that and see what happens from there. I wouldn't mind going out on a date with him.