Weddings, weddings...

Just wanted to let everyone know how the weddings went.

Err.. they went well.

That's pretty much it; there were the usual tensions and things forgotten and all that jazz. Evan and Jenni forgot their marriage license and came back to check on it and make sure it was all squared away. I'm pretty sure I would not have done that. God saw; it's probably ok. Their wedding was at a beautiful lovely church, and their reception was in a lovely historical type building. And yes, we got lost on the way to the church, lost on the way to the reception, and we got to the church half an hour before the wedding and still had to change and shave (well, only Matt on that last one) and all that, but we totally made it in before the bride, and even before the grandmothers, I think. After that wedding we went to dinner with Evan's family (Matt's aunt, uncle, and cousin) and had a wonderful time laughing and talking. The memorable phrase of the wedding was uttered here: Matt was telling a story about his friend who was all but struck by lightening in Iraq, his aunt heard "all BUTT struck" and we all had a really good laugh about that.
Doug and Diane's wedding was also fun. We got to get to know Jenni a little better (Evan was playing his violin at Doug's wedding... very generous, there), swam in the pool at the expensive hotel (Matt and I were staying at the Motel 6 across the interstate, ha!), and again had some good times with family. I got to help serve and set up for the rehearsal dinner (Matt did too), which I had a lot of fun doing. Being useful and all that. Diane seemed really sweet, too.

Yup, so lots of driving later, we're safely back in North Carolina, our home was not eaten by a tornado, and we're generally back to our old selves. This involves eating pie with friends, if I can pry Matt from his computer game.

I love you, even if I don't call you because I'm a bad daughter. Or friend or sister or whatever.

Not much...

Well, I posted another story for A World of Places next door. I hope you'll check it out. The link is in my links section to the right.

Things remain, in Hurleyton, much as they have always been. Ignoring and being ignored by the world of the "big folk." I've been fiddling with Lightwave a great deal. Something that I've enjoyed having the time to do this weekend, though I'm still frustrated that I haven't progressed to the point of making anything that's really worth showing. Still no final products, but I'll keep plugging away at it and one of these days I'll finish one of my dozen or so projects and you'll all get to say "Ohh!" and "Ahh!" and "Wow!" and other similar things.

Well, I'm taking the SAT for the first time tomorrow, so I'd better go practice some more. I'm pretty confident that I'll do really well, but I need to be sure that work all the rust out of my gears, as it were. More later...

Life in Jacksonville, NC

Ah, Jacksonville! You're not so bad, even though everyone thinks I'm talking about Florida...

Here are some fun things about Jacksonville:

1. Finding the post office. I just found it 2 days ago, actually. It's a creepy "government" looking building with no sign and no parking in downtown where the speed limit is 20 mph, on the opposite side of town. There are "out posts" which aren't run by the government, so they can only take cash. Good thing I have that emergency $20 in the car! One is next to a Sonic, though, which is definitely a perk.

2. Blockbuster, Barbershop, and GameRoom. Yup, there is a sign that says this in Jacksonville, right across from base. If I were a marine with nothing to do, I'd go there. Matt likes to point out that there are 3 seperate businesses. Whatever. It's still funny.

3. Askew Building Supply. I am not joking. What's even worse is that his wife (I assume) operates the Askew Learning Center. Just drop your kids off for the day and they'll be mostly right about everything!

Hopefully I'll think of some more stuff for this list, but those are my favorites so far.