I'm back!
The wedding went very well. The trip down was mostly uneventful, and filled with tunes from my iPod and borrowed cassette adapter. It lasted all the way down, and was about out of battery as we hit Charlottesville.
The weather on Saturday and Sunday was absolutely gorgeous (my heart goes out to those in Denver, who had a foot of snow or more today), and everything went just perfectly.
As the first reading of the wedding ceremony was starting, fire engine sirens began in the distance and grew closer, which almost made the bridal party (and some of the attendees) burst out in laughter, but it faded before too long and everything kept on trucking.
We were beat from all of that, so didn't stay too long at the reception. The food was fabulous, and the band appeared to be hopping. Alex and Emily danced quite a bit, showing off for all the rest of us. Lou wasn't interested in the dancing (it was all fast and upbeat, the best I can do is get him on the dance floor for slow songs), and Lucinda and Grant wanted to go fetch the children. So back to the hotel and we crashed.
An early morning breakfast with the Gainey crew saw us on the road by 9:15 a.m., and we started roleplaying a new game (Lou as GM, me as player), and then listened to some more iTunes.
Monday saw us with a day of recovery, which involved going to Ri-Ra for lunch (on St. Patrick's Day, no less) and then off to see Bringing Down the House. I took a half-hour nap before the game. Which was not the best idea at the time, but little did I know that.
After the game, I wasn't tired. So I stayed up. Until about 3:00 a.m. Totally unable to sleep, even after I went to bed, I probably fell asleep around 4:00 a.m. And the alarm went off at 6:30. Lou also had difficulty sleeping (one of the things we did at 3:00 was change the flannel sheets off the bed), so we both decided to call in sick. I slept after calling in for another couple of hours, but was awake and still tired for the rest of today. Did NOT take a nap, and am feeling tired enough to get to bed at a decent hour tonight.
And lastly, from Salon.com, I bring you, An open letter to Ralph Nader voters. Considering I know more than a few people who voted for Nader, I thought it appropriate. And that's about all the politics I'll get into in this blog. Probably.
Comments (3)
I'll have to take your word for it. I don't feel like giving Salon my credit card then remembering to cancel my account after 7 days.
Posted by Anne | March 18, 2003 10:01 PM
Posted on March 18, 2003 22:01
Just click on the Day Pass option. It's free, and you only have to sit through a short ad.
Posted by Julia | March 18, 2003 10:14 PM
Posted on March 18, 2003 22:14
I've read part of the Salon piece elsewhere, and comments about it on more than one blog, so I'll comment here.
Frankly I think the whole "see, we told you so" thing from some Democrats at this point is exceedingly weak, since no one had a clue back in 2000 that Shrub would embarking on a crusade in 2003. Also, it wasn't the Greens who got the Democrats butts kicked in the last round of Congressional elections, and would have left all of Congress in control of the Republicans if not for a key defection.
Plus the bits about how they'll never ever forgive the big bad Greens for keeping Gore from being elected are just sad. Maybe Gore should have actually done something to appeal to the more progressive/left part of the Democratic constituency, rather than just taking them for granted (which seems to be the DNC plan)? Maybe he should have proposed something bold that might actually have gotten some of the vast hordes who don't vote at all to show up and vote for him? No, I've got it, let's blame the Greens for the pathetic state of the Democratic Party, because it's sure a lot easier than actually doing anything to stop the the Party's slide into pseudo-Republicanism.
Do I sound disgusted enough? *wry smile* Probably in 2004 I'll suck it up and vote for Joe Lieberman (since I suspect that's who the Party will end up putting forward, despite him being in agreement with Bush on about 80% of the issues, including the current war), since it'll get me the added bonus of not having him be a Senator from my state anymore. But I hardly think that relying on your opponent to put forward an insane moron as their candidate every four years is the way to assure the future success of the Democratic Party.
Posted by Michael Curry | March 19, 2003 11:31 PM
Posted on March 19, 2003 23:31