I Has a Happy

Unfortunately because I have written this post after Alex's more coherent, information, and better organized post about his super-exciting life, mine appears above his.  If you would rather skip the post that follows these comments, by all means, please skip it and go directly to Alex's post on New York City (you will come back and read this, won't you?).

I had an eventful weekend!  Saturday I met my family at a hotel nearby and we enjoyed a nice lunch.  The most exciting thing is that in this case, I can include my Uncle Bryan, Aunt Mikiko, and my two cousins in the phrase "my family"!  Even more exciting was that more family was on the way and that we were all headed to the wedding of another cousin of mine!

It was a very beautiful wedding.  I suspect all weddings are beautiful in their own way, but this one definitely made sitting outside in the record heat worth it (by far!).  There was a great party afterwards with lots of good food, dancing, and fun.  I was lucky enough that my fiancé was invited as well and though I joked about my extended family being on "double-secret probation" based on their behavior, we did see things that we liked and were able to get some ideas about what we like.  It also upped the level of excitement, both for the two of us and the whole rest of the family.

I stayed in the hotel with my family and returned to my apartment after a big, noisy, fun brunch with everyone who had come from out of town.  It made me really happy to see everyone but it's always a little sad to see them go.  Fortunately I get to see them again soon!  Now I have to go grocery shopping and do laundry... the return to real life is always a little disappointing.

-Lane

p.s. the fantastic picture at the top of the page comes from a webcomic called nataliedee.  There are all kinds of images like this one.  I would have liked to make a link directly from the picture but am unable with my level of computer ineptitude.

p.p.s. the usual "Training, Week of..." post will happen tomorrow.  I haven't run yet (I need to do that too!) and I don't want to post twice in one day, so I promise that will be up after work tomorrow.