weekend madness

This weekend was busy busy busy!


It kicked off Friday night with the Project Philly concert at LMHS. Things went really well. I think purple pretty much kicked butt and we had no major collective brain farts, which is always nice. Another wonderful thing about the concert is that so many of our friends came! That was amazing!

Mom, Dad, Chris, Uncle Jim, Maureen, the Nicols, Jason & Michelle, Mrs. DeRemer were all there... along with them Lauren, Les, Ben, Yassara, Val, Sarge, Kris & Krista, Laura, a bunch of other 'tooners.... it was so great! Thank you all for your support!

Jon did a great job on his solo. I mean, everyone did, but I am a bit more concerned with Jon's. :) I am really proud of how he did!!! I get the feeling that sometimes he feels like he is in the shadow of my accomplishments, but he really shined, and I was so happy for him. :) It was awesome to see him doing something that he likes doing and doing well with it. :)



Sat welcomed, of all things, the trickling start of my period. Perfect timing, naturally. All said and done though, I would rather be miserable than pregnant. :)


On Sat morning, we went to play paintball. Yay for fun!
The combatants were me, Jon, Josh, Datsko, Bill, Jason, Dave, Ben, Mary, Mike, my DAD!, cousin Matt, cousin Matt's friend, my bro... and I feel like I am missing others. It was GREAT! I think everyone had a really fun time. I have a nasty battle wound on my leg. It looks like someone beat me with a bat. Jon had a couple of nice ones on his back. Bill was the worst though, since he went all kamakaze / Rambo in the last round. Ben hit me in the neck, of all places, which left me instantly crying. It was just not a good spot to get hit... fortunately that just looks like some kind of rash or hickie. Doing better today though, and it is more scraped up than anything else.

We came back home to meet up with the women-folk, who were busily prepping for my shower. :) We had pizza, sat by the pool, and rested!!!

The guys then left for Jon's bachelor party. They went to Shaving Grace, then to Jim's for cheesesteaks, to Dave & Busters, and then to see nekkid chicks. Ew. Jon said that they cleaned the pole though, for those of you who were wondering. (And on another note: no, I did not have a problem with him going, but yes, he did the right thing when he said that no one compared to me.)

The girls went off for my bachelorette party, which was much more low key. We went to Fiorello's in West Chester, which I highly recommend, and had a nice dinner. I have to admit, it was kinda fun not paying for stuff all weekend. :) Anyway, we had a leisurely, girlie dinner. I felt a little bad because whenever a bunch of girls (at least, my girls) get together, talk always turns to sex. That is the last thing I want to talk about around Jon's sister... not to mention probably the last thing she wants to hear. Oh well.

Speaking of which, Bill proclaimed excitedly on Friday that Jon and I would be "having sex on Sept 14th". He knows from a long way back that I wanted to be a virgin when I got married. He said he hoped it did not suck. Sigh. Thanks Bill. I am really not worried.

After dinner, we came back home and did our nails, played with hair, watched movies, and just talked. It was really great. We played a little "jericka" trivia game that Sus came up with. Leslie won! And they gave me some sexy lingerie. :) My tummy was not too happy (see above for why) and I am really glad that we were at home and just chilling. My mom was around a bit, but she mostly left us alone.

I think the last of the girls went home around 11:30 ish? I was exhausted at that point... I tried going to bed, but couldnt sleep. I was in some sort of strange trance-like state. Every time my eyes drooped shut, I saw paintballs flying at my head. Post-traumatic stress syndrome?! Maybe.

I slept fairly poorly, which sucked, because on Sunday, the flood gates opened and I felt out and out awful.



The girls showed up around 11, and I kinda just stayed out of their way and tried not to cry. It worked out. The shower was fun... it was mostly just great to catch up with all the girls. AND!!!!! KATHY CAME!!!!!! I was SO EXCITED! :) That was an excellent surprise bc I have not seen her in quite awhile. Yay!



Overall, the girls did a fantastic job on the weekend. The shower was wonderful, I loved the flowers and the decorations and the ice cream and the favors! Everything was so nice, and the day turned out to be perfect. My bachelorette party was exactly how I wanted it... full of female bonding time and face masques. :) Thank you all SO MUCH for your hard work... it was really just great. :) The BEST part is knowing that in 6 weeks, I get to see everyone again!!!!!!!!!!

I also realized something - for those of you who did not make it, it actually does not bug me that you couldn't. For for those of you that did, I am extra pleased that you made the effort to spend the time with me and to make that time special. It means more than I can express, and I am so thankful to have wonderful memories to look back on. You ladies are amazing and I am so blessed to have you as a part of my life!!!!!!!!!


xo!