Monday, June 28, 2004
Nash Vegas
So my flight to Nashville from Baltimore this weekend was uneventful. I finished Everything is Illuminated, which made me cry for about the last hour of the flight. My brother Stephen and my dad picked me up from the airport, and we made our way back to the hotel and picked up my mom to go the rehearsal dinner. It was big fun -- lots of square dancing and barbeque. I had a good time hanging out with my brother and cousins, and got to catch up with some I hadn't seen in years (boo on that). One of the best parts was telling them about Kevin, the boy (man) who I've been dating for the past few weeks. They were happy to hear it, and told me they could see how excited I am. Ashley (my cousin who was getting married) looked lovely, and Nathan's family was very nice.
Saturday was clear and warm -- a perfect wedding day. We gave them their gift, an Amish rocking chair, in the morning, and then my family went out to lunch with the Millers from Ohio. The wedding was in the afternoon, and also lovely. The reception was on the church grounds immediately afterwards, with live bluegrass music and more hanging out with family. Yay for all of those things.
Steph and Mark drove up from Atlanta on Saturday to hang out, so my brother and cousins and I went into Nashville after the reception. We pulled onto West End Ave., and almost immediately got pulled over by a cop. Not for running the red light a few blocks before, which would have been a little scarier, but for driving without headlights on. That's evidently what cops have time for in Nashville. Okay. But it did remind me that I still haven't put my registration in my car. Even though I got it registered in about Februrary. Maybe that will be my project for tonight.
So we pulled away from the cop and I thought I saw Mark standing on the corner, waiting to cross the street. And then I recognized Stephanie, so I rolled down my window to say hi. And realized that Kevin was standing on the other side of her. What???
He was supposed to be in San Antonio helping his family prepare for the birth of his little sister, but had flown to Atlanta to drive up and see me. He said he brought me a book since he knew I had finished mine on the plane (A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius).
So we all went out for drinks that night with my brother and cousins, and then had coffee and walked around the Parthenon the next morning. It seemed like a good time for him to meet my parents, so I called them on Sunday and they decided to come meet us for lunch. So Kevin and Stephanie and Mark and I were sitting at a restaurant downtown, and my Mom and Dad and Stephen came in. And then we chatted for a few minutes, and then my Uncle Nate and Aunt Vi joined us. And then Uncle Dan and Aunt Joanne, cousins Katelyn, Rhoda, Jared, Kevin & Terri and their kids Caleb, Autumn and Eliza, and more cousins Maime & Clare.
They said they'd like to see him back at the family reunion.
We found out that morning that he had missed the birth of his little sister, who hid dad ended up delivering in the front seat of his truck (I don't think he was sad about missing that part). Booooo on that. But I think he had a good time. I did.
Saturday was clear and warm -- a perfect wedding day. We gave them their gift, an Amish rocking chair, in the morning, and then my family went out to lunch with the Millers from Ohio. The wedding was in the afternoon, and also lovely. The reception was on the church grounds immediately afterwards, with live bluegrass music and more hanging out with family. Yay for all of those things.
Steph and Mark drove up from Atlanta on Saturday to hang out, so my brother and cousins and I went into Nashville after the reception. We pulled onto West End Ave., and almost immediately got pulled over by a cop. Not for running the red light a few blocks before, which would have been a little scarier, but for driving without headlights on. That's evidently what cops have time for in Nashville. Okay. But it did remind me that I still haven't put my registration in my car. Even though I got it registered in about Februrary. Maybe that will be my project for tonight.
So we pulled away from the cop and I thought I saw Mark standing on the corner, waiting to cross the street. And then I recognized Stephanie, so I rolled down my window to say hi. And realized that Kevin was standing on the other side of her. What???
He was supposed to be in San Antonio helping his family prepare for the birth of his little sister, but had flown to Atlanta to drive up and see me. He said he brought me a book since he knew I had finished mine on the plane (A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius).
So we all went out for drinks that night with my brother and cousins, and then had coffee and walked around the Parthenon the next morning. It seemed like a good time for him to meet my parents, so I called them on Sunday and they decided to come meet us for lunch. So Kevin and Stephanie and Mark and I were sitting at a restaurant downtown, and my Mom and Dad and Stephen came in. And then we chatted for a few minutes, and then my Uncle Nate and Aunt Vi joined us. And then Uncle Dan and Aunt Joanne, cousins Katelyn, Rhoda, Jared, Kevin & Terri and their kids Caleb, Autumn and Eliza, and more cousins Maime & Clare.
They said they'd like to see him back at the family reunion.
We found out that morning that he had missed the birth of his little sister, who hid dad ended up delivering in the front seat of his truck (I don't think he was sad about missing that part). Booooo on that. But I think he had a good time. I did.
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