2003-07-07 23:02:49

Pat and Fran are back online!! Father, son, aunt, and uncle, Hallelujah! Unfortunately, we still haven't gotten our new computer yet. Those slackers at Dell said it won't be here until the 10th, but we're slumming it on Pat's laptop now, for the time being. If there's one thing I learned this week, it's that I'm more addicted to the Internet than I am to Chapstick.

Since we've been incommunicado for so long, I'm going to just write about my shower and bachelorette party for now. Check tomorrow for a blog about the rest of our vacation.

So, as I mentioned before, my pre-nuptial festivities were all I imagined and more. Not as many of my friends were able to make it as I had hoped, but those in attendance made it wonderful. We started off with the shower at Rebecca's apartment complex's community room. As you can see by the pictures, it was a lovely room indeed. We only played one shower game, and it was a fun one. We drank wine, ate cheese, brought up embarrassing Fran moments, and I opened some great gifts. I got a tad bit toasty, so Kensey was nice enough to drive me home.

After the shower, some of us regrouped at my place. We ended up meeting up with the rest of the gang at Holly's, where I was surprised to see my friend Melissa! She had originally said she wouldn't be able to make it, but she decided to come back from Virginia early. I was so thrilled she did that! We went over to Esan to get some eats. There, I got treated like a rockstar and of course, the food was delicious.

After Esan, we went to Mex, of course. By the way, nothing about my bachelorette party was particularly crazy or out of the ordinary. My biggest thing was that I just wanted one night to hang out with all of my best friends in all of my favorite palces. At Mex, I got treated like a rockstar some more. After Mex, we decided to tear the dance floor up at the Jungle. It was particularly disgusting that night, although enjoyable nonetheless. Of course, we went back to Mex to get one last margarita. Then, I got the bold idea to go bust in on the non-bachelorette party party that Chris C threw for Pat. I just needed to get my goodnight kiss before I went home (from Pat, duh).

That was pretty much it. We just had one puker back at home, and I'm happy to report, for once, that it wasn't me! Thanks to all of the girls that made it out that weekend! You girls are the best. For those of you that couldn't make it, you were not forgotten. I dumped a 40 oz on the curb for each and every one of you that couldn't make it.

-Fran