The Weekend I Went Home

The second attempt in less than a week to reach the hometown was a success. Meals were had, laughs were shared, people got married, and I drove there and back. All in all I would have to say: it was a weekend spent in my hometown.

- Heading back to the homestead, I drove my passengers to the local high school during the end of the annual homecoming football game. I was expecting to have bad flashbacks as I drove through the parking lot, but the pouring rain spared me. I don't think I had any humiliating moments in the rain.

- Saturday Morning Scene: The Car:

M: "They took my Delilah station away."
E: "What do you mean?"
M: "I don't know, when to go to the station the show is gone."
E: "You mean they cancelled Delilah?"
M: "No, her show is still on, but I think Milwaukee dumped it, the station changed."
E: "Really? Let me see here."
* Change radio station. David Lee Roth's "Just a Gigolo" happens to be on*
E: "Whaaaaa?"
- end scene -

I didn't think I'd ever hear that song over air...ever. The station then followed up with Led Zeppelin's 'Black Dog.' It was as if they took my record collection from high school and made it a radio station. Something tells me a format like that won't last. Once they replace the robots with actual DJ's that format will homogenize like whoa.

- Another couple from 'Leftover Chinese: The Saved by the Bell Years' tied the knot this weekend. The lovely couple met in high school and were able to forge the type of relationship to last a lifetime. All the years of joy and happiness culminated in the following approximate timeline as seen by me:

3:58pm: Sit in third row, wonder if the seats are taken. Scan the room and look for familiar faces. Smile and nod when eyes meet.
4:02pm: A couple marches in silence down the aisle and gets halfway to the front before people realize that the ceremony started.
4:05pm: Bride does her march, we all stand.
4:10pm: Vows are exchanged.
4:15pm: The country club's Grandfather Clock rings.
4:18pm: Rings are placed on the fingers.
4:19pm: All parties involved in the ceremony walk off.
4:20pm: I glance at my watch and I hear an old lady say aloud: "That's it?!"
4:21pm: Consensus reached on how much we truly enjoyed the quick ceremony. Now they get to go to Vegas for the real wedding ceremony.

- Wedding #3 of the season was a hoot. I faced an open bar for six out of eight hours, a gathering of many old and new friends, and my three-week old experiment in social drinking. I made the drive home feeling satisfied by the good time. It turned out to be a pretty fun night.

- Unfortunately, very few of my pictures turned out. I hate this camera.

- My moustache scared one of my nieces away today. When I kept clean, she was always looking for it. Now that it's back...she's freaked out and wants no part of me. Does the word 'instinct' pop into your mind?

- I met a few friends of the couple whom mentioned this site. That means friends of friends, many of whom are strangers, make an occasional visit. To the new Strangers: Hi. Welcome to the Internet version of "That guy your friend talked about that one time."

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