21's Birthdays, Weddings, and ridiculous amounts of fun

Good Afternoon All,
   It has been a wild and fun two weeks now its time to get you all caught up to speed.  Two weekends ago was my little sisters 21st Birthday.  Can you believe it, she is 21 years old..good Lord how old does that make us :( Anyway lets not think about that.  That same weekend also happened to be a very good friend of mines wedding.  I kicked off the weekend Wednesday night...yes you read that right, some times the weekends just aren't long enough and you have to start early.  I made a big crockpot of jambalaya and had the girls over for wine night.  We had lots of wine and food and probably stayed up too late, oh well you only live once right?  Thursday afternoon Christy came in to town, as well as several of the people coming for Becca's wedding.  I met Becca freshman year in college and we have been friends since. We have a big group of friends that all hung out together in college so her wedding was going to be a college reunion.

Once everyone got to the house we headed out to BINGO!! Don't be misled thinking this is an old folks game, it is not.  In Houston there is a huge bingo hall and it is quite the thing to do on Thursday nights for 20/30's crowd.  Its neat because you can bring your own food and drinks and have a good time with friends.  This was my first time going and it was a blast.  Unfortunately we didn't win any money, but we had a good time playing.  After bingo we went to midtown to have a few drinks, it was nice relaxing evening and thankfully not too hot!  Friday we were busy as ever trying to get all the last minute things finished up for Beccas wedding.  Around three we rounded everyone up and headed to the venue for the rehearsal.  Since dinner wasn't until six we all headed back to mi casa to hang out and ended up playing a speed game of monopoly.  The rehearsal dinner was held at a local BBQ joint and everything was delicious.  After dinner it was back to the casa to pre-party our going out.  Once everyone showed up we headed to Washington to have another night out.  Keep in mind, my body is not used to this back to back going out.  I am normally on the 4:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. schedule.  We all had a good time dancing the night away. 

The next morning we were up and at it again.  Since the boys were in town we decided to get a work out in before the wedding festivities.  We all headed to Crossfit for a 9 a.m. work out, it was challenging, but we survived.  After lunch with the group we headed to the venue to get ready.  After make up and hair time we were ready to go get Becca hitched.  It was a beautiful service and everything went smoothly.  After the ceremony it was time to party!  It is impossible to describe the amount of fun that was had that evening.  Since these were the guys I learned how to dance with we danced the night away!

Trio of Trouble

Sisters

After the reception was over we headed to Wild West a country bar just down the street and continued the party there until 2 a.m.  Since Sunday was Christy's birthday we had to wait until Midnight to get her in.  Whooo and then she was 21!!  I think she had a really good time hang out with the group, thankfully it was a pretty tame 21st birthday.  Sunday morning I ran a few people to the airport and then it was time to celebrate Christy's birthday (even though we celebrated all weekend)  For breakfast we walked down the street to Coco's crepes and had Nutella crepes.  Since she was 21 we headed over to Blackfinn for Mimosa's.  After breakfast we were le tired so we took a nap.  For dinner that evening we went to Mia Bella an nice little Italian restaurant in downtown, Christy had Shrimp Fettuccine and a Cosmo and I had some sort of Veggie Fettuccine and a glass of wine.  Dinner was delicious!  Afterwards we both decided to get some rest, I had work in the morning and she was heading back to College Station.  It was a long awesome weekend and was sad to see it go.          

Birthday Cupcakes

21

21st Birthday Breakfast

Cosmo with dinner

Raking in the gifts

Sweet new watch

 

Friday

  I hope you all are as excited for the weekend as I am!  It seems like it has been an incredibly long few weeks.  I have been on a writing hiatus due to finishing school, trying to stay on top at work, and be able to eat every day!!  OK I am over exaggerating I wasn't that busy, but it seemed like it.  I am going to have to start a few weeks back, because it has been a whirlwind of activity.  About five weeks ago Chris got a new job, with the company he used to work for, a week after starting they put him on a project in Greenville, South Carolina. Then bam he was gone! Well he had a week to get everything sorted out and get up there.  He left April 22nd and will be in Greenville for 6-8 months then Malaysia a year.  Since he had to move so quickly, I kindly volunteered to watch the little girls.  Even though its lonely with out him I have the girls to keep me entertained....how could you say no to those faces??

The upside to Chris moving is his company fly's him back every three weeks, or I can fly up and visit him, hello Greenville SC here I come!  After Chris left it was a long week of work, studying, and finishing up projects for work and class.  That weekend I took the girls and headed to College Station for some much needed sister time!  It was an awesome weekend, Friday night we watched an Aggie Baseball game.  They just redid the stadium, it was very impressive.  The best part was the baseball games were just as much fun as when I was in school, and we beat Texas...so no big deal.  :)  After the game we grabbed a bit to eat, showered and headed out to Northgate for a little action.

The next morning Christy had to go to work so I was super lazy and did nothing but read and study...it was glorious!  Once she got off work we head to the gun range so she could shoot my new handgun.  Even though we didn't have much time to shoot before they closed, we still had a good time.  That evening we went to dinner at Roadhouse and had another round of Northgate.  Turns out I am getting old and this staying up late thing that college kids do is really hard for me!!  Needless to say I was exhausted Sunday.  Since Christy had school and work I head back to Houston to relax and get ready for the next week.  With Chris gone I acquired a lot of spare time, therefore I have really been focusing on working out and eating healthy!  I have Crossfit every M,W,F at 5 a.m., Tuesday/Thursday I go to my regular gym to swim, and MW nights is yoga!  I think I just love working out.  Crossfit has been pretty brutal, but I am getting stronger and I love the challenging workouts.

Cino de drinko was this last weekend and hopefully everyone got to celebrate appropriately with a margarita in hand.  Chris was back in town that weekend and we both headed to College Station.  Five years ago one of Chris friends from college passed away so every few years a group of his buddies get together and go back to visit his grave.  That was the reason we went back.  It was a nice long weekend of visiting with friends and hanging out with Christy.  Sunday we were back in Houston and Chris was on a plane back to SC.  Then it was nose to the grindstone for me.  My final for Financial Accounting was Tuesday night and I needed to do some studying.  I haven't received my grade, but I feel fairly confident about the test, we shall see.

Since this class I have decided it is important for me to get my MBA.  If I can make the deadline (June 1st)  I will be starting in the fall, but if not I will begin in the Spring.  I am pretty excited, I miss school and am ready to get back to it.  I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend, and to all those wonderful mothers out there Happy Mothers Day.  Hate to break it to the rest of the world, but my moms the best...period.  Love you mom.

Until Next Time...