Well the chaos of the last few days has finally subsided a bit as the busiest weekend of the summer has now been finished. At least, I hope it was the busiest weekend of the summer!
Thursday night was Jon and Leanne's wedding rehearsal, and since I was in the wedding party, I had to be there. It went smoothly and we then all went over to Leanne's parent's place for a BBQ. Mmmm ... steak! On
Friday, I packed most of the unpacked items into boxes and then was picked up at the university by Paul and we met up with the rest of the groomsmen at Jon's new house. That evening we had some pizza, went to the Canada Day Barenaked Ladies concert at commonwealth stadium, and then returned back to Jon's for more pizza and beer. It was a fitting day for Jon's last day being single.
Saturday was the big day. The groomsmen were all sleeping over at Jon's so we got up, washed up and got dressed in our fancy tuxes. Jon got us all these fancy pocket watches, which were pretty sweet! The wedding day is all a blur for me now as the day was packed with busy times. First the ceremony, then the pictures, then the reception, and finally the dance. Crazy busy were we! The dance was the most fun for me - Diane and I haven't been to a dance in a very long time and were excited to get out on the floor. Unfortunately, the DJ didn't really know what a waltz was, and I think he only played one all evening. And we missed it. So we didn't get our best/favourite dance in :( I suppose I should say more about the happy couple. The entire day went really well - no problems to speak of, and both of them seemed very happy with the day. The reception food was all finger food - which was kind of cool ... and then they had an ice cream sundae bar for dessert (for those who know Leanne, this is totally appropriate!).
Sunday was the gift opening, which Diane and I went to. It was pretty neat to see what people decided to get from the registries. One of the most innovative gifts was an ice cream maker with a bathroom scale! After the gift opening, Katherine, Madeleine, Diane and I all went out for dinner (Madeleine is one of our friends from high school). It was a lovely dinner at Japanese Village (its been tradition every time Madeleine comes to town).
Monday I officially took posession of my new condo. The guy I bought it from was super duper awesome and stayed around after I got the keys to make sure everything was going to be straightened out. They even left me a bottle of wine! I was so amazed by the effort he put in to making me feel at home. Its good to know there's people like him around! In the afternoon, Madeleine along with a couple of high school buddies I hadn't seen in awhile, came to see the new place. Hoorah! In the evening, my parent's neighbours helped me pick up my grandparent's futon that they were giving me. We brought it into the place that night and we returned home so I could finish packing up the last of the stuff.
Tuesday was a long day. It was *really* *really* warm and that was hard to deal with as we moved my huge amount of stuff to the new condo. Luckily, there was lots of help so it didn't take too long. After moving everything in, I got everyone some pizza and we relaxed - played a game of poker and then played some pictionary and Jenga. T'was fun!
Yesterday I stayed at the condo to wait for the telus and cable guys to come hook up my internet and phone. I was glad that they made it - I really wanted to have those there so I could have those conveniences.
And now its today, and I'm back at the university finally to do work! Hooray! :)
Heraldk
Thursday night was Jon and Leanne's wedding rehearsal, and since I was in the wedding party, I had to be there. It went smoothly and we then all went over to Leanne's parent's place for a BBQ. Mmmm ... steak! On
Friday, I packed most of the unpacked items into boxes and then was picked up at the university by Paul and we met up with the rest of the groomsmen at Jon's new house. That evening we had some pizza, went to the Canada Day Barenaked Ladies concert at commonwealth stadium, and then returned back to Jon's for more pizza and beer. It was a fitting day for Jon's last day being single.
Saturday was the big day. The groomsmen were all sleeping over at Jon's so we got up, washed up and got dressed in our fancy tuxes. Jon got us all these fancy pocket watches, which were pretty sweet! The wedding day is all a blur for me now as the day was packed with busy times. First the ceremony, then the pictures, then the reception, and finally the dance. Crazy busy were we! The dance was the most fun for me - Diane and I haven't been to a dance in a very long time and were excited to get out on the floor. Unfortunately, the DJ didn't really know what a waltz was, and I think he only played one all evening. And we missed it. So we didn't get our best/favourite dance in :( I suppose I should say more about the happy couple. The entire day went really well - no problems to speak of, and both of them seemed very happy with the day. The reception food was all finger food - which was kind of cool ... and then they had an ice cream sundae bar for dessert (for those who know Leanne, this is totally appropriate!).
Sunday was the gift opening, which Diane and I went to. It was pretty neat to see what people decided to get from the registries. One of the most innovative gifts was an ice cream maker with a bathroom scale! After the gift opening, Katherine, Madeleine, Diane and I all went out for dinner (Madeleine is one of our friends from high school). It was a lovely dinner at Japanese Village (its been tradition every time Madeleine comes to town).
Monday I officially took posession of my new condo. The guy I bought it from was super duper awesome and stayed around after I got the keys to make sure everything was going to be straightened out. They even left me a bottle of wine! I was so amazed by the effort he put in to making me feel at home. Its good to know there's people like him around! In the afternoon, Madeleine along with a couple of high school buddies I hadn't seen in awhile, came to see the new place. Hoorah! In the evening, my parent's neighbours helped me pick up my grandparent's futon that they were giving me. We brought it into the place that night and we returned home so I could finish packing up the last of the stuff.
Tuesday was a long day. It was *really* *really* warm and that was hard to deal with as we moved my huge amount of stuff to the new condo. Luckily, there was lots of help so it didn't take too long. After moving everything in, I got everyone some pizza and we relaxed - played a game of poker and then played some pictionary and Jenga. T'was fun!
Yesterday I stayed at the condo to wait for the telus and cable guys to come hook up my internet and phone. I was glad that they made it - I really wanted to have those there so I could have those conveniences.
And now its today, and I'm back at the university finally to do work! Hooray! :)
Heraldk
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