What a fun weekend!

Man, talk about a nice weekend that we just had. Heidi and Mark came into town together with some friends from Bismarck. Actually, it’s Heidi’s wedding party from their wedding three years ago. They have all known one another since elementary school. It was most definitely a reunion weekend for all of them. Everyone kind of arrived at different times, but that was totally fine. I was working at the restaurant so by the time I got back, most of them had arrived except for a friend who was arriving on Saturday. Everyone pretty much stayed up till 12:45AM just catching up with one another. Talk about fun times.

On Saturday, those of us who were in town headed to the Farmer’s Market. Gretchen, Anna and Heidi’s dear friend actually fainted while waiting for Heidi to get a smoothie. Thank goodness she fainted into her husband, Bob’s arms. Phew. After a couple of minutes, she told us that she’s pregnant with twins! They’ve been trying for some time and are so happy that they are pregnant. Needless to say her fainting spell must had something to do with the pregnancy. We ended up having lunch at an air-conditioned restaurant nearby where everyone got to sit in a cool and relaxed atmosphere. Suzy, their friend from Omaha met up with us there and once again, everyone was just happy chatting with one another. The weather was a little iffy so we decided to head back to Anna’s place and just hang out. On the way home, it poured like cats and dogs and we were all glad that we made that decision. Sitting around and just having everyone reminisce the old times were so much fun. Bob and I were the only outsiders because the rest have known each other for years.

For dinner that night, we went to Happy Joes for Pizza. It was Heidi’s choice since she loves the taco pizza from there. Most definitely not a place I would have picked especially since I work at a pizza place. Oh well. The food was fine and everyone had a good time. When we got back after dinner, we all played the Wii and it was hilarious. There were just different games that we all tried. It was all around fun for everyone especially those of us who were just watching.

I had to leave for Mass earlier than the rest of them because I had to do a couple of things at church. We all set together which was nice and I introduced Kevin to Heidi and vice versa since both of them are in the wedding party. All of them went back to the house for brunch, but I went to the restaurant. Speaking of restaurants, we were packed for brunch and also for dinner. It was really crazy. I’m by no means complaining and it’s definitely good for business, but you just never know why some days are busier than others. Actually, this whole week, it was plain busy every evening including the week nights.

Oh, I forgot to mention that single tickets to the Chicago Symphony went on sale on Friday. If you remember, Anna got me a gift certificate to the CSO and I’ve been waiting to use them. We ended up getting tickets to Yo Yo Ma for next May and I can guarantee you it’ll be a once in a lifetime concert. We are only talking about one of the most amazing cellist EVER! We’re both very excited for the concert.

That was what took place last week/weekend. Drake students will start returning to campus this week and classes start next Monday. Isn’t it amazing where the summer has gone?!