Crazy Weekend

I think I gave you a little idea of what my weekend was going to look like, but let me tell you how all the craziness went.

It started on Friday. Our CEO's birthday was this past week, so he took us all out to a local bar/resterante. So I had a couple of drinks (for free) and ate really amazing fries. I also got to talk with a couple of my co-workers that I don't know as well, which was nice. Afterward I rode my bike home, right as it was getting dark. I made it home in one piece, happy that the trafic was almost non-exsitant. Once home I did dishes, packed and cleaned some of the apartment. Unfortunatly I did not fall asleep well and was very tired the next morning.

Saturday was a very nice day. Tired as I was I managed to get out of the house in time to make it to the train station. Me, my heavy bag and purse, sat down next to a window and waited for the train to leave 30th street station. Annoyingly I ended up riding backwards (although luckly I do not get motion sensitive on trains) so I could not see what was coming. The cool part about riding backwards was watching the Philly skyline slowly grow farther and farther way. The train ride was nice, I napped and listened to my nano.

I arrived practically a full three hours before the wedding. But it was nice, since I needed to eat lunch. Also luckily the church was only about twelve minutes from the station, so that made life easy. I sat down on the river front and watched the boats and people pass by, while eating my bagel and cream cheese (lunch). Finally I went into the church. It was an instant reunion. Theatre majors and other Messiah people. I had not seen most of them for months, almost a year. And the church was wonderful, lots of dark wood and stain glass. It was an Episcopal Church, and the service was very traditional. My favorite part was that the bridesmaids and groomsmen all read prayers over the couple. And even though it was very ritualistic, it was still beautiful.

After the Ceremony a bunch of us went to Barnes and Nobles to hang out before heading to the reception, since there was a good amount of time. Its nice that we can just pick up were we left off. We talked about jobs, what we are doing, where we are living and everything we had missed over the past year. After a little while of browsing through books and getting coffee/other drinks, we decided to head to the reception. Finding the hall was fun, luckily I was not driving.

The hall was in a club and there was actually another wedding reception going on when we got there. Also nicely most of us were at one table, so we all knew each other and got to talk. There was also a bar, which had free wine and bear (again free alcoholic). We found our tables, which were organized by countries the couples had been too, I was China. Once we had claimed our seats, we went off to get drinks and cheese and crackers. Then we sat and talked while waiting for the wedding party.

It was not the most elaborate wedding I have ever been to, but that does not mean it was a good time. We eat and drank and danced and laughed, a good time was had by all. Finally, tired we slowly said our goodbyes, and made promises to keep better track of each other. Then we separated to different cars.

I was sleeping on a futon of some friends, thankful that I did not have to go to a hotel. We headed back to their apartment, which was very nice. Rather then going to bed right away to talked and they introduced me to a Canadian show 'Slinges and Arrows'. Yes its about Shakespeare, Yes its set in Canadian, and Yes we watched the first two episodes. Now I really want to watch all of the seasons (Netflix). Then we went to bed, very tired. The futon was amazingly comfortable.

Sunday we woke slowly and had breakfast. Then my friends drove me to the train station. Where I bought some snack food at the little store in the station and waited in line for the train. The train was a lot fuller going back to Philly, Sundays are always busy traveling times. The train itself was going all the way to NYC and had come from Pittsburgh. Luckily I was facing forward going back. Once I got into the city I took the El back to my apartment, took a shower, went grocery shopping, made dinner, ate, and then went to bed.

Three things that struck me this weekend:

1) I really miss my friends and wedding make me feel very lonely.
2) I still feel very awkward at social events, I wonder if I will ever be comfortable with them.
3) When I saw the Philly skyline coming back, it made me very happy. Does that mean that I have finally gotten to the point where this place is home?

Any ones have great wedding stories they would like to share, or favorite part of the wedding I'm talking above?