Well, despite other less cheery things that have been occuring both in my life and in the world lately, I actually had a pretty kickass weekend!
On Thursday, I got to hang out with my friend John, who I don't get to see that often due to his crazy work schedule. Luckily, he had the day off so we were able to plan a get-together within a couple of days of mentioning that we needed to hang out! We did the usual; we walked around the mall and did some window shopping, then headed over to Barnes and Noble to look up some stuff on his Mac. We laughed a lot and generally acted like goofballs like we always do. Oh, and of course... we took some silly photos to add to our ever-growing collection!
( Ganstas, yo ) We're crazy! And yeah, we totally switched glasses so that's why his are girly... LOL!
Friday night, Jeremy came over and we headed to the mall (again!) to pick up our wedding rings that we had dropped off a few days ago. My engagement ring was resized to fit inside of my wedding band, and it looks beautiful! Though Jeremy's will have to be put on special order since they couldn't resize his normally due to the style of the ring. So that sucks... since the ring he might be wearing on our wedding day may not be the one that's on his finger forever. But they said they'd try to rush order it and get it in before the 15th. I also bought another RE5 shirt... it's the same logo as the last one I bought, only this one has Sheva and Chris on it (like the game cover) and it's considerably more badass XD
After the mall, we chilled at my house and caught up on Fringe (OMG GIRLS KISSING WHAT?!) and Rules of Engagement. Both were awesome episodes.
Saturday was a BUSY BUSY DAY! I had to be at church by 12:30 since mass started at 1:00. Before leaving, my parents gave me an absolutely BEAUTIFUL silver cross to wear, since I don't have one to wear (aside from the ones I received when I was a child... and they're gold anyway). I wasn't expecting anything, honestly... since I always had it in my mind that it wasn't as special that I was making my confirmation in my 20's rather than a kid or a teenager. But it was very sweet and thoughtful of them, and I put it on right away. I love it :)
Jeremy and I headed out first, and my family would leave later since they didn't have to be there as early as us. I decided on wearing the summery dress that I had bought for Florida last year... and had only worn once due to wardrobe malfunction (now fixed!). Walking into the church was a rush of nostalgia, since me and a couple of other "older kids" were joining the second graders in their joint first communion/confirmation ceremonies. They all looked like little brides and grooms in their formal attire... like little gentlemen and princesses. SO ADORABLE!
I parted ways with Jeremy as the candidates sat in the side chapel for a while as everyone gathered in the main part of the church. Then, we walked in two by two as the opening procession and bowed at the altar. It was pretty cool... though I won't deny the fact that I got a little choked up as I was walking down the aisle in front of everyone as the piano played, since I'll be doing that again very soon (just not with a second grader, LOL!). As I sat down with my family, Jeremy and his parents were waiting for me, and Jeremy gave me a little dove of peace to pin onto my dress, which I thought was incredibly sweet! My mom had been telling me earlier in the day that she too, received a dove on her confirmation day. My parents arrived a bit late since Eddie wasn't feeling well. The ceremony was lovely and the Bishop gave a beautiful speech. Really, I was the most nervous about initially walking into mass... so by the time the confirmation candidates were called up to be confirmed, I wasn't nervous at all. Besides, Jeremy was right there by my side as my sponsor :)
After being confirmed, I actually felt renewed somehow... like I know where I'm going. Sometimes I feel like I've lost touch with God among the daily chaos leading up to my wedding... which isn't right, because He should be in my life now more than ever. I should be talking to Him more often and becoming closer to him as the big day approaches, and I join Jeremy in a life of eternal love together. Instead of talking to everyone else when things get rough... I should talk to Him first, and I'm going to make that a little goal of mine before the wedding, to become closer to God.
Anyway, watching the second graders make their first communion was absolutely adorable and heartwarming... especially since we had a really great view of their scrunched up, rather disgusted faces after they tasted the wine. LOL!
When mass was ended, I was given more gifts from Jeremy's parents... they got me a lovely candle holder with a cross on it, and they also surprised me with buying the unity candle and candle holder for our wedding. I also gave them the engagement photo of us that I had enlarged to an 8x10, and they loved it. So now they have the whole family on their wall. Everyone was very proud of me and it felt really good, to be honest... the fact that it was a beautiful day helped! :)
( Photo of me and Jeremy: )D'awwwwww... XD
Directly after mass, we headed over to Mark and Kristy's house, since their daughter, Sierra had made her confirmation (and communion) at the same ceremony! She looked so beautiful in her white dress! It was kind of ironic that we were both making it on the same day... since I was originally supposed to make mine in May. So, we hung out and chatted and ate delicious Italian food, and amused ourselves with their Maltese puppy who's no larger than my cat. One of Sierra's friends at the party said that Jeremy looked like "that guy in the movies!" and we never did find out who he meant... but we found that pretty funny and wondered if he's a Star Wars fan.
We had to leave early to head to Parma before the Indians game, so I grabbed my stuff, changed and we headed out. The Indians game was a nice time, once again with beautiful weather... but we left early due to the Indians really stinking it up. We left in the 7th inning, when the score was 5 to nothing. By the time we got back home the game was over and the final score was 7 to 1. So we didn't miss much. It was a little disappointing but it was still a nice time with Jeremy, of course... and we got free bobble heads and potato chips. Woot!
After the game Jeremy and I got some crazy bread from Little Caesars since we were pretty hungry... and we settled on the couch for a night of gaming. We amused ourselves with Pinball Xtreme and this really random Doritos game about a dinosaur eating Doritos delivery trucks. I know, right? Weird. I played Uncharted for a while before getting frustrated with Nate being mauled by the Decendents every 5 seconds (poor guy!) and I also played with Link for a while, too... (the Chinchilla, not the video game character XD).
We went to bed pretty late, and I basically slept most of Sunday away. I awakened with enough time for breakfast before we headed back to Mentor... and we found that my dad was doing a cookout (hamburgers and hotdogs) so Jeremy and I stopped at the store to pick up some veggie burgers for me. We had a really nice meal (I actually cooked the fries and beans, woot!) and we ate outside on the porch... it was so lovely, it really feels like summertime already! Jeremy had to leave early to do more shopping before heading back to Parma.. and I spent the rest of the night on the computer, basically. I cleaned Kennedy, too.
That's pretty much it! And now... for a slightly more depressing post!
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