This is going to be a fun one. I think... cause if I don't laugh about some of the shit my family and "new" family does I think I might murder someone. Lord knows (and most of you) that I do have the tools necessary to kill someone.
SO where oh where to begin... well, we didn't really celebrate Christmas cause, well, we just didn't ... no one persons fault. Just A's.... or rather his mother and her veiled threats....
....
we'll save that one for when I get a little more pissed at her
...
anyways
we got packed and ready to go to Las Vegas. Called the Taxi place, the ONLY taxi place in Bismarck, which happens to be a pretty decent one... anyways... it got us to the airport on time. Ahh yes the airport. Where the taxi and the people are on time... but the planes aren't. Neither one of us have flown out of Bismarck airport in an ON TIME flight. but I digress...
We get to Las Vegas only to rent a car and drive to Los Angeles. Oh LA how I miss thee...
we got in late so we weren't able to do Korean BBQ with friends but we made up for it later. Stayed with A's brother and fiance for the night. I got up early to go see a friend at my old J-O-B.... it was good to catch up and have coffee thrust at me (that was actually funny and a lesson in being too excited when talking using hands). Ran a million errands and surprised the kids for being in town. and then, with the help of some of A's friends we got out by 4pm... back to Las Vegas.
Honestly, from there its just a blur. I remember bits and pieces, and a lot of things that pissed me off... but for the most part I remember these highlights:
my best friend hanging out and helping out
getting my hair done with the kids
telling mares & laura to order WHATEVER they wanted....
taking some of the best pictures I've ever had the pleasure to be a part of
trying to track Mara and her insane flight pattern out
zits
counselling sessions
a scarf (and no barf) session on wedding day
Anh & Mares saving the day
getting to see my friends look FAN-FUCKING-TASTIC and having fun
making people cry without trying
trying to spend time with everyone as much as possible
getting to hang out with my aunt, cousin and my dad.... who outlasted my friends that night
staying at the Rio
the AMAZING room at MGM (seriously check out their "wellness rooms" those are awesome)
getting to know A's friends a little better, a lot better....
Seriously. It's mostly a blur. There are parts that I can close my eyes and relive (and from the looks of Bismarck, I'm going to have to for the next six months or so) and it's totally clear to me. But to put it all on paper (or in this case pixels) it's hard to put it out there.
Thankfully I don't remember too much of A's parents. His Dad was very gracious and made it clear how great he thought the wedding looked/went. In fact, he didn't talk to me about anything other than how well the wedding went. That was better than his mother. Who gave A a pretty nice cashiers check and when he thanked them in front of me her response was "well I guess you told her about it"... nah, he got a check that said wedding gift and made sure to keep it a secret from me....
twat
or when she said that the wedding was beautiful, and what a hard time she was having trying to figure out where I cut costs to keep it so cheap, oh wait I know, it must have been... and she kept talking.... she had a list of ten aspect she thought I must've cheaped out on when I finally just got up and went for a desert tray at the buffet.... I can't believe that woman sometimes.
It would take a separate blog to express what she did before Christmas and I'm not up for sharing that just yet... she was awful though... absolutely awful....
My parents on the other hand
were fucking AWESOME
Kath stepped up and helped at whatever spot she could think of (ie- money bag bought and brought to me, and then forcing me to participate in said money dance - thank you to the extra cash!!!) they handed us spending money, they worked around OUR schedule to spend time and get together with us. Especially around A's stomach issues from drinking too much. The best one was getting together with a couple of my friends and all of his friends to try a Korean BBQ in Las Vegas' Chinatown ... which they had never done before (so we may have ruined them for KBBQ).... My Dad held it together whenever he was in my eye line so I didn't totally lose it during the wedding.
And, they are holding our extra stuff that we couldn't take back. Not to mention our wedding topper.
So yeah, we celebrated New Years in Las Vegas
A & I ate at Serendipity with my friends, then hung out inside Cesaers until 11 before heading outside and trying to get on TV.
New Years in Las Vegas... if you're staying on the strip, is awesome
if you're not...
not so much
It was beautiful to see and watch all the crazies but the escape route was insane... at least for me.
Our escape route involved getting squashed in a sea full of people, jumping a k-rail, helping others over the k-rail, walking close to a mile to the Rio (where my parents were and where we parked the car). I drove a group of us back to the timeshare and then came back for A, his bro, and Anh to drive them back.
It was a good thing that I stopped drinking early... otherwise we would've been screwed
SO ... it went well.
Small hiccups here and there and I would've loved to have spent more time with my friends
but it all worked out.
I'm so glad everyone came!
It was amazing...
and then we woke up early on a friday morning... and flew back to Bismarck... where as A coined it
We literally went from one place with everything to do to a place with NOTHING to do.....
Friday was incredibly depressing.
and I was getting sick
so sick that when I cried on the plane it wasn't because we were going back to Bismarck, but because it felt like someone was shoving knives into my ears... but more on that in another entry...
have a good night all
xoxo
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