The past few days have been exceptionally busy and I have needed some serious down time. I am tired and wired at the same time, which is a weird combination. But I do need sleep.
As depicted in item to the left, we had a wedding to attend last Saturday. My cousin Julie tied the knot. I honestly could not wait to wear this dress! My little sister was concerned it wasn't quite age appropriate...
The wedding ceremony was beautiful. Julie hired the same vocalist that Nate and I used at our church. He's like Josh Groban, only better. The reception was pretty good as well, even though I shouldn't have been dancing. Now, my cousin has most of the movie Mrs. Doubtfire memorized. Since she seemed to have the DJ playing a lot of modern rap mixed with some slow country I had this crazy idea. I requested House of Payne's Jump Around. I mean, the only other Mrs. Doubtfire alternative would have been Dude Looks Like a Lady, which I'm pretty sure wouldn't fly at a wedding. So... there was a lot of jumping. Did I mention I'm having knee surgery sometime this summer?
Today I turned 30 years old. Last night I went to Duff's with my cousin Steve. We met my husband there after he wrapped up his Bazillian Jiu Jitsu class at the training center. My sister was waitressing, which was cool. Pretty wired, we called it quits and went home around 9:00. Nate and I stayed in and watched some TV for the rest of the evening. I didn't sleep well...
This morning I was woken to my husband bearing gifts. I first opened two Ben Folds CDs. Then I was presented with what appeared to be an 8x10 framed picture... when I opened it, it was a picture of Micky Dolenz, autographed and personalized to me! I had to laugh. I loved The Monkees and was really surprised by this. It's the first celebrity picture I have that's autographed and personalized to me!
We decided to head out to the Original House of Pancakes in Williamsville. I got a blueberry waffle and Nate got a strawberry crepe. Then my grandparents walked in. We motioned for them to come over and join us.
I also did something huge today, given how frugal I am. Nate and I went to this little music shop in Niagara Falls. Twelve years ago, for just a year, I picked up my 5th instrument to play in the high school Wind Symphony my senior year. I didn't get very far in only a year, but I learned to appreciate how cool it could be. The thing is, I just never got back into it... but...
I BOUGHT A BASSOON! The owner thew in a couple of reeds and a beginner's lesson book when I told him my story, mentioned it was my birthday and how I really wanted to learn this instrument to the best of my ability. I have only completed a couple of lessons, but... here we are! I need to name her... hmmm...
I am going to get my pro-model alto saxophone fixed up there when I have the time to drive it out there. Nate will be able to pick it up on his way home from work during the week.
On the topic of music, I have been very happy slowly getting back into it. I've been running some very basic scales on my keyboard and have been playing some old tunes just for fun. This is going to take a lot of time and patience, but I am trying to learn some Ben Folds stuff. I really shouldn't be surprised that it's a bit difficult. As much as wanted to jump into Philosophy... I made it through two measures and realized I wasn't anywhere near that level.
I flipped though the book and decided that Brick would be easy to learn. Honestly, it's almost too easy... but I haven't played it perfectly yet. Music makes me feel alive... it's not running, but it's something productive that makes me happy. I just cannot come home every day feeling sorry for myself...
This evening my mom had us over for a lovely dinner and dessert. I don't like cake much, so she made this strawberry thing. She made me a beautiful book of my first 30 years of life on mixbook.com. I absolutely love it. My sister got me a Duff's t-shirt and gift card. My grandparents got my a Tim Horton's mug with a Lebro's gift card. My grandmother gave me a dollar for each year of my life! My closest cousin, Steve came and joined us too! It really just made my evening...
In any event, I am so excited that I likely will not sleep tonight. But today is a day I will remember forever. Life isn't perfect, but it's good. I truly believe that every time God closes one door, another is opened... I just have to be open to running through it... even if I can't run anymore...
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