Tammi's World

Looking Back

Well, here I am settled in at Tampa airport with about an hour to spare so I thought I'd start some of those promised recaps. Still no pictures yet, for a couple reasons. 1) I won't load that software on my work laptop. and 2) I was so damned busy I really didn't take that many pictures. Oops.

Anyway- Saturday. Saturday was interesting. Got up early and settled out on the deck for my morning coffee with Cuz. The family was all there. Carmen and her beau (at the time) Chris and his lovely partner. Junior, Cuz and her guy. We're sittin' around laughin' and talking when, damn.....I felt something crawling on me. Oh SHIT! ANTS!!! And me, with no EpiPen. Shit Shit Shit.

And you guessed it - as I was yankin' up my shirt and dancing around those suckers were biting away. I have about 5 nice size welts. At least they weren't fire ants, so no visits to the ER, but still, that did NOT make me happy.

Anyway - off I go to Tampa. Do somethings I need to do and visit withh some old friends. Damn, it was so good to see them. And it's just funny to see where we are today compared to where we hoped/dreamed/planned on being......

Heading back to St. Pete I swing buy and pick up That 1 Guy. He's a family favorite and they just couldn't imagine this weekend without him. As it turns out, he was pretty much the hero. Anyway - it was great to see him and get a chance to really talk. Well, when he wasn't stressing over my driving or taking a nap. You'd think after all the miles we've logged together he'd know better than to worry by now. :-)

Get to the hall and well, chaos. Yeah, that's the perfect word. But luckily I had spent hours on the phone with Cuz so I knew pretty much what she wanted. T1G and I get a ladder and start to hang the fabric along the walls. As we get the ladder in place Cuz makes sure he knows NOT to allow me on any rung. At All. Period. Lovely - nice to know my abilities are so respected.

It took a bit longer to pull everything together, but when all was said and done it looked great. Of course, T1G annouces to Cuz that the curtains looked "gay". And I'll tell you - he's the ONLY person that could have gotten away saying that at that time. He actually made her laugh. It was like a miracle or somethin'.

For the Rehersal Dinner we headed to a family resturant called Good Times in South St. Pete/Terre Ceia. It's german style and damned good. I couldn't breath when we were finished - and I didn't even get dessert. Fine Food, Fine Company, Fine Conversation.

Took T1G back to his abode and got back to Cuz's a bit later. Passed out and woke up bright and early Sunday.

Went and got the rental car and.....well, that's for the next post....

Posted by Tammi at October 25, 2006 03:23 PM | TrackBack