My Best Friends Wedding

Oops... I wrote this FOREVER ago!  Nic and Ashley got married March 2!  I wrote this the next week... I guess it is time to post it!

Ok, so maybe not my best friend... But the title is definitely fitting! Nic and I go WAY back. We went to elementary school together, so I have known him since I was like 6. In seventh grade, he "asked me out". Kinda funny because we were 12! Where were we going to go? I actually told him I would think about it. I told him yes a couple days later. He was my middle school boyfriend, and part of high school. We remained friends even after we broke up. He was always there, always funny, and ALWAYS honest.  We kept in touch when we went away to different colleges, and even ended up working together a few years later! We were both first year teachers at the first school I worked at. My second year there, he actually worked in my classroom for part of the day as my inclusion support. Oh goodness, I couldn't have made it without him some of those days! It wa a tough group of kids! Great guy. We used to watch the movie "My Best Friends Wedding" together almost every weekend... So, therefore, the title is fitting!

He got married on March 2nd in Arkansas, and Chris and I were invited! We decided to go, booked a room at the hotel they had reserved rooms at, and looked up directions on google maps. They got married at Ouachita Baptist University. My sister Kim went there, so I had been there before maybe once but totally did not remember the drive. Chris made the drive out there... I take that back, Chris drove the entire weekend! I was extremely grateful that he drove because I was so tired! I have so much going on at school and I am wearing myself out, so I was in no shape to drive to long distances! I tend to get tired while driving. I know that is not a good thing, but it is what it is. The drive was easy- long but pretty, high speed limits! We left Saturday morning about 7-ish and got there around 12:30. When we checked into the resort (on Degray Lake, I think it is a state park or something... It is RIDICIOUSLY beautiful)  the lady said we could check in early to a regular room or wait until 4:00 to get a lakeside view. We decided to go ahead and check in so we could get ready in time for the wedding that started at 2:00. We got ready quickly and saw Nic's mom, Janet, on the way out. I was surprised she wasn't ready yet, but didn't think too much of it. We headed to Walmart to get a couple things we needed then headed straight to the wedding chapel, which was about 25 miles away from the resort. As we were about to pull up, I couldn't get the thought of the mother of the groom not being ready so close to the start of the wedding, so I pulled out the invitation. It didn't start until 4:00! We had two options, either head back to the resort, hang out 20 minutes, then go back to the wedding OR find somewhere local hang out until it was time. We chose option 2. We found a little sports bar near by to get something to eat and have a couple drinks. On the way back to the wedding, I was so tired I fell asleep in the car. The wedding was beautiful. I was shocked there were so many people there I knew! The drive to the reception was another 20 minutes away, and again I fell asleep in the car! Needless to say, I didn't make it very long at the reception... Which sucks because I would have liked to spend more time catching up with everyone, but I was exhausted. 

We got to sleep in Sunday then get ready for the long ride back. Overall, it was a good weekend. Makes me even more excited about my wedding! And to Nic and Ashley, Chris and I wish you nothing but the best!