time flies...

things have been a little bit more busy these past few weeks...a wedding, birthdays, out-of-town visitors, school starting...here are a few random details:

- at the wedding, the groom pretty much cried throughout the whole ceremony and parts of the reception. at one point during the ceremony, the bride started crying, so the maid of honor got out the kleenex and dabbed at her face, then turned and started dabbing at the groom's face. that was a great moment...

- went to the pirates dinner show (like medieval times, but with pirates) for james' birthday. good family fun, except i had issue with one part of the show, when the pirate captain slaps the hostage princess. so yeah, first of all, he slaps her and knocks her to the ground...i mean, she was kinda annoying, but that was pretty bad. then the pirate captain's wife jokes that it reminds her of her honeymoon...making jokes about domestic violence...yeah, okay. did i say good family fun?

- bow came to visit all the way from the motherland...with her son! last time i saw her was when she was pregnant, about a year ago...crazy.

- school started last week, though that doesn't really change things for me since i'm not taking any classes - just more traffic and less parking around campus. but, i was talking to friends about how this year's freshman class was born in 1988...1988!!!!! sigh...