wedding

As expected it has taken a while to finally write the second blog. Hopefully the habit will kick in soon. Mother's Day weekend was busy at work and with everything else. I took Chuckles to Chattanooga to get his grandmother's caddy. The short road trip was nice, and finding a granny's treasures was fun too---kind of like antiquing.
Enough about my fairly boring weekend---ha never! I had the pleasure of going to my good friend, Zach's bachelor party. A few weeks ago, I went to his fiancés bachelorette party. One might wonder how I went to both, but it's clearly due to the fact that I'm just the special one :)  Anyways, it has been interesting and humorous to watch and experience the last few weeks of this couple's relationship before they become officially married.
Nicoles got a hotel with her friends for her night. We went to the Old City---after I finally ended a heated debate with a "preacher" on the side of the road, I met up with the ladies. We were on our way to Hannah's but got stopped by the bouncers at Southbound who offered us two free champagne bottles if we came in----bachelorette parties are indeed the best!!!! We had one too many shots (which is like two for Nicole :)), took too many pictures--many of which were of Nicole completing a number of dares that involved random guys at the bar. My personal favorite was her tiara/crown/veil that had springy penis shaped things on it. My idea of the perfect night such as this would be in a big city like Miami or Chicago with multiple bars, maybe a drag or srtip show---one that might be extra personal at the hotel haha. But i enjoyed Nicoles choice of events---it was simple but still just as fun as anything else cause good friends and good drinks can only translate into a good time.
As many know, I never plan on getting married, but I still would love to have the ultimate bachelor party. In all honesty that has pretty much what most days of my life are like ha. Again, a big city---Vegas as the top choice of course---Hangover style, several bars, maybe a strip club and those things. I already discussed with Nicole a stripper, but as no surprise she objected to this. Zach's party was at his brother Wes's house. We grilled out, played pong, and drank from a keg that took three taps to finally work .I was dying to go out to the bars, or call over some ladies. Kyle agreed too. But that's not what our buddy Zach wanted, and it was his big night after all. He just wanted the closest of guy friends, some good food and beer, good music, and of couuuurse a game system. A little game of pool and that pretty much summed up the night. Again, not my idea of what I would do, but Zach wasn't even interested in any ladies. His only lady is Nicole, and he could care less about others. So as the crazy, wild one of the group I might laugh at their ideas of good party before marrying, but at the same time I love it and had a blast at both. I'm excited for both of them, and I know---even just based on how they acted at their parties---which is when, if ever, they had a chance to go completely crazy with their friends and members of the opposite sex. They just wanted close friends to celebrate this huge milestone in their life. I haven't experienced that kind of love, but I know it's real when I see them. Congrats Zach and Nicole. I love you both and CANT WAIT until the big day! On the webpage for their wedding it says I am the most likely to embarrass myself somehow----I hope and am quite confident this will happen :)  
until the next post,
marcus