The Trip, the Visit, and the Wedding
Mood:  lazy
I know you have all been waiting with baited breath for my update. I will try not to disappoint.

George is fine, he is still alive. He lasted nearly an entire week by himself. Woohoo!

Wednesday I had a flight out of Portland at 6 AM. It was an empty and easy flight. I arrived in phoenix at 9:45 and was picked up by mom, Jessica and Jason. We hung out all day and had a blast. We saw 'Hoodwinked', we had lunch with John, we did a baby hike to the wedding spot, we visited Maryann, Jennifer and Glenn, and then we ended the day with dinner at La Casa Serrano's with John, Arlinda and Katie (Katie was sick so she had missed out on the days events). La Casa managed to offer the worst service and worst dining experience I have had in a long time, I mean I decided not to order a second beer! I was ready to party and everyone around me was heading to bed. I soon discovered that I was exhausted because next thing I knew it was morning.

Thursday began with a cup of freshly squeezed grapefruit juice. Soon, mom and I were off shopping for vegetables for the wedding's veggie tray. We picked John up and had lunch at Chili's. We headed back home and I decided against the movie option because nothing seemed worth seeing. So we headed to Rula Bula for Irish bread and a pint. We explored the new art in Tempe, enjoyed the Guinness and then headed back to mom's house. That was where I absconded with the minivan and headed to Doug and Amber's house for dinner and an evening of conversation.

Friday arrived and I started painting the fence for my mom. Time flew by and soon John and I were having Ruebens and a glass of Guinness for a St. Patrick's Day celebration. Then I was back to painting. I finished, got cleaned up and we headed to Bob and Nancy's for a wonderful dinner. Vida, Bobio and Mary Jane were also there. It was great food and a good time. I headed to Kevin's after while mom and Becky past out watching the Daily Show. Kevin and I drank several varieties of beer including hoegaarden, stella, Guiness, harp, and a double bock. We also had Irish car bombs and ended up talking until 5 AM.

At 8 AM I was heading back to mom's house. Where I showered and visited with mom, Maryann and Becky. Then I snuck in a nap until it was dim sum time. Pete, dad, Bob R and I headed to dim sum and consumed mass quantities of food. Dad, Pete and I hung out until I started to fade. So I was dropped off at mom's house and I took a nap until it was time to head to Macayo's to meet Glenn's family and eat lots of chips and salsa. By this time Katie was feeling better and Jason was hit by the cold. We had a nice dinner which spilled over to mom's house where we drank, munched on girl scout cookies and clover shaped sopa pillas made by Jennifer. I headed to bed after everyone left and fell asleep quickly.

Sunday arrived and with it the rain came. It was the second day in 150 days to have rain. I was up early and soon found myself at Coco's having eggs benedict while mom had fruit. Then we headed back to mom's house where we loaded the truck and the van with things for the wedding. Tables, chairs, flowers, vegetables, margaritas, me (the rev), and mom and Becky. We headed over to M&G's clubhouse in the suddenly pouring rain where we quickly unloaded everything and set it up inside. That was all done rather quickly and soon I was just standing around while people tried to figure out whether or not we were headed to the mountain for the ceremony. The plan became to go to the mountain and to make a decision there. With everybody milling about in front of the path the decision to brave the now amazingly light drizzle was made and we headed to the marriage spot. Where I performed the ceremony, read the poem and their homemade vows and then presented the married couple to the crowd. Who then ripped them apart limb from limb..... or maybe the crowd just took pictures.

That is it for now, I will get back to this later. My niece Jessica thinks sometimes I write too much so I figure I will have a part two to avoid the over writing and boringness factor that may result.