congrats to sarah and joe

so its done. my good friend from high school is now married. how weird. sure ive had about, hmm, 1 friend get married already. but thats different, i met her in college and she had been with the same guy since before i knew her. the two were always kind of one in my mind. who'd have thunk when i met sarah that she'd be married in only a few years?
 
the whole weekend was great. im still tired from it. a lot of firsts for me... first massage (relaxing, but still not my favorite thing), first manicure, first maid of honor, first champagne (you are wrong about this j, it was excellent), first wedding in PA.
 
not only did the wedding preparations, the wedding and the reception go smoothly, i made a couple new friends. the two friends of sarah's from the get together thursday night were helping out with everything before. nicole stayed with sarah and came to the hair and nail place and mike hung out the whole time because he was in charge of videography for a wedding dvd. they're such fun people. and amazing really. sarah knows how to pick them, or maybe just God is generous. its sad that they both live in l.a. though. soon sarah and joe are going to be in the bahamas. i should get some work done before they get back, get it out of the way.
 
it was such a nice day too. it only rained at 10pm, right when we were dropping off decorations at a house. when i got home, i tried really hard to read, play a game, do anything. all i could do was sleep. too much excitement. i didtn even take my hair down and wash it. that was way too much effort. it was an up-do with curls and TONS of hairpins. i think its definitely time for a haircut, the hairdresser told me so and i agree. i was waiting until after this wedding. and oh!! i forgot. sarah gave the three of us (me, mike, nicole) self-portraits that she painted. they are wonderful. im always amazed at what she can create. i'll post a picture of mine. she was going for an untraditional look, with some symbolization. unfortunately, im still on mom's computer and i dont have the ftp info/password. but soon... anyway. the need for a haircut is what reminded me of the portrait, where my hair is short. like it was in hs all those years. i miss it.
 
i saw a lot of examples of people going out of their way to help others out this weekend. it got me thinking about how i could change for the better. it seems i always think about this but never act on it. its good to be reminded.