Happy Saturday, everyone! My last 24 hours have been pretty
crazy; so please forgive me if this is one of my longer posts, though I promise there
will be plenty of fun pictures for your reading pleasure.
Yesterday around 1:00pm, two of my teammates, Dylan and
Wyatt, picked me up from SRD so that we could head straight from there to Azle,
Texas, for the wedding of one of our YoungLife teammates. I started working at
8:00am, so it was an early morning for me. Our drive was fairly uneventful, and
we made it to The Orchard – the beautiful wedding venue – around 5:30pm for a
6:00pm wedding. After a quick change, we were ready to meet five of our other
teammates who came up earlier that day. I have to brag on our car, because we
were the only car that didn’t get lost on the way over to the venue – dream team, right?
After the ceremony was over, and our team took a few
pictures (of course), we found our table inside and had fun catching up, taking
pictures in the photo booth, and scoping out the drink and hors devoures before
the bride and groom made their way inside. We were all pretty hungry by this
point, so we all jumped up when we were told that we could go ahead and get in
line for food. Dinner was delicious – I split a baked potato with Alex, ate
more than my fair share of green beans, and enjoyed a perfectly moist grilled
chicken breast. A lot of my teammates went for the bacon-wrapped pork fillet,
but as I am not a huge fan of bacon, I opted out of that option, though it
smelled wonderful.
Shortly after that, it was time to hit the dance floor, and
my team pretty much stole the show. Then again, there were eight of us, so that
is to be expected. And none of us are particularly great dancers, but we sure
had fun doing it!
Since Dylan, Wyatt, and I were driving back to Austin that same night, we left around 10:45, so that we would get home at a somewhat reasonable hour. We got home
around 2:15am, and I crawled in bed at 2:30am, falling asleep the instant my
head hit the pillow.
Since I went to bed around 2:30am, you would think I would
sleep in until at least 10:00am. No, I was up and moving at 8:30am, when I
decided a run at Town Lake sounded appealing. Apparently a lot of other people
felt the same way, because the trail was absolutely packed today. I ran one
round of the three-mile loop, and then walked the same loop as a cool down. The
temperature was perfect, there wasn’t much humidity, and after being in a car
for over seven hours yesterday, it felt great to stretch my legs.
I came back to the Clubhouse, ate a quick breakfast, made a
quick Central Market run, whipped up three batches of my banana-oatmeal-almond butter muffins, and biked over to Gregory Gym for a little swim. It’s so sunny
outside that I just want to be outside all the time. I swam one mile before
getting out and spreading out on a lawn chair for a few minutes, before heading
home to shower and make some lunch. I opted for a dairy-free pizza, which I
haven’t had in about a month. It tasted just as good as I remember, so I am
sure my favorite pizza will be making frequent appearances on the blog this summer.
I am currently working the desk at SRD until 10pm, so like
I said, it’s been a crazy 24 hours. I’m hoping to get some good sleep tonight
and tomorrow night, because this summer has worn me out, but in the best way
possible. Enjoy the remainder of your Saturday!
And to end my post - Alyssa and Rich, I am so happy for you guys.
It was a beautiful wedding and I am so glad we got to share that special moment
with the both of you. I wish you guys an eternity of love and happiness – y’all
absolutely deserve it!
who is this handsome guy Dylan?
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