Fri - August 8, 2003

Work day, Play day


This wedding was a huge production. I knew that before I even got there. Tessa and Ian have a lot of loyal and creative friends and family and many of them came out to work at pulling this thing off. I went over to the house in the morning to do my part. My "part" consisted of manual labor and sweating. Happily, a lunch picnic was being held at a local park making my shift relatively short. We went to the park, I stuffed my face sandwiches and cookies, and jumped in the water without waiting the required 30 minutes (yet another joy of being an adult). The swimming hole was an abandoned ore pit. We call them quarries where I come from except back home the quarries rarely have ladders and swimming platforms, let alone lifeguards. I was a fun afternoon, complete with choreographed diving and synchronized swimming much to the bewilderment of the locals.

The best part of the evening came later. We descended on another park for softball, frisbee, swinging on swings, and GENUINE North Carolina BBQ shipped from the great state of North Carolina. I gorged myself on pig and hushpuppies, doused myself in bug spray and sat back to watch the fun. Late that night it was back to the pool and then a rare treat of cable TV.

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