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my baton competition! [Feb. 11th, 2007|05:05 pm]
[Current Mood | happy]

I had a baton competition at Newton Falls today, the first of the year and the first since my knee surgery.

I got 6th place in modeling, but I hate modeling so it's okay. I got second place in best appearing, first in my fancy strut (and that's the first time I've ever done it!), first in novice solo, and first in beginner visitor's solo.

I moved up from novice to beginner today!! I got two of the three wins I needed today so I'm really excited. =]

This day is so perfect, I don't think anything can make it bad.
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(no subject) [Jan. 20th, 2007|12:23 pm]
My sister Mary had to write an essay in her 7th grade language arts class on her favorite person. She wrote about me! This is it:

“Mar, will you do my hair?” Jenn called from her bedroom. “Sure, come on in.”
Jenn has many wonderful features that stand out about her. One is her golden personality that matches her highlights.
Her eyes, hazel, and dark brown hair, curly like a spring. Her smile beams like a star. And she has freckles sprinkled over her two pale cheeks.
Jenn does many things for me. She gives me daily fashion tips like, “Oh, go change. That doesn’t match, but your hair looks cute, though!”
She is a caring, extremely sensitive young lady. When she’s mad, it radiates throughout the room. When she’s happy, it seems that the whole world knows. We all enjoy her company and nothing’s the same without her.
Jenn does many things for me, my family, and the community in general. We also have many things in common. We live for high school football games, sleeping in until eleven everyday in the summer, and we also love having matching marks on our left hands, on the bottom right hand corner.
She is motivated, basically, by failing. But no matter what, she leaves the house wearing, she’s wonderful and I love her.



It was sitting by the computer and nobody was home when I found it and read it. I must have cried for 5 minutes. I love my sister, she's my best friend. ♥
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(no subject) [Jan. 2nd, 2007|11:31 am]
I can hardly believe it is 2007 already. This year has flown by! It was filled with many good things, a few bad, but all in all, it was great.

January was fun. I went to Ryan's house for a big New Year's Eve party with everyone. They had a chocolate fountain and I think I ate all their fruit and other foods to dip in the chocolate.. We went to Disney World for a week. That was my 7th time there. It never gets old though. I could go to Disney every year and never, ever get sick of it.

In February, I didn't have a valentine. I was so sad, but then people made me realize that you don't have to have a valentine to be happy on Valentine's Day. Other people care about you, and that's all that matters. My uncle even sent me roses for Valentine's Day. I also bought my modeling dress. I loved it then, and I still love it now!

In March, baton competition and clinic season started for me! I went to Wooster, Ohio, for a clinic one Saturday and had an amazing time. It was my first clinic for baton (I'd been going to dance conventions since fourth grade) and I learned so much! I even got to talk to my hero, Jessica Megliss, while I was there. She's a Majorette at Pitt and that's where I want to go to school and twirl. I also had a big weekend competition in Sharon. I was in my first pagaent, the Miss TU Regional Majorette Pagaent. I modeled for the first time and had to do an interview that I was terrified about. I also competed a show routine for the first time. I won third place in the open solo, and I placed 6th overall in the pagaent. Not too good, but better than last place! The next day my team won first place in the TU Regional group contest. I went to Sadies with Johnny in March and we had a really good time together. I'm glad I got to go with my best friend. The Twirling Angels also won the North Atlantic Regional Senior Large Beginner dance twirl champions. That day I competed my solo and won second place, but didn't place first only because of the protection rule.

The beginning of April was really hard for me. My daddy had skin cancer removed from his neck and back, and I really thought he was going to die. He ended up being fine, though. He just always has to wear sunscreen now, and I always make sure he has it on because I'm the best daughter ever. I had a baton competition in Newton falls and got third for my show routine, third in modeling, fourth in best appearing, and a disappointing fourth in my solo. I twirled at the mall in April, too. I made Majorettes again in April. Of course. I expected to make it, it's not THAT hard.

May was an interesting month. I went out with David (big mistake!). That's probably the one thing I regret doing this year. He pushed me to do stuff I didn't feel comfortable doing and then broke up with me because I wouldn't. At the Sharon baton competition, the Twirling Angels won first place in both routines we competed. I got second in my show routine, third in modeling, sixth in best appearing, and second in my solo! My baton recital went great.

In June, I had my first Miss Majorette of Pennsylvania Pagaent. I did not so swell in the modeling and strut portions, but I had my first no-drop solo when I was competing! I was so excited!!!! I got second in the open solo and 5th in the pagaent. I was discouraged at first, but then I realized that twirling is the most important thing to me, modeling has nothing to do with how good of a twirler you are. And I'm no good at strut because of my knee. David and I broke up, and I realized who my true friends were. We went to California for a week, too. We visited San Jose, Yosemite, the Giant Sequoia forest, Fresno, Visalia, Morro Bay, Avila Beach, Monterey, and San Francisco.

July: I won first place in my solo on the 9th. That was the happiest moment of my life so far. I had my cousin's wedding shower because I was a bridesmaid. I finally started catching my three-baton juggles and by the end of the month, I was doing ten! I went back to the knee doctor because I was in sooo much pain. He prescribed physical therapy (that was my 5th time there) again.

August - We went to Columbus for a few days and went to the Ohio State Fair. It was kind of boring, but also kind of fun. I like the ice cream there even though I'm lactose intolerant. We went to the mall while we were there and I got dresses for the next two wedding showers and the rehearsal dinner. My birthday was the 9th, I turned 15. I got up at 6:35 because that's what time I was born, I do it every year. I had physical therapy, babysat, and had majorette practice on my birthday too. It wasn't my best birthday, that's for sure. August 12 was the first time Cody ever took me out, we went to see Step Up. The two weeks of band camp were stupid, as usual. I'm so glad a few of the seniors are going to be gone, they can be such bitches. Actually, just one of the majorette seniors is who I want to leave. Everyone else can stay. Our bus broke down on the way to Kennywood, I don't think anyone will ever forget that! I got to spend the whole day with Cody. Physical therapy was over and didn't help me one bit, so Dr. Uberti gave me a cortisone shot. Cody asked me to homecoming and I was sooo excited!!

September - The Labor Day parade was super fun. I love parades! The next day was the first day of school and Meet the Devils Night. We got to twirl fire, and that's the day Cody and I started dating. =] Betsy's wedding was the 9th. It was a beautiful wedding and I had the best partner ever. He was drunk by the bridal party dance, so his fiance made him leave soon after. I pretty much spent the whole month with Cody.

October - Homecoming was amazing. After a month of dieting because the seamstress took in my dress too much, it was actually too big for me. My hair was beautiful, Cody looked great. He even gave me a bracelet with a key and a heart on it for Sweetest Day. We scheduled my knee surgery for November 15, after the regular football season was over. Most of the month was spent with Cody.

November - My knee surgery was at 7:30 on November 15. My daddy is the pharmacy director in three UPMC hospitals, so everyone seems to think he's important. He came down when I was in the pre-op room and everyone realized he was my dad. The anesthesiologist said he was nervous about doing a good job because of my dad! The nurses were all extremely extra-nice after that. When I was in the operating room, my friend's dad who is a surgeon came back to give me a hug and tell me good luck. The next thing I know, I hear "Pepcid! Give her Pepcid!" and I'm holding Zack's mommy's hand. They had to give me Pepcid because I always get really sick after surgery. Dr. Uberti shaved out the 2 1/2 inches long plica that was bothering me. He also had to add an extra hole above my knee, and there's tons of fluid in there. I can't feel my knee at all, it's completely numb. When Dr. Uberti was trying to remove the plica, he couldnt get it out of the hole he wanted to, so he had to pull it the whole way across my knee and damaged a lot of the nerves in there. The physical therapists tell me I'll never get feeling back. I went with Cody for Thanksgiving, it was fun.

December - I started physical therapy AGAIN. (#6) It's no fun, and this time it actually hurts really, really bad. Christmas was amazing. I have the best boyfriend ever. He even came to midnight mass with me even though he's not Catholic. New Years Eve was amazing with him too. I don't know what I would do without him in my life.
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cody! [Dec. 7th, 2006|03:20 pm]
Why Girls Like Guys:

They always wear your favorite cologne (which happens to be the one you bought him for his birthday).
The way they run their fingers through your hair.
That look they give you that makes you just want to die right then and there.
The way they kiss away your tears.
The way they get mad when they can’t make your problem go away.
The way they show off around their friends, even though you know you would love him if he missed a basket or two.
The way they make it their own personal mission to make sure you’re never cold.
That confused look they get on their faces when you are mad at them, guaranteed to make your heart melt and your anger fade away.
The way they always let you win any game you play together.
And when you point this out to them they pretend to have no idea what you’re talking about.
That smile they flash that can make your stomach drop to your feet.
The way they call to apologize after you had a big fight.
The way they touch and hold you so gently, as if they are afraid they will break you.
The way they say “I love you.”
The way they kiss you.
The way they kiss you after making up from a fight.
The way they hold you when you’re crying.
The way they think they are your big protector.
The way they say “I miss you” even though they hate to admit it.
The way you miss everything about them when they are gone.
The way they comfort you when you have had a bad day.
The way they write you love letters even though they think it’s uncool.
Regardless of whether you love them, hate them, wish they would die, or know that you would die without them… it matters now.
Because once they enter your life, whatever you were to the world, they become everything to you.
When you look them in the eyes, traveling to the depths of their souls and you say a million things without even speaking, you know that your own life is consumed by their love.
We love them for a million reasons;
it is a thing, an indescribable feeling.
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(no subject) [Nov. 28th, 2006|05:30 pm]
They all say we're too young to love. The truth is, we probably know more about it than them, it's just a little harder though. We're kids--young, and stupid. We all say we're fearless and give off the impression that nothing scares us, but we all go to bed that night with thousands of thoughts filled in our head. What we want, who we are, what we're fighting everyday, and how to conquer our fears. We haven't figured ourselves out yet and we don't know what we want. We all have images and ideas of what we want, but when you get it, it's like you never really wanted it anyway. Everyone's worrying about what they get soon because they think they're running out of time and you don't stop and actually realize what you really want and what you really have.







Be very careful if you make a woman cry, because God counts her tears. The woman came out of a man's rib. Not from his feet to be walked on. Not from his head to be superior, but from the side to be equal. Under the arm to be protected, and next to the heart to be loved.
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(no subject) [Nov. 21st, 2006|11:44 am]
[Current Mood | lonely]

So my knee surgery went well, I guess. I don't know. All I know is that I can't walk and six days later I'm still in a great amount of pain.

It was a lot different than last time though. We had to be at the hospital at six because it was scheduled for 7:30. I had Mrs. Llewellyn, she's my favorite nurse there. They didn't do my bloodwork the weekend before like last time, and I got to get the IV in my arm instead of my hand. That made me sooo happy. Then they realized I was supposed to have other bloodwork done, so they had to use the other arm too. Then a respiratory therapist came up to give me this inhaler. Last time I didn't have asthma so I didn't have to do this. Apparently when people have asthma or other conditions, the anesthesia could make your throat close up or something with your lungs. So I guess that was just to make sure I would be okay. Grandma and Papa came to see me, but only grammy and mommy got to come back to the pre-op room. Daddy is the Pharmacy Director at that hospital, Greenville, and Franklin, but he was in Farrell that day so he got to come back too. He's allowed to go wherever he wants, he could have put scrubs on and come back to the operating room with me if he wanted, at least that's what the nurses back there were telling me.

All the nurses came back and introduced themselves to me and tried to make me smile. I guess my dad is really important at the hospital so they all wanted to be nice to me. Then the anesthesiologist came back and introduced himself and went to get all my stuff ready. Dr. Uberti finally came back and signed my knee and marked off the place where he had to shave out the plica band. Then Zack Bress's mommy came and took me away from my parents and grandma. I of course, cried. It's like a surgery tradition. I cried when I got my appendix out, when I got my wisdom teeth out, and both knee surgeries. My daddy even gave me a kiss and told me he loved me and I was shocked. My dad has never, not once in my life, told me he loves me. He must have though I was going to die or something. After they wheeled me into the OR, Ryan's daddy came back to give me a hug and talk to me. I didn't realize he was doing surgeries that day, but its okay because it really cheered me up! He left and Zack's mom held my hand. That's all I remember.

The next thing I know, I hear my daddy laughing and telling my family, "Here comes Sleeping Beauty!" My teeth were chattering a lot and everyone laughed at me, it was from the anesthesia my daddy said. Then I got to come home eventually!

Dr. Uberti said he shaved out this plica band that was in my knee that was about 2 1/2 inches long and was as hard as a guitar string. He said it was no wonder my knee had been hurting so bad. But I guess I wouldn't stop bleeding after he shaved that out, so he had to use this machine to make it stop and he added tons of fluid to my knee and thigh. And he had to make another hole above my knee, so now I have three. Yay. And now, six days later, I still feel like I'm dying. I just hope this surgery works because I don't have time to have knee surgery every year and a half!
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(no subject) [Nov. 13th, 2006|08:58 pm]
Today was... absolutely perfect.

Early dismissal at school, went to Cody's for a little bit, stopped at home to get money from mommy, Eastwood Mall, Steak n Shake.

He even went through the drive-thru at steak n shake so I could have a chocolate milkshake. =]
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(no subject) [Nov. 8th, 2006|09:35 pm]
[Current Music |Maid In Manhattan]

Sooo, my knee surgery is a week from today!! I'm so nervous already. My mom finally talked my dad into it. He wanted me to go to Pittsburgh and the Sports Medicine place I used to go to down there, but he didn't want to take all the time off work to take me and then take me back down for my surgery. So instead I'm going to get it at UPMC in Farrell. It should be around 8 or something in the morning and I'll be home by 1. I am sooooo scared!!!! =[
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(no subject) [Oct. 26th, 2006|03:10 pm]
Homecoming was, in a word, amazing. I looked beautiful, Cody looked great, I got zippered up in my dress after 3 weeks of eating nothing but carrots and chicken. It was everything I hoped it would be. It was even better than last year, and I truly didn't think anything could top that.

My knee surgery is scheduled for November 15. I've already been through 3 surgeries (when I got my appendix out in 2003, my knee surgery in 2004, and my wisdom teeth in 2005) but I'm still scared. I just want to be okay to twirl and not have to have any more surgeries until after I'm done twirling in college..

Yeah, that's all I have to say right now. I'm just not in a very writing mood, I guess.
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(no subject) [Oct. 23rd, 2006|01:29 am]
Because you're not like all the rest. You're that boy that I can be myself in front of, that boy that I can say anything around. The one I can smile, laugh and cry with. The one I can cuddle with and fight with. And you're that boy that at the end of the day I'll always be completely, head over heels in love with.



Smile.
It makes a world of difference.
Dance.
Who knows when you won't be able to.
Cry.
Holding those emotions in is bad for you.
Kiss.
Kisses are the most wonderful things in the world.
Laugh.
What's the point in hiding happiness?
Frown.
Why not let him know you're unhappy?
Apologize.
You don't want to lose friends.
Hug.
There's no better feeling being wrapped up close to someone you love.
Live.
Because life is everything
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(no subject) [Oct. 10th, 2006|09:49 pm]
Perfect isn't a good enough word to describe what you are to me. Something about you makes every day brighter, every smile truer, every laugh louder. You do something to me that no amount of words will ever be able to explain and everyday I find myself falling deeper and deeper in love with you.
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I have him. [Oct. 7th, 2006|03:27 am]
I have someone who doesn't care that I never wear shoes, that im incapable of staying still, that I can't grasp the concept of cleaning and I refuse to be lady-like. Someone who realizes that half the decisions I make, I'll regret, and I have the right to overreact at any moment. I have someone who knows I'm completely insane and he wouldnt want me any other way.
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(no subject) [Oct. 5th, 2006|06:52 pm]
So today's mine and Cody's 1 month anniversary. That might not seem like a lot to some people, but it is long. And we've been "talking" since last September. It was worth the wait, though. Cody had a golf tournament today and he wasn't at school, so we celebrated on Tuesday. He surprised me with a rose in my locker and this really sweet note that he wrote all by himself. I started crying when I read it and so did all of my friends. He took me out to dinner on Tuesday night too. He's such an amazing boyfriend, I am so lucky.

Tuesday I went to the knee doctor. The cortisone shot worked, so the scar tissue is what's been hurting me for the last year and a half. Dr. Uberti wants me to have the surgery to get that taken out and clean everything else out of there, but my dad's definitely not going for it. He says he doesn't trust Dr. Uberti with my knee again, he already had his shot. But he won't call Sports Medicine in Pittsburgh for me to go to my surgeon down there, either. My mom, my baton teacher, and everyone else thinks I need to get this stupid surgery and I need to get it now. If I don't get it on November 15, I can't get it until NEXT November. And we all agree there's absolutely no way I can wait that long. If I get it on November 15, then I'll be okay to twirl by January (hopefully) and compete in February, go to Disney with the band and tryout for Majorettes in the spring. I can't get it after school is out because there's still some summer competitions and I refuse to waste my summer because I can't twirl or walk. I won't be ready to twirl at band camp for 7 hours a day if I get it in June either. So now or next year are my only two options. Mommy said to plan on getting it now, she just has to convince daddy..

Besides that, I'm the luckiest girl in the whole entire world. =]
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(no subject) [Sep. 25th, 2006|03:21 pm]
Insecurities. They're what girls live by. Every girls has insecurities. Every girl has doubts. That's just how it is. We love to hear from guys that we're wrong. That we're funny, pretty, perfect. We're just waiting for that right guy to come along to make us feel special, like one of a kind. We want a guy that puts us above anyone else. We want a guy that's afraid to lose us. That if they did, means they lost their world. We want to be their world.
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To My Girlfriend [Sep. 24th, 2006|12:39 am]
[Current Mood | loved]

Jenn,
2 weeks and 4 days have passed so fast.....
However, i guess we did "talk" for almost a year.... with a few(very un-necessary) breaks during the course of that year. I can honestly admitt that these feelins I have for you I have never felt before. You honestly are all I think about all of the time, and In school.... I can barely wait 42minutes to see u. After about 25 minutes of waiting my leg starts to shake and I sometimes can't breath... I honestly dont think I could go more than a day without seeing you, and I know that I couldn't live without you. You mean everything to me and I Love you. I do.... I Love you more than anyone could possibly imagine. Just as you were writting your Journal that u just posted I thought back on that movie that we watched. I understand why u cried... I thought about myself on a plane that was hi-jacked. I thought about what I would say to you..... My words would never be able to express the feeling I have for you. I thought about how those men tried to over take the terrorists... and I realized that If i were in that situation Id do the same. I would die for you.
I would not just take a bullet for you, I would fight to my death just to be able to come home to you, to see your beautiful face, and to have you make my worst days the best days. Thinking about this brought a tear to my eye. I realized that I have truely found love in my life. Not love that is among family members, but a different love..... A love that can only be described as Extasy.
If I had to die tomorrow I would do so knowing that I died loving the one person that I can't see a future without. I'm sorry if your mad I wrote in your journal.... but I thought that It was important that not only you knew how I felt, but that everyone knew how I felt about you, and about the feelings I feel for you.


Jenn Lynn I Love You.
I Love You More.

Love,
Cody
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(no subject) [Sep. 23rd, 2006|11:50 pm]
[Current Music |In Terms of Love - SheDaisy]

Last week was pretty good, I guess. Unless you count failing my chemistry test. I got to skip teaching CCD with my mommy on Monday and go over Cody's house so he could help me with my trig homework. Tuesday night Cody and I watched House. I love that show sooo much!! Wednesday night was the Mercer County Band Show. I didn't like it, especially because it was so cold. We had to wear our uniforms, and of course they're halter tops with almost completely open backs.. And since it was so cold, I got to have a wonderful asthma attack. Cody tried to help me with that, but I didn't have my inhaler with me, so we had to call my mom to come from where she was sitting in the stands to bring the one she carries for me. She tries to go to everything I do and she was really happy she could be there that night. I know parents, especially moms, like to be there for everything their kids do, but sometimes I get the feeling like my mom wants to be there in case my asthma attack gets too bad for just me or Cody to handle. I know she would never forgive herself if something happened to me and she wasn't there. Thursday night I had baton from 8-9. We started learning our dance twirl routine, it's really pretty. I think the song's called "I Will Go The Distance" It's from Hercules, I know that. I got hit in the head with my baton though. I was doing a one spin, left fan kick, one spin and when I looked up to catch it, it came down and hit above my right eye. I still have a pretty bad headache from it.

Friday we had early dismissal, thank god. School definitely isn't very fun this year. I don't have any classes with any of my friends except for Johnny. It's just kind of lonely. So we got out at like 1:30. I was sitting at the table reading my new People magazine that just came and Cody came over. We were sitting at the table because I was waiting to get Nina off the bus, and he said something about how he forgot something in his car that I had to go get for him. And he told me not to look inside his car while I was walking out. I opened the trunk or whatever and there's three roses sitting there. One big pink one and two little red ones. I almost cried. It was so sweet. Nobody has ever done anything that nice before in my entire life. He brought the pink one for me and the red ones for Mary and Nina. I guess he was trying to make me not mad at him because he raced Billy on Thursday night and I found out and got mad. It worked. But only a little. My mommy came home on her break from work with Papa John's so we ate and I got ready for the game and mommy put my ugly thing the majorettes have to wear in my hair.

We played at Linesville and of course we beat them. It was rainy and kind of cold. The freshman didn't bring their sweatsuits and their warmups, so we all had to wear our uniforms and freeze. I was extremely pissed. My asthma attack wasn't as bad though. I wasn't allowed to take any Advil after lunchtime and I used my Advair right before I left the house, plus I used my inhaler 2nd quarter and right after halftime, and it wasn't a really bad one. I was happy. And to top it all off, I had my second no-drop halftime of the season. I've only been to three games because I had to miss one for the wedding. I'm happy that I'm starting to be confident enough that I know I'm not going to drop. I finally had my no-drop for my solo at Miss Majorette of Pennsylvania, and I know I'm good enough that unless it's something stupid, I'm not going to drop. I was in a pretty good mood until the way home. Andrew was being a dick and said something to me that upset me, so I told Cody. And he flipped out on Andrew. I was scared of what he was going to do. He yelled at him and everything's okay now, I guess. I just wasn't sure what he was going to do to him..

Today was good, I got to see Cody. I love him. =]
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(no subject) [Sep. 22nd, 2006|11:39 pm]
My bf is dead sexy
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(no subject) [Sep. 20th, 2006|10:25 pm]
[Current Mood | loved]

I'm pretty sure I have the best boyfriend in the entire world. I mean, does anyone else have a boyfriend who sits with you during asthma attacks at band shows and takes your inhaler away from you so you don't use too much?

Mine does.


I love you baby.
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(no subject) [Sep. 18th, 2006|04:11 pm]
I believe love is when you want that someone to be happy more than yourself. You stop caring about your needs, your desires, your feelings, and you focus on that one other person. I think that's when we grow up, when we become more mature in ourselves, even if our minds and hearts are still growing. I believe love is when you don't come first anymore.

I love you baby.
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(no subject) [Sep. 15th, 2006|11:53 pm]
[Current Mood | happy]

So the wedding was almost a week ago but I still haven't gotten around to writing anything about it. Let's see..

Friday night right after school I came home and put on a dress and we went over to Uncle Butchy and Aunt Evelyn's house because I was meeting them there. Pretty much the entire bridal party was there, everyone on Betsy's side at least. Brian, Bobby, Andy, Monica, Alicia, Carrie.. We loaded the last bit of cookies into the cars and grabbed one or two for the road. I rode over to Stambaugh Auditorium with Betsy, Andy, and Carrie. We looked at the ballroom where the reception was going to be. It looked way unorganized and that was upsetting Betsy, but we assured her it was going to be okay. Then we took the big, huge, scary elevator up to the Marble Room. It's such a gorgeous room. The rehearsal was supposed to start at 6, but Noah and his family didn't get there until 6:30. When everyone had FINALLY gotten there, we found out who are partners were. Bobby and Monica were together of course since they're married. Brian and Alicia were together and I'm betting they're engaged by Christmas. Leandra was Noah's friend Doug's partner. Elise got to be Andy's partner. Carrie and Noah's brother Bryan were partners since she was the maid of honor and he was the best man. The cute little flower girl was there too. Her mom is Betsy's mom's sister's daughter, so I guess that makes me sort of her cousin. And my partner's name was Brad. He's Noah's best friend and he lives in Arizona now with his fiancee. I'm so glad he was my partner instead of me getting someone weird, like Doug. No, I'm kidding, Doug was a really nice guy. I had to warn Brad to hold on to me super tight though, because I didn't want to fall, especially since my shoes that night were 4 inches. He was great about it, I didn't trip once. After the rehearsal we went to Cafe Capri for dinner. I sat next to Brad's fiancee Cassie, Brad, Leandra, Doug, Elise, Noah's brother, and Noah's brother's boyfriend. Noah's mom ordered everyone the Italian Wedding Feast. It was good, but everyone was still hungry after. We had chocolate mousse for dessert though. It was amazing. Then we had the toasts and everyone got to have champagne but me since I'm 15.. I don't see what it would have mattered.. Betsy and Noah gave us our presents then. We got body shimmer, lip gloss, a candle holder, and a bracelet and earrings to wear the next day. My parents weren't invited to the rehearsal dinner, so they were waiting outside for me to come out. We went home and I fell asleep soooo fast. I was exhausted.

Saturday morning I was full of pre-wedding jitters. I got my hair done at 10:45 and it took Paula a whole hour to do it because my hair is so thick that it took awhile to get it all up. I had already gotten my nails done on Wednesday so I didn't have to worry about that. Mommy took me to Taco Bell for lunch. =] We went home so I could get my dress and shoes and makeup. Then we drove over to Aunt Evelyn and Uncle Butchy's house again. Andy took me with him to get a wedding card for Betsy and Noah. We saw an engagement card that actually said "Will you marry me?" on the inside. Andy thought that was so funny. I love my cousin. We got back to his house and it was time for Aunt Evelyn, Uncle Butchy, and me to head over to Stambaugh. Betsy, Monica and Allison, the flower girl, were already there. We went up to look at the room where she was getting married and it looked beautiful. There weren't any chairs in it the night before but there were 350 in there then. Everybody else from the bridal party got there and Leandra and I brought the flowers the guys needed up to them. Their getting ready room was niiiiice. We all got our dresses on and then we helped Betsy get into hers. She looked gorgeous. I want to wear her dress when I get married. We got pictures of the bridesmaids and then us with Betsy, then with our partners. Lots and lots of pictures. Lots and lots of smiling. By the time we were done with that, the guests had started to arrive, so the we had to go sit in the actual auditorium and hide from everyone. It was finally 6 and time for the wedding to start. I honestly could not breathe I was so nervous. I just didn't want to trip and ruin Betsy's wedding. Brad and I were the third couple and when I met him at the doors at the back of the room, he just smiled at me and said it was going to be okay and to trust him. So I did. I didn't fall! And I remembered to smile and hold my flowers in the right spot and not look down. I was pretty proud of myself. Bety's Catholic and Noah is Jewish, so the wedding was mostly Jewish. I'm Catholic, but it was nice because we were standing the entire time and the service was only 25 minutes long. Thank God. After we walked back out, we all had to go hide in the auditorium so nobody tried to stop us and talk to us. Everyone went to the cocktail hour while we got the rest of our pictures taken. Then we had to walk in with our partner down 15 stairs to the ballroom where everyone would be waiting. Brad and I ended up being first, and we definitely were not expecting that. We had no clue where we were supposed to be walking to so he just picked a spot to stop at. The food was good. I had bread, meatballs, pasta, chicken and salad. I sat in between Doug and Brad. It was a little awkward at first because Brad is 12 years older than me, but we ended up getting to know each other very well. He's a real sweet guy. Brad and Doug definitely took advantage of the free vodka. He was hammered by the time we had to do the bridal dance. He was like spinning me all around and dipping me and hugging me. I just like, wow, your fiancee is right over there and I have a boyfriend, but whatever. I danced with my little sister for awhile. Then I sat with my grandpa. Then Brad and Cassie were leaving so I had to stay goodbye. We finally left the reception around 12. I was so tired. But it was a super nice wedding.




And I have the most amazing boyfriend ever. He means everything to me and I mean it when I say he's the best thing that's EVER happened to me.
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