Busy Weekend

Last Friday I had a meeting down in Virginia, and another meeting scheduled for Monday. Rather that make two trips, I went down for the entire weekend. Of course, I had other reasons for staying the entire weekend.

My friend Carrie got married on Saturday. Hi Carrie! She was lucky enough to schedule her wedding on the day tropical storm Hanna blew through town. So there were quite a few wet guests at the wedding, but in spite of that a great time was had by all. Also, the DJ at least had a sense of humor about the wedding, since the first song at the reception was "Rock you like a hurricane."

So, my new look, bearded with a shaved head, was sufficient disguise to prevent Carrie's family from recognizing me. Of course, it had been a few years since I'd seen any of them, aside from Carrie. But, it was enough to cause one of the guests sitting at my table at the reception to comment to her friend that I reminded her of her friend's father. The bald head and facial hair and an apparently distinguished look. Oh, and apparently he looks good for his age.

One, really disappointing aspect of the storm, was that I didn't get to take White's Ferry. I could have, but I figured taking a ferry across a river in a tropical storm, might not be the best option. Although it wouldn't actually have saved much time anyway, since it takes miles of backroads to get there, compared to miles of interstate.

I also got to spend some quality time with my dad this weekend. After work Friday, I drove to his house, and then Dad, Tracy and I went out to dinner. Saturday morning we got a chance to do some bonding over breakfast and then watching Monk and Psych.

Not to take anything away from the wedding, or bonding with my dad... The most exciting part of the weekend was getting a call from my sister. I had literally just walked in the door of my father's house when she called to tell me that she'd had her baby! Veronica Marie Bartholomay is the newest member of the family, and absolutely precious. Of course, I've already decided I'm going to call her "Nica" because I'm going to be the cool uncle. And I have a lot of competition on Roger's side, or at least competitors.