The wedding was Saturday. I drove up Friday night after work to my sister's house, finding out mid-way through that I drove to Dallas with a burnt-out headlight. Strangely, no one at the big accident scene between Centerville and Buffalo told me that my headlight was out, they just let me drive by the flipped GMC Jimmy. I didn't realize that the light was out until I pulled off for a pit stop later.
So Saturday morning started with a trip to the auto parts store, then a drop by the Apple store to pick up an iTrip FM transmitter for my iPod. My car, nor Laura's has a cassette deck, so the transmitter is the way to play tunes in the car.
I fought with the new headlamp for several minutes, but I was unable to change it because I couldn't get my fat hands into the space between the headlamp case and the damn car battery. I storm into the house, vowing to get the son of a bitch later. I wash up, and get ready to go, grabbing my suit and shoes for the wedding later. Laura and Ed come out already dressed for the wedding. I thought we would change when we got there since it was so damn hot. I didn't want to spend all of that car time in a suit.
Well dammit again, they didn't believe we would have time to change. Ed has a short sleeve dress shirt, Dockers and a tie on. I abhor short-sleeve dress shirts. I just think they seem dorky-if you wear them with a tie. They just seem like a cop out. I quickly change, long-sleeve dress shirt, dockers (from work yesterday) and a tie. Then I learned I had to program my darn iPod to use the iTrip. A couple of minutes of fiddling with the laptop, and I'm finally ready to go.
Three hours later we're in Abilene. Sings along the way pointed out that it was 100 degrees. Laura's new Honda Accord kept us pretty cool. We had a few minutes before the wedding, so we went to the Mall of Abilene. Boy, we were happy to visit, let me tell you. then off to the wedding site, the groom's grandparent's house, a 1950's ranch-style home in a quiet neighborhood.
( Beer, Mullets, and Backyards )
So Saturday morning started with a trip to the auto parts store, then a drop by the Apple store to pick up an iTrip FM transmitter for my iPod. My car, nor Laura's has a cassette deck, so the transmitter is the way to play tunes in the car.
I fought with the new headlamp for several minutes, but I was unable to change it because I couldn't get my fat hands into the space between the headlamp case and the damn car battery. I storm into the house, vowing to get the son of a bitch later. I wash up, and get ready to go, grabbing my suit and shoes for the wedding later. Laura and Ed come out already dressed for the wedding. I thought we would change when we got there since it was so damn hot. I didn't want to spend all of that car time in a suit.
Well dammit again, they didn't believe we would have time to change. Ed has a short sleeve dress shirt, Dockers and a tie on. I abhor short-sleeve dress shirts. I just think they seem dorky-if you wear them with a tie. They just seem like a cop out. I quickly change, long-sleeve dress shirt, dockers (from work yesterday) and a tie. Then I learned I had to program my darn iPod to use the iTrip. A couple of minutes of fiddling with the laptop, and I'm finally ready to go.
Three hours later we're in Abilene. Sings along the way pointed out that it was 100 degrees. Laura's new Honda Accord kept us pretty cool. We had a few minutes before the wedding, so we went to the Mall of Abilene. Boy, we were happy to visit, let me tell you. then off to the wedding site, the groom's grandparent's house, a 1950's ranch-style home in a quiet neighborhood.
( Beer, Mullets, and Backyards )