Wombat and I attended our 6th wedding of the year, following one in May, two in July, one in August, and our own in September. (Wombat was also able to make it to a 7th - his best friend's wedding in NYC last minute, as they eloped before the groom joined JAG and received orders to move to Korea). The wedding was in Akron, and the groom was a former classmate of ours from law school. Our other law school newlywed friends were there, so we brought them souvenirs from Thailand and thoroughly enjoyed being a guest for once. The bride and groom were beautiful, the ceremony was sweet, and the reception was fun. Sadly, we heard that the bride's father passed away just days after the wedding, while the bride and groom were on a mini-moon in Vegas, I believe. How tragic!
Grandma B
Shockingly, wombat's grandma took a turn for the worse shortly after our wedding, and we returned from our honeymoon to discover that she'd been in the hospital for kidney issues. While undergoing tests, doctors found that her previous cancer had returned, this time, all over her 87-year old body. It was unknown how serious her condition was until she began taking a sudden turn for the worse, at which time wombat took 2 days from work to quickly go see her, oddly enough, the same time his friend eloped. Grandma B passed away just a week after wombat saw her. We immediately drove out to NYC the day we heard, joining his family for the funeral and sitting shiva. She was an amazing person, and I was honored to know her. She was always so happy to see us, excited to play cards, enthusiastic about the possibility of "gi-gi's" someday, and a fan of jokes and stories. She had a very loving and successful family and will be deeply missed.
We returned from NYC in time for the local education foundation fundraiser, but not in time for me to make it to my Medicaid conferences in Columbus the previous Thursday and Friday. Luckily my cousin was able to make it and take notes for the office. The same cousin organized and created the bike race fundraiser, the "Dirty Thirty," which consisted of 3-4 races for 30 minutes apiece on the fairgrounds track.
Since our law firm was a sponsor, wombat and I gladly went early to help set up and volunteer. We were planning to race in the team relay later, and wombat and my 43 year old cousin had a bet going on who would have the fastest split. After the kids race, however, not enough entrants signed up for the individual race, so wombat and my cousin jumped in without prior training, and ended up placing 3rd and 4th, respectively! My cousin led the entire way until wombat passed him in the final 200 meters haha. $1.00! As for our team, we placed 3rd after Lancaster Bicycle and donated our share to Sanderson Elementary. Go us!
Date night
After such a crazy, unexpected week, we again accomplished absolutely no work on the house. We also had no time to ourselves, as we collapsed exhausted every night, too tired to be romantic. Thus, we scheduled a date night mid-week this week, and treated ourselves to a night at Easton on Wednesday. My friend from high school, Jeremy, happens to be a new chef at Northstar Cafe, so we went to see him and try it out before a movie. It was fabulous! Wombat had an organic chicken and avocado sandwich, and I had onion soup and salad, all were excellent. Then we went to see The Social Network, a highly rated film about Facebook haha. It was actually really good! Afterwards, we met up with Jeremy and his boyfriend, Matt, for drinks and good conversation briefly. We plan to see them again Saturday at Mamta's Halloween party, along with another good Columbus friend, Catherine. Can't wait!
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