Weekend Recap!

(Also known as my feeble attempt to get back on the blog train). 

Okay, time to dust off the cobwebs in my corner of the web and spruce up the place with a new blog entry. Sorry long time no blog. Blah. Not impressed with myself. I guess one could say I got pushed to batsh*t crazy my limit with everything going on at the same time. I think I just overbooked myself in my down time plus a crazy work month. So, the past weekish= no blog fun b/c I was heavily drinking decompressing. It's all good now, but I think I just needed to stare at the wall and regain some sanity or something. I'm workin' on it. ;) 

Anyway, excuses excuses, right? ;) Moving on... 

I took Friday off work and kicked off my weekend with some fun festivities at my alma mater for the 2012 graduates. At TU, it's tradition to ring a bell in Bayless Plaza when you finish your last final of college. In the past few years, the Alumni office has made a whole event out of it called the "final bell party" complete with a dj, food, beer, etc. Alumni, graduates, friends, and family all come out to celebrate. I wish they'd had this celebration when I graduated! 

Hanging with some fabulous Chi Os (much younger than me, but we don't need to talk about that- haha)! Love these girls! The bell is in the background (surrounded by pillars) :)

Our friend, Josh, turned the big three-oh this weekend and Kristy threw him a fiesta on Friday night at Leon's. (MMmmmm sliders!)  

Sara, me Kristy, Beth  

Saturday, our friends threw a derby party. Admittedly, I've always wanted to go to a derby party. I'd gotten a plain hat from Forever 21 with a yellow rim for like 12 bucks. Well, at the last minute-and I mean 30 minutes before the party-I had a hat meltdown and opted to glue some bows and feathers to it. I heart Michaels craft store. Anyway, turned out pretty good if I do say so myself. And yeah, Eric's facial hair.. haha.. Awesome.

Leave it to me to find a furry friend anywhere... 

We bought a few stick ponies...that whinnied when you touched the ears...haha.. Nice.  Also note our friend's Cinco de Mayo/Derby hat in the background...

And then...just as the race had finished... we all gasped as Cory got down on one knee and asked Candice to marry him! She had no idea! (And of course she said yes in case you can't tell from her happy smiles below!) Many congrats to a fantastic couple. :)

 

Good weekend if I do say so myself. That said, in all my flusteredness lately, I put a friend's wedding on the WRONG WEEKEND on my calendar. Yes. You read that. I'm embarrassed to even admit it b/c it's so out of character for me. How on earth does one do that? Blah. It's not a friend I talk to as regularly as we'd both like or else I would have realized my stupid mistake. We've kinda lost touch in the past couple of years, but I totally feel like a horrible friend for missing her wedding. By the time I realized what I'd done, there was no way I'd make it because it was out of town. I have no idea how on earth I did that. I was fully planning on going...in two weeks. Anyway, I feel crappy and trying to figure out if there's any way I can even begin to remedy it...(Advice appreciated). *head hung in shame* I know she wasn't looking around on her big day, thinking "Where is Jackie?!" but still...ugh. I suck. 

Now that I've admitted I'm a big fat jerk, I'll sign off... Lets make it a good week, friends...