Just A-Swayngin'

I haven't done a lot of journaling lately - the recording of day-today activities. I'm in the midst of a tiring, yet fun, weekend so I decided to share.

I've found that I still have the capacity to amaze myself at times when I go outside my normal boundaries of social interaction.

A co-worker of Melissa's got married last night. As they got married in the LDS temple, we only went to the ring ceremony and reception. Of course, all the company employees found a table in the corner far away from the wedding party, friends, and family. The same self-exiled table existed at our wedding reception, as well.

And of course, the same stories, some of them amusing, get re-circulated. Like how at our wedding, Don Vito Corleone and Tom Hagen were attending guests, according to the registry. Or how during his Best Man Toast, Chris filled most of it with lines from The Godfather movies.

And of course, the videographer asks at the worst moment to record your marriage advice for the new couple. Yeah, if I had any to pass on, it would be brand new to me, also.

I wanted to tell them: "You gotta have the hole already dug before you show up.. Otherwise, you're talking about a half-hour to forty-five minutes worth of digging. And who knows who's gonna come along in that time? Pretty soon, you gotta dig a few more holes. You could be there all night." That's the only advice I got.

I did enjoy myself, however. I've known all of Melissa's co-workers for 8 years. And since Melissa and I met at work, they were also my co-workers at one time, also. However, getting to know somebody outside of work is totally different from getting to know them at the office. During 9 to 5, the most interesting facets of people's personalities are often shelved and hidden.

At one point during the reception the DJ played an ABBA song, to which I immediately started to sing along to. After I finished one line, co-worker joined me in a duet. I asked her if she was an ABBA fan, as well, to which she enthusiastically affirmed. She asked if we had seen Mamma Mia yet, to which I enthusiastically replied we have tickets to see next month. As we were lost in our Abba-ness, Melissa made a comment that I should have married co-worker.

Later that night, same co-worker and boyfriend mentioned that she likes to wake up early on the weekend while boyfriend likes to sleep until the sun is past it's apex in the sky. As that fairly describes sleeping arrangements at our household, Melissa sweetened the pot by saying my new wife could actually eat breakfast with me at its intended time.

The funniest part of the night was when the same co-worker started to talk about a book club she and another friend are forming. I've wanted to form a book club for months so I enthusiastically accepted the invitation to join their group. Only the fear of having to interact with strangers and neighbors kept me from forming my own. But now, I have a group of people I know and whose company I generally enjoy.

We got home at about 1 o'clock and I was asleep by 1:30. After 4 hours of sleep, I was awake and on my way to Mansfield to play basketball with Eric. This was my first semi-organized game in almost a decade.

After throwing up my first airball, I didn't think I'd see the ball again. However, I recovered and scored 3 to 5 points (we played first to 11) in each subsequent game; the fourth game, I even made the game winning bucket. It was a nice return even though my body may differ.