Here are just a few pictures of the wedding.

Best Man(Me) and Maid of Honor (Bride’s sister):

Ceremony with Lake George in Background:

All you can drink OJ:

Cake time (Bride and Groom):

Best Man (me again) and Groom (“Don’t worry Mike, I got you out of it. You don’t have to dance”) Ha ha.

Bride and Flower Girl bustin’ out the moves together:

Phew. What a couple of days? I am back in Rockland after a day at Lake George and a day in Utica. It was a beautiful wedding. We all had a great time. My Highland dancing went almost perfect, but incredibly smooth. Same goes for the wedding. Anyway, I will post some pictures soon. But for now, I’m a bit tired and need to call my beautiful wife (even thought she is probably at work). Then I’m going to call Jeannie and try to get together with her maybe tomorrow. It is going to be a busy week. I’m getting tired just thinking about it. Tootles.

Well, here I am in NY. Holly, Gavin, and Mary dropped me off at the airport after a stressful morning of Holly packing for me, Mary trying to do homework, me re-working an entire ad because the old one was rejected (Holly’s boobs were too big), and Gavin running around trying not to let any of us do what we need to do. None-the-less, we all got done what we needed and headed to the airport in plenty (ha ha) of time. Anyway, lots of hugs and kisses at the airport were exchanged. We explained to Gavin that daddy was going on a plane; going away for two weeks. “Bye dad”, he said. We weren’t sure if he really understood, but he seemed ok with it.

The plane ride was pretty good. I took with me my backpack filled with tiny liquor bottles, “The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide” and my iPod. What else could I need. Oh yeah, some candy. A few hours and a horrible meals later I was in NY getting picked up by my dads friend Jerry. Now Jerry is a funny guy. My dad is even funnier. Later that day I figured out the story of why my dad could not pick me up like he was supposed to. He asked for the day off from work so he could pick me up. But one day prior, he was called up from work and told that they had fired someone and that he had to come in to work because they had no other teacher. So naturally, my dad did what any person would do. He asked the guy who got fired to come pick me up. It’s not like he had to be to work or anything. Ha ha ha. And Jerry agreed. How funny.

So far so good in NY. Within the first few hours of being here, I saw my grandmother, Shane and my mom. A little later I saw my brother as he stopped in to take a look at the boat. Even later (2 pm), I saw my dad, who I picked up from work because I had his car. The evening was spent with my dad, Rob, Sue, and Shane lounging around having silly discussion and watching some TV. I was very tired. I went to sleep around 10 ish.

Now here I am, it’s 7:45 am, getting ready for the day. I will visit Lorenz’s parents, bring some papers and pictures to my Aunt as I visit her, head to Garnerville to visit my Karatedepot bosses and later head to my moms house. Oh yeah, and I have to pick up my dad at 2:30 pm.

As for the rest of the remaining time here, I have to call Jean and get together with her. I am going to Pasta Night on Tuesday with my mom and sister. I am being taken out for “dinner” on Monday by my Karatedepot bosses. Of course tomorrow I am heading up to Lake George for the wedding. From what I understand, this will take up Thursday, Friday and half of Saturday. After all that, I don’t particularly have plans. The rest is all by ear. But I’ll post every once in a while and fill you in. Whoever “you” is. Later.

Ahhhh. Holly was struggling to decide what to spend her modeling money on. She really wanted to buy herself some shoes or clothes that she recently saw that she really wanted. Or should she spend it on something to make the holidays nice. Something christmasy perhaps. All that struggling over it and what does she buy?

She bought me this t-shirt. Although the one she bought was brown. She also bought me a shirt with a skull on it that reads “Midnight Diablo”. They were not expensive shirts. But nice. Thank you Holly.

So it’s been raining like crazy here. *remember the walk to Waikiki?* Today was no different. Rain. I really wanted to ride my motorcycle to work. Fortunately for me it stopped raining about an hour before I had to leave for work and I took my chances. And I was right. It was a beautiful ride. Blue sky even. Now to see what the ride home brings. I shoved a bunch of stuff into a backpack to bring to work. Including $100 in quarters. I almost felt like I was carrying another passenger. Which is cool because I am a little worried about how different it will be carrying another person. The backpack made me feel better. I can’t wait until I can ride Holly around. Tomorrow I am going to Aloha Stadium to see if I can get into the class. It would be the last class for me where I would be tested. If I can’t get into the class then I have to wait until I get back from NY. I hope I can get in tomorrow. That way when I get back from NY, I can immediately ride Holly all over the place. And that would be so sexy. Especially after being apart for two weeks. Oh yeah.

So my mom called me today. Was checking to see how things are going before the flight. My dad will be picking me up from the airport on Tuesday morning. On Thursday (the day of the wedding), I will be riding up to Lake George with my mom. I look forward to that drive. I’ll get to spend 3 hours with her talking about stuff. We haven’t really done that in a while. In talking to her, I got the feeling that she feels like she is being left out. While I’m there, I want to make her feel loved and wanted. I think on Columbus Day we will do something together. She has that whole day off, which is unusual for her. Apparently, much of my family will be at this wedding. My dad’s brother is flying in from Texas. My mom’s brother and sisters will be there. All my grandparents. Other friends of the family that I normally don’t see too often. Of course my parents and my sister. Oh yeah, and my brother. He he. So there will be quite a few people that I haven’t seen in a while. Should be interesting. I hope there is a bar around.

Yesterday, my KarateDepot boss called me to check up on an ad that I was doing for them. I was not home, but he talked to Holly for a bit. He freaked her out. He failed to mention who he was and then proceeded to ask if she was the soon to be famous ad model (Holly was the model for the ad I did). She finally figured out who it was. They were chatting and he asked her if he could have her permission to corrupt me while I was in NY. Without thinking and not really meaning it in the way it sounds, she said, “Well if someone doesn’t, Mike will end up spending too much time with his mom.” His reply was, “Daaaaaaaamn”. He he. Anyway. So my boss is going to corrupt me while I’m visiting. Which sort of scares me, ’cause I can see him and my other boss liquoring me up and hauling me off to a strip club. That might be a little weird. First off, I’m not much of a strip club kind of guy. Second of all, with my bosses? Hmmmm. In college one year, after putting Holly on a plane to Hawaii, before I headed back up to NY, my roommates tried to “cheer” me up by trying to get me to go to “Cheetas”, the local strip club. Florida had many. They thought I was crazy for not wanting to go. Although my roommates in college were all crazy, I don’t regret having any of them. After all, everyone should have a college roommate experience. Its one of those things.

So that is my post for today. Long, but you’ll manage. I know you will.

3 days and counting. Off to NY soon. Wierd. I still have to pack. I went and picked up some little gifts to bring back. Mary picked me up a few little liquor bottles. You know, the little sample size ones. That way I can be sure to relax on the plane. He he.

The lock was fixed on the Jetta today. I brought it in to get it fixed this morning. Since I didn’t have a car, I decided for some reason, that it would be a good idea to walk to Waikiki. I started on Ward Ave. So that makes it, lets see…… 3 miles. Oh yes and it was raining like crazy. So why did I think this was a good idea? Beats me. But it was a good walk. Ate lunch at “Teddy’s Bigger Burgers”. It was yummy. Then I caught the bus back to Ala Moana Center, and walked another 1 mile back to the auto shop. From there I headed to Waipahu and picked up the license plate and registration for my motorcycle. Sweet. Now I can ride without being paranoid about being pulled over by a cop. I think tomorrow I will ride to work. Hopefully on Sunday, I will be able to take the last day of my motorcycle safety course. Otherwise, I will have to wait until I get back from NY. Oh well. Then I can ride Holly around on the bike. Oh it will be so much fun. Coolness. Anyway. Off to do more work.