My Christmas Present to Myself: February 2nd and 3rd, 2011

Wow, what a contrast, Wednesday was awful, and Thursday was amazing. I woke up Wednesday grumpy. Then, I went to work, and my clients were grumpy. I came home and ate a grumpy lunch, and had a grumpy afternoon. Nicole and Amber had to go up North to get the dress, so they weren't home (could have something to do with me being grumpy). When I got home from work, I went shopping at Costco, but all I had was the Porsche. I had to pick up one of those 30 packs of Charmin, and squeeze it into the Porsche. Needless to say, that didn't help my grumpiness. Luckily I could squeeze the Charmin! Then, I went home, unpacked the car, and went out shopping at Walmart for the rest of the food. It took me two hours to shop, and then I had to squeeze 20 bags of groceries into my Porsche! Just a word to the wise, cereal boxes do not squish like Charmin, in fact, neither do 8 cans of stewed tomatoes, 5 gallons of milk, or any of the other items I bought at the store (with the exception of the broccoli--I had no problem at all squishing the broccoli!). Once I finally got home, I was exhausted and played a few games of pool with my boys and went to bed. Whew, I was hoping Thursday was better! However, just in case you were salivating, I was still nice (for the most part)

Well, they say there's a calm before the storm. In my case, it was a storm before the calm. Thursday was as good as Wednesday was bad--if that makes any sense. Everyone was nice on Thursday. I got to leave work at about 3:30 from work and go to my daughter's bridal shoot. When I walked into the studio and saw Amber in her wedding dress, it took my breath away--literally, I was speechless. I can't tell you how gorgeous she looked. I kept thinking, "That's my little girl, when did she grow up like that?" After the studio we went to another place to take a few pictures of her and Mitch in a rustic setting. It was really nice, and the photographer was amazing. We ended up at Pioneer park in the red rocks. I was in charge of spritzing the bouquet and taking care of the shoes. It was really nice to be there with Nicole, Amber, and Mitch. Amber looked like a queen, and Mitch looked like her peasant servant (just kidding, Mitch looked amazing as well, but he didn't take my breath away like Amber did, sorry Mitch). What a wonderful, amazing afternoon. Things I learned Wednesday and Thursday, 1st, a Porsche was not made to fit large picture frames, large rolls of Charmin, or anything bigger than a salt and pepper shaker. 2nd, Shopping without my wife is like running over a skunk, it stinks and it's no fun. 3rd, Having Nicole gone is like running over two skunks and a porcupine. 4th, Seeing my daughter is a wedding dress was, well, WOW. 5th, Being with family on special days and creating memories is what life is all about. 6th, I will never forget today.
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