a long time coming

just finished three exhausting weeks to get things wrapped up for our national sales force meeting. i think blogging about work is almost as boring as reading about it, so there's not much more to say. literally, as i was finishing up the conference today got word that the next gig is an acquisition in texas. am headed there on monday.

but before i get to visit the adopted homestate of the dixie chick's number one fan, i've got bloodninja's wedding in ny.

holy shit. can't believe bloodninja is getting married. it has been a long time coming. a little story that, in retrospect, was pretty revealing.

[this is roughly how i remember it]

beginning of senior year, the chief & chief chick, bloodninja and lou-who, and me and a soon-to-be-split chick went on a trip. we were looking ahead to post-graduation plans. someone said, "hey, who's living together next year?"

i looked at my chick and quickly said no. i don't think she knew that the only reason i hadn't canned her yet was that she was taking the GRE in a few weeks and i didn't want to wreck her chances for it.

the chief and chief chick quickly said yes.

bloodninja and lou-who spoke at the same time. "yes," nodded bloodninja while lou-who shook her head, "no."

what happened those these six fine folks?

in one of the best decisions of my life, i dropped my baggage of 1.5 years soon after the GRE.

the chief and chief chick indeed moved in together and then got married two years after college.

bloodninja and lou-who have endured several different cities, broke up and got back together roughly 43 different times. and now they're getting married this weekend.

anyway, it's going to be a great weekend. getting up to ny saturday morning. then moe, the chief, bloodninja and i are going to get our tuxes. could he rent them from a normal chain (like every other groom in this fine country)? no. we're going to some boutique half way across long island. it's a freaking tux. it's black. everyone looks good in one. bloodninja's only defense was that they served really good cappucino.

i'm going to try hard not to needle him about this gigantic waste of time, considering he waited until a few hours before my wedding to pick up his tux, showed up 3 hours late to the pre-wedding get together, and then acted surprise that there was traffic in midtown and buckhead in atlanta. he got kind of riled up when i told him that i was going to wait until sunday to get my tux.

anyway, having dinner in ny with the fam (four cousins plus two cousin-in-laws), then meeting back up with the rest of the crew to hit the town. j-watt, moe, chief, chief chick, the general lee and his parental units. can't wait to see the general lee in a suit. this kid might steal the show.

finally, this posting is dedicated to lou-who. she takes patience to virtuous levels and i'm thrilled for her and bloodninja.

by the way, if anyone believes that bloodninja went to UT for its green architecture program and not for her, i've got a bridge to sell you.

here's to you, lou-who, soon to be mrs. bloodninja.