Weekend in review

Craiger:
Whew, its been a while. much has happened lately, My friend jerad came back last week cuz he got married, it was awesome to see him again. I was the best man in his wedding, so I had a lot of stuff to take care of last weekend. First of all, I was in charge of the bachelor party. This was a big deal, honestly i worried about it alot, cuz i wanted everyone to have a good time, but i dont think they did....they had a GREAT time. we (me and jerad and the other guys in his wedding) went to chicago on a thursday. first we went out to eat at dicks last resort, its a restaurant where the waiters treat you like dirt and call you names and throw stuff at you. but when we got there, there was some huge man in camoflage telling us that the place was reserved for a private party for Navy Seals. but somehow we ended up getting in there and once inside we received free beer and an amazing free buffet meal. we ate and drank like $40 worth of food and beer. we mozied on over to whirlyball, this is an awesome sport which is a combination of lacrosse, polo, basketball, and bumper cars if you can imagine that. then we wandered around lakeview area until we miraculously stumbled upon a diamond in the rough.....the one and only country bar in all of chicago. so we set up camp there. also, carolyn and jen met up with us there, and joined us as we drank, danced, and sang our lungs out all night long. i felt a little bad, cuz jerad has a habit of knocking beers out of everyones hands when he is drunk on purpose. every other song there was some guy out there with a mop to clean up after us. the good news is that if there had been a wet Tshirt contest, i totally wouldve won. ANyways, that night was really awesome, it turned out perfectly.
So friday, the next night, we had rehearsal dinner, that was great. then went swimming in a hotel, and hung out for a while. then saturday was the wedding. Seriously, i was more worried than jerad, the groom. i had butterflies all day. i had to give him the rings, and i pretended like i lost em, and i was nervous that it wouldlook stupid, but it went over well. then i had a speech to give at the reception, and i almost threw up i was so nervous. i wrote a good speech, but was terrified i would screw it up. but i pereservered and made itthrough it, and it went awesome. plus i got lots of complements on it later, but they were probably out of pity. after i finally shed my speech anxiety i was ready to relax, catch my fourth garter and enjoy some dancing. only one problem. NO Freaking Garter!!!! you are probably dissapointed in me for not catching it, but you are sadly mistaken, because they didnt even throw one, so i had no chance of catching it, so at least i am still 100%. anyways, i took out my aggresion on the dance floor, if there was a rug on the dance floor, i definitely would have cut it. The nice thing about being the best man is that people actually think you are better than every other man there, just because it says so in the program, because i was asked to dance far more frequently than usual. anyways, the wedding was great, and i had alot of fun, even without a garter grab.
in other news, my dad just spontaneously had the urge to buy a whole case of Leinenkeugels sunset wheat beer (aka fruity pebbles beer) i never even told him how awesome it was, he just got it one day, and i was freaking pumped. this beer tastes exactly like the cereal fruity pebbles. and i know what i must do now, i must purchase some fruity pebbles, and pour this beer over it, and eat it and enjoy it. so i will tell you all how that turns out.
also, i will try and post some wedding photos later. i think i have gotten pretty good at weddings, and the news has spread, cuz my cousin asked me to be an usher in his wedding next year, and today matt olsen called and asked me to be one of his groomsmen!!! i am really excited, cuz marcel is gonna be one too. its gonna be awesome, and fun, and it is really a big honor.