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I had so much fun this past weekend. Words can’t express how grateful I am to my colleague for letting me trade time off with her.

1. Yes, there was some snarking at the bridezilla moments and at the groom’s excessive drinking/partying groomsmen, (who may not be intellectual giants, but I can see that they obviously worked hard in college at something. They were all awesome and very entertaining dancers.) but mostly it was a lot of fun.
2. The food all weekend was great – some rich, some just yummy, and I hardly felt sick at all.
3. I had to work to keep an eye on Ellie – she just got passed from my parents to my aunts/uncles to my cousins to my brother/SIL, and so on. She loves my brother – she shouted “ERIC!” (he was the best man) when she saw him in front for the wedding.
4. The bride and groom left the church to bubbles – Ellie was given everyone’s bubble containers and thought she was leaving with precious treasure.
5. I got to see every aunt and uncle I have and a few cousins that I rarely see. I had fun hanging out with my SIL.
6. I got to go to Target! I got lots of maternity pants to wear to work.
7. Anyway, the entire time was so much fun. It totally erases how upset I was initially at being 5 hours late (3 in the airport, 2 on the plane). Ellie was great on both flights. I could not believe how well she did on the 5 hour flight from Chicago – she did make about 6 trips to the bathroom but the guy next to us was very friendly was impressed that she would say “merpiso” (sort of a mixed up permiso because he was from PR) each time she had to get by.
8. Oh, and my brother, IT director that he is, and my cousin the groom, were super jealous and admiring of my iPhone. The iPhone saved the day numerous times, directing us various places, getting phone numbers of restaurants, and playing the Little Einsteins for Ellie on the play.