Bachelor/Bachelorette Parties Recap

Hilary and I each had our respective flings this past weekend, and as you can probably imagine, they were slightly different in tone and content.

Without divulging too many of the nitty-gritty details, I thought I'd give a little recap of each in traditional bachelor-party form: the haiku*. See if you can guess which is for which! (Ok, so some are fairly obvious)

Drinking and gambling.

I hope I drank enough to
offset my losses.

Lots of girlie stuff.
Not sure about pillow fights,
But I don't doubt it.

Here is a statement:
Golf in hundred degree temps
Is a hangover cure.

Hil got cute presents.
But I do not think that ring
Belongs where you think.

How many oyster
po-boys can Micah consume
in just one weekend?

Hilary really,
Really, really enjoy-ed
The scavenger hunt.

I speak for Hilary on this one - we both had amazing times over the weekend, and were happy to get to spend time with so many of our good friends. Thanks to all who made it out!

* May not actually be true

Next Up To The Plate...

This past weekend, our friends Miriam and Seth got married. It was a lot of fun, with the added bonus that they had the decency to get hitched here in Atlanta. Of all the weddings we've been to over the past few years, this is only the second that's been here in the ATL. It was very nice.

Now that it's over though, we are officially on the clock. That's right - we don't have a single other wedding on our schedule until Sept. 13 rolls around. It's a little scary.

It's not scary in the "I'm afraid of commitment and getting cold feet" kind of way (quite the contrary - Hilary and I are both ready to be married yesterday), but because for so long we've been attending everyone else's nuptials it's weird to think that it's finally our turn.

There's no turning back now - we are picking up our invitations this week and will be sending them out shortly.

It feels like we've been engaged forever, but I have a feeling the next 10 weeks are going to fly by.

Just me personally, here is my schedule for July: Celebrating the 4th in VA Beach with Hilary's family, then back to Jackson for an engagement party the next weekend, Chicago the next week for NHL meetings, and finally my bachelor party in New Orleans to close out the month. With that much traveling, I'm starting to feel like my father's son.

We are in pretty good shape, planning wise. All of the big ticket items are taken care of - we have a photographer, a videographer, a florist, a harpist, co-officiants, a wedding party, and a DJ.

Now, it's all about the details...