I just had one of the best weeks ever!!! I flew to NY for the wedding of the brother of my old roommate from Key West and my secret girlfriend-Angela. Yes, Allison's little brother Bobbie got married this weekend and I was proud that I got the chance to be here. By the way....it was nothing short of SPECTACULAR. A true New York wedding.
It started when Allison picked me up from the airport. She always does things with her own little pinch of the unexpected. She brought a pizza. It was fabulous. I love a great new york style pizza. Then off to the Outback of course. Not to eat, but work. She never stops.
Suse and Bobbie are the perfect couple (aside from me and Chad, of course). They complement each other so well. And Suse, nothing short of a saint. I'm frazzeled after just four days with the Storchevoy's and she married into the family. All in jest of course. I love this family. All of them. They truly know how to take you in and treat you like you've been a part of them forever. It's dizzying to say the least. But it was beautiful. More food than you could ever imagine, beer, wine, scotch, scotch scotch. How they love scotch. Every day was something new and one more morsel of great food to try that I've never had before. One thing about the New York Italian....they know their food and there is always plenty around.
I couldn't wait to get here and spend time with my extended family. The only thing missing was Chad. Because of jobs, it just wasn't feasible for both of us to come. So knowing that my girlfriend was here, he let me come to this event. I Thank You greatly for that. It meant the world to me. But I have to say, that several times throughout the night, I looked up and missed you dearly. I was waiting for the scene from "My Best Friends Wedding" to happen. Waiting for my phone to ring and it be you. We start talking and all the sudden I realize that you're pointing out things that you could only know if you were at the wedding. The crowd parts and there you are. Dressed and looking amazing. And then we dance the night away.
I always live in a fairy tale zone. You can never know when I'm in one, but its there. Why can't we have our fairy tales? It's the hope of something unexpected and wonderful that drives me toward the next moment and the next. Happiness is only a heart beat away. It is what we make of it. I'm happy in my life. Amazed at where I've come from a few short years ago. Blessed to have all the wonderful people in my life like the Storchevoys, the Fallons, and never least, the Crafts. As I'm sitting here waiting for Allison to get home, I realize that all we have is each other and all of it can be taken away from us. So, let's enjoy each other, the day, the year and the life because it can all be over in a New York Minute.
