Bachelorette Fiesto Numero Dos En Mayo!

It was the month for bachelorette parties apparently, as I headed back to my hometown last weekend to celebrate my best friend Meghan's bachelorette-ness. The plan was to fly in Friday night and leave Sunday morning. However, due to some lovely visibility/weather issues at BWI, my flight was delayed. Honestly, the most disturbing part to me was that had I not realized that I was going to miss my connection, the airline certainly wasn't going to warn anyone about it. If you could please help me understand how a flight scheduled to depart at 6:59pm that only began boarding at 7:00pm AND was going to be in line between 30 other planes already stalled on the runway was still listed as ON TIME - that would be fabulous. lol. I changed my flight to the first flight out Saturday morning instead.

This meant I, of course, needed a ride now FROM the airport (thanks Katie). Katie, just so happened to be scooping up Reza and his girlfriend who were arriving home after a trip to Puerto Rico...so I just hopped in the car with them. We all decided to intrude on Katie's scheduled dinner with Tommy...and the 5 of us chowed down at the Olive Garden across the street from my place.

I will give Shawn credit - he offered to take me to the airport Saturday morning (4:30am departure from my house)...however I thought this was silly. I decided to just drive...until Reza kindly insisted. So hey - I'm not going to turn down 2 rides. He was early (4:15am) and I made my flight with plenty of time to spare.

The best part was of course when I boarded my connecting flight in Chicago - many of the passengers had been on my flight the night before and were stranded in the airport overnight. Not the best case scenario for them - but made me glad of my decision.

At home, after lounging on the deck a bit and enjoying the sun, my mom, dad and I all had lunch together before we raced off our separate ways for the day. I had a few last minute items to pick up for my costume (her bachelorette party was themed 80s - which if you know Meghan - is pefect) and also managed to poke my head into Von Maur and not buy a thing! (This might be a record for me! :) ) When I got home, my mom was able to help me (thank goodness) with the final touches of my costume and I was ready to go.

"Field of Dreams" (1989 baby!): The back of the costume said "If you Build it..."

We met up at DC's in downtown CR for some dinner and a few drinks first. The crowd was pretty funny. It was "Girls and Gays" as there were about 20 women (friends, family, etc, including mother-of-the-bride AND the mother-in-law) and 2 gay friends who were invited along. From there, we departed on a party bus (2 in 3 weekends - cripes!) around CR and the surrounding towns. I won't get into too much detail but there were many drinks and karoke rounds involved.

Penis Cakes. lol. Jenny, the party organizer,
made these for Meghan. She didn't want to discriminate
so she included a few options ;)

Meghan called "Mitch" a few times during the night.
Guess what? He answered.
Guess what else? His sister called back - very upset. LOL.

At 2:00am, when the party bus came to a stop, I de-boarded and my awesome mom picked me up. I'm sure she was entertained by a few of the costumes but I'm sure she was pretty tired too. (Thanks again mom!) I headed home and went to bed while a few of the others weren't ready to call it a night yet and ventured off to the only place still open - the Strip Club. :)

The next morning I had to get up pretty early. Had to be at the airport around 10am. So...all-in-all it was about a 24-hour trip home. But definitely worth it - any excuse to see a great friend and your family, right?

~THE END~

P.S. I don't typically go out during the week, but a few weeks ago Shawn and I headed out on a Wednesday night to meet up with one of his friends to celebrate her birthday. Took a few pics so I figured I'd share: