chug-a-chug-a-choo-choo

So last weekend was very long but I had a really nice time. I took the train to Indianapolis. I left at 11:45 am and arrived there at 6:30 am the following morning. I spent the morning at Julie’s parent’s house sleeping and chatting with the bride-to-be. I went with them to the church early and ended up helping with all sorts of things, like doing up all the buttons on her dress and saving the zipper of Abby, one of the bridesmaids.

The wedding was lovely although a little long, I’m not Catholic and a lot was lost on me. Then I found a ride to the reception with a couple of people including Keri, Chris’ girlfriend. It turned out that Keri and I were at the same table, as were John S. and Dave the RA, a former professor of Andy’s and a couple of his crazy friends.

The food was good, the space was nice and the DJ was ok. As I was dependant on the kindness of others for a ride I stayed throughout the reception. Abby had another wardrobe malfunction but there was nothing I could do this time. Then Colleen’s strap came apart. I’m glad I didn’t have one of those dresses.

Anyway the majority of bridesmaids, groomsmen, and crazy friends decided to go out on the town and I was invited as they were going near the train station and I had to be there at 1:15 am. We went to a crazy bar, Howl at the Moon, and listened to the dueling piano group. I left at about 1 to get my things and get to the station. I arrived and asked if the train was on time, of course not! It was running about an hour behind, and the train station was kind of scary.

Eventually I got on the train and had a few hours sleep before the train started filling up. I had a delightful seatmate, Jeni, we had a nice conversation for the remainder of the trip. I even got some knitting done.

I got home about an hour an a half late but it was so nice to sleep in my bed again.