So anyway, I went up to Nashville to visit her, and we had a full weekend. Friday night, I got to meet Brian, her musical partner, at The Boundry and have some EXCELLENT appetizers. Afterwards, we went and saw the delightfully schlocky Van Helsing and chased a vat of popcorn with a knapsack of Starburst. Mmmmmm... good vittles.
Saturday was spent at the Iroquois Steeplechase! Imagine the Kentucky Derby, but with big fences in the way. There were only eight races, so we really didn't get to see much, but the point of the event isn't in the race.... it's in the socializing. Imagine a giant tailgater where everyone is dressed in shorts or sundresses. Imagine lots of women in hats. Imagine grills cooking, radios blasting, and beer flowing. It was a hoot! Plus, I got to meet some of Wendy's friends, and her brother Matt, as well. We wandered around, hid in the shade, and sucked on cocktails all afternoon. Afterwards we went to Matt and Becky's house and got assaulted by the 10 golden retriever puppies their dog Lola popped out! We finished the night with gargantuan burgers from Fat Mo's and a feeble attempt to stay awake for a DVD. Sun + HUGE burger + up early = passed out peeps.
Did I mention we spent the whole weekend with the top down on her Spider convertable? I even learned how to drive like Speed Racer!
So anyway, we had a great time, and she's a great lady... and I'm really enjoying connecting with someone who comes from where I come from. Hooray for me.
Don't we look all spring-esque!
George, Wendy, and Monica... getting the gauntlet from the friends.
Horseys!
I didn't get any pictures of them running... they were quite a bit away.
This was before the sun sucked the life out of us!
Check out all the people... I think maybe two of them are poorer than me!
This is Dyer, Matt and Becky's son... I don't think he liked the heat much.
So they distracted him with Baby Einstein videos....it's baby crack.
Except he kept wanting to close the dvd player on his own hands.
That's Matt up top, Dyer's got ahold of Becky's hat, and that's Steve on
the right... he's from Huntsville.
Off to Matt's House!
Jesus, the puppies were a whole mess of cute!
They think I'm TASTY! 10 of them... TEN!
They were to happy... it was hard to pin them down for pictures.
I think that their 40 paws ruined my poor white pants...he he.
Awwww... she likes me.
Sunday!
You might ask, "What exactly do you see in this woman, Wes?" And
I'd have an easy answer for you...
"She plays fantasy role playing games, and enjoys them!"
Yes, this is porn for a guy like me.
Awwww... ain't we cute.
I like that I can inspire that grin.