380. That's the number of miles I traveled this weekend. Whew.
The past few days were all about reunions, one after the other. I've blogged before about being in denial that college life is really over. It's hard to live life together for four years and then go weeks or months without seeing each other. So I hit the road on Friday to put a temporary end to missing some of my dearest friends.
First stop, Frisco to have lunch with Heather. [Heather lived across the hall from me freshman year and she introduced me to Mr. Thomas Reed.] She took me to lunch at In-N-Out where the line was crazy long, but once we finally found a table, we sat and talked for almost two hours. It was so great to catch up with her!
A classic self-timed photo. Three of Heather's Pugs decided to join.
After lunch, I headed south to Arlington to see Brynn and go to the Ranger game. [Brynn and I lived together for three years, and her fiancé Neil is one of Thomas' best friends.] Friday night was "Baylor night" at the game, but the only tickets we could find were in the direct sunlight in the outfield. UGHH. It was miserably hot, but once the sun went down we had a great time and got to see several Baylor buds.
Saturday morning, we headed west to Fort Worth for one of Brynn's bridal showers.
With Brynn and our other roommate, Alex
After the shower, I joined Thomas and Ross at Northpark Mall where we ate lunch and shopped before meeting up with Bailey for dinner at Grimaldi's... and then it was showtime!
For Thomas' birthday, I bought us tickets to see Uptown Player's production of "Next to Normal." We fell in love with the musical after it won three Tony awards in 2009, and we had even more reason to see it when we heard our friend Anthony would be starring as Gabe!
This kid is so talented. HOLY COW.
Congratulations on an incredible performance, Anthony! We're so proud to know you!
You can check out the Uptown Players' preview of "Next to Normal," or watch their performance on Good Morning Texas this morning. It's a beautiful, amazing show.
Saturday night after the show, Thomas and I stayed with some family friends up in McKinney. We had breakfast with them on Sunday morning before driving to our last stop on the tour, a good friend's wedding in Colleyville.
Rachel was in Thomas' Welcome Week group freshman year, and I was introduced to her through my friend Kaitlyn. Funny story - I was actually at Rachel's bridal shower on April 17 while Thomas was preparing to propose to me that night. Rachel had no idea, but kept asking me "okay, you're next. When's he popping the question?!"
Mr. & Mrs. Armstrong
Reunited with two of my beautiful sorority sisters, Sarah Hall and Adrienne
Great great friends, Will, Patrick and Kaitlyn!
With the beautiful bride!
And with that, the month of June comes to an end. We've had plans every single weekend, but we wouldn't have had it any other way. We know that we're so blessed by the friendships God has given us!
