My Weekend

This weekend is normally a pretty big one for me. Halloween is one of my favorite holidays and it is directly followed by my birthday. But, as you may have figured from my previous post, I was involved with some friends that were having a much bigger weekend than I would have. They got married and I was the best man. It started Friday with a rehearsal dinner and rehearsal in the small village of Elsah, Illinois. The town was pretty neat at night, however, it was spectacular on Saturday. It was a rare Indian Summer day. 70 degrees and sunny, with leaves ranging in colors from brown to maroon, red, yellow, orange, green and even a bit of purple. They were as bright as I have ever seen leaves in the fall. And, I spent three falls in the Poconos, which are famous for their fall foliage.

The wedding was held at a beautiful little Methodist church in town. The wedding went off without a hitch and we went on to the reception at a local country club. I met quite a few really cool people. After the reception was over and I had gone back to my friend's house to help his mom feed their cats and dog, I went over to another friend's house to a Halloween party, that I was not dressed for. Had some fun there and went to bed. I got up and drove back out the River Road to Grafton, Illinois, just up the road from Elsah, for a gift opening party. I got out there early and took my camera so I could take a few pictures of the church and some of the changing leaves. I have lived most of my live within 20-30 minutes of this wonderful drive and have never seen it so beautiful as it was this weekend. Hopefully the pictures I took while driving will turn out. From there I went directly to coaching and my hockey game, out to dinner with some other friends and now I am waiting for my laundry to get done so I can throw it into the dryer and go to bed.

It was a great weekend, but, now I need a few days off to have some time for myself.