Filling the Gaps

This is an abridged version of the events that happened in between the bridal shower and our arrival on the Outer Banks.

Bachelorette/Bachelor Party - Rob and I had our respective parties with our best gals/guys. I had mine in DC with all the DC gals. We had a great dinner that Amanda cooked for us and we enjoyed some cocktails while hanging around. The following day a smaller contingent of us went wine tasting. It was a lot of fun. As for what the boys did, Bruce came and took Rob and they went to Boston. They attended some of PAX East,went to a comedy show, went on some brewery tours, and did a lot of drinking.

Easter - For the first time in about 10 years, I made it to our family gathering for Easter. This was the first time that Rob really was introduced to the rest of my family (those that were present). He has met a few here and there, but this was the first official family function he attended. He met about 60% of them, so that was good. They held an Easter Egg hunt for the younger kids and enjoyed the very warm weather. It was quite nice.

So that's the events leading up to the wedding that happened between the shower and when we arrived at the beach. Stay tuned! I am an updating fool now!

March 5th

Today is a good day. Did you know that it has multiple unofficial holidays? Seriously! For one, today is my Half Birthday. For those of you who don't know what a Half Birthday is, it's 6 months from your normal birthday. Secondly, this is my logical Friday which is always a holiday to me. Hooray 4 day work weeks. And finally, this was discovered no doubt by the king of nerds. Well, I will let the notice I found speak for itself.

I just wanted to make the announcement, if anyone happened to be unaware. The reason for the holiday, if you haven't guessed already, is because sqrt(1225) = 35. Translating those numbers into calendar dates gives us the square root of Christmas 12/25 falling on 3/5. It just so happens that there is another big nerd holiday in March, Pi Day (3/14). Why not connect these two dates with a week(ish) long nerd celebration? I hereby declare that:

• March 5th shall be known as the Square Root of Christmas and
• The 10-day interval between the Square Root of Christmas and Pi Day shall be known as Nerdigras

So needless to say, it's a time of celebration.