One of my best friends from childhood Madeleine Clark (now Vantine) got married on April 28th in Manchester, New Hampshire and there was no way I was going to miss it. Not only was Madeleine my side kick and partner in crime growing up but she also stood beside me on my wedding day. She was the one who looked like a 2012 version of Audrey Hepburn.
Well, Daniel and I had known about her wedding for a pretty long time but between the hassel of our own wedding and just being the procrasinators that we are we did not buy plane tickets until the week of her wedding and we did not book our hotel until the day before the wedding in the airport in Washington D.C. We like to keep things interesting and our "Wilder" adventures wild. Needless to say this weekend was jam packed with complete and utter randomness.
For starters, I got to meet a life long friend in person. Yes, you read correctly, Tiffany Green and I have been friends since we were 13 and we had never met in person until April 27th. You see, I grew up in Mississippi and Tiffany grew up and still lives in Connecticut, so when she found out we would be driving through on our way from NYC to New Hampshire she decided we should meet for dinner. Daniel thought I was crazy when I told him this story but lucky for me Daniel is into crazy and thought the whole idea sounded awesome. So, we met Tiffany and her boyfriend at Tai Too an amazing Vegetarian Tai restaurant right on Yales campus. When we arrived Tiffany and I hugged like we hadnt seen each other 13 years and then she was the ultimate tour guide and showed us all around Yale. I have never felt so smart in my life. After the tour we had dinner and needless to say that was an adventure in itself because the menu didnt have pictures and we were not sure what we were ordering. Needless to say the food was amazing and we spent a couple hours just laughing and talking. Any person who did not know any better would have thought Tiffany and I had grown up side by side. It was an amazing time and I cannot wait to do it again!
After dinner, Daniel and I still had about a four hour drive to our hotel. We sang at the top of our lungs for about and hour of it and then I passed out. Unfortunately for him, this is very common for me on long drives. We finally arrived at our hotel at midnight and crashed. The next day, we shopped our little hearts out in Manchester and then met up with my life long friend and neighbor Ashley (she was the pregnant photographer at our wedding) and her mom Sharon. We all had lunch together and Ashley gave us the CD of our wedding pictures. Daniel and I left lunch estatic to get back to the room and look at our wedding pictures. Daniel had a surprise in those pictures and I was excited to see his reaction to them. I had taken "sexy" pictures for him and he definetly loves them. Anywho we won't get into THAT adventure on this blog....
That afternoon was Madeleines wedding and boy was it beautiful. Madeleine is the most beautiful person I have ever met both inside and outside and her wedding was a reflection of that. I laughed. I cried and I thanked God for giving me such an amazing friend. At the reception we ate amazing food, got the cutest wedding favors (which airport security made us throw away, shame on you!) and met some of Madeleines amazing family and friends. As we left the reception that night I broke down and cried like a baby. Previous to our wedding I had not seen Madeleine in 6 years and I had gotten to see her twice this year alone. I cried because I am not sure when I will see her again and because when you see someone again that you have spent so long missing you realize just how important they are to your life and how much you love and care for them. The beautiful thing about my friendship with Madeleine however is that it can be 6 days or 6 years we still catch up right where we left off without ever missing a beat.
Sunday morning we woke up to start our long trek from New Hampshire back to New York. We arrived at the airport and I found out we were going to be riding in a Prop plane. I have flewn a 100 times in my life and up until this point I had been lucky enough to miss out on the hell. It was loud. It was bumpy. It was tiny. It was terrifying. I think I almost broke Daniels hands while he was SLEEPING!!! I hope I never have to go through that again. It is safe to say I Thank God many times over when my feet finally hit the ground.
Daniel and I have been in 10 airports on 10 planes in one month. We have traveled to more places in one month of marriage together than most people get to do in a lifetime. I am thankful however that we have a little break until the next airport though. However, there are no breaks until the next adventure!
