Las Vegas weddings (or one wedding, at any rate)

[jain]

The bad:

• Fifty+ hours in the car with my parents.


• Attempting to drive while five backseat drivers all gave me contradictory advice.


• Missing a Backstreet Boys concert.


• All this for a wedding that lasted exactly half an hour.

The good:

• Fifty+ hours in the car with my younger sisters.


• Driving through Colorado was awesome. Lovely landscapes, and the most fun mountains I've driven on to date.


• Seeing my brothers for the first time in a year and a half. The demonstrative one was cuddly and affectionate and wrestled with me, and the other one allowed me to hug him three times and kiss him once.


• Being the official witness for the marriage, with the signing of documents and everything. (I still can't get over it; my brother asked me last minute, and I'm so proud and happy that he'd want me to fill that role for him.)


• My baby brother's married! He was so handsome and adult, and my new sister-in-law was beautiful, and I maybe cried a bit from joy.

And then I came home and hugged all of my housemates a lot (because I'd missed them) and received the greatest reversathon assignment ever. All in all, a pretty good weekend--though if any of my other siblings decide to get married in Las Vegas on less than a month's notice, there will be dire consequences indeed.

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[fluffyllama.livejournal.com]

Fifty hours? And once more I'm grateful for being in a very small country! Sounds like the good wins, and eep, you made me miss my brothers again. Multiple brothers and sisters though - how many of youare there , if I can be incredibly nosy? (I'm just envious, I always wanted more brothers and sisters.)

and received the greatest [info]reversathon assignment ever

Yay! Score one more point for the godly modding powers *g* Seriously, I'm very glad to hear you're happy with it :-)

[jain]

Fifty hours?

3400 miles round-trip...longer, actually, because there was a snowstorm in the northwest while we were out there, and we had to dip down into Kansas on the return. And that's just for the second leg of the journey; my parents and youngest sister had to drive for seventeen hours to reach my other sisters and me out here in the Midwest.

Speaking of which, there are six of us: me, two brothers, and three sisters. As with my mini-vacation, being part of a large family had its good points and its bad points, but the good definitely won out. (Especially now that the youngest is fifteen. Much less screaming and hair-pulling now that most of us are adults.)

Yay! Score one more point for the godly modding powers *g* Seriously, I'm very glad to hear you're happy with it :-)

"Happy" is a bit of an understatement. I've a story idea prodding at me already that I'm very excited about. Thanks so much for assigning me the perfect request!

[jain]

No hotels--one of my mother's childhood friends lives just south of Vegas, so we spent the night there, and with five drivers, we were able to drive out and back without stopping. Not much in the way of meals, either, except when we were at Nelle's house. Gas prices, though, were insane. As were my parents.

[breadandroses.livejournal.com]

Happy birthday!

I'd love to talk to you - could you email me your phone number? breadandroses at gmail.