Days 22-18

Umm yeah - didn't blog at all during my bachelorette weekend. Then last night I was up late helping Teen with his homework so I'm catching up....

My bachelorette weekend was PHENOMENAL!!! All in all, there were 14 of us in New Orleans to celebrate my upcoming nuptials. Because of the rain we missed the jazz fest on Friday but enjoyed the entertainment on the Saturday and Sunday. Before heading out Saturday afternoon for lunch and the jazz fest, my friends put a Ms. Bachelorette sash on me. So I was queen for a day. I think we saw at least 5 bachelorette parties during the weekend.

Friday night was just dinner, but Saturday we set out to shut Bourbon Street down. Well, not really because I can't hang that long, but we ended up staying out until around 3am. And this was after getting up at 6:30 Saturday morning to get in some exercise and no nap. Yeah, I was on 'E' by the time I hit the bed.

The shenanigans started after we got to Bourbon street. First they put a veil on me. This veil had *ehem* male members that lit up and a few *ehem* male member protectors on it (trying to avoid typing certain words to keep the crazies from googling certain words and coming to my site). We all were also given male member straws to be used for our drinks that night. Finally I was given a male member whistle that glowed in the dark. Some might think this is pretty tame, but since I've never had my mouth anywhere near a male member, the whistle and straw were pretty funny.

In honor of Mr. Me, ToolTime pulled out two mini Crown bags - that's his favorite drink and he refers to the bags as 'ghetto banks', LOL. In one bag was a variety of tasks (12 in all). If I didn't complete the task, I had to pull from the other bag. I completed 9 tasks. 2 weren't completed because we did not have time (we were all tired and ready to go to sleep). The one that I really tried to complete but could not was the first one I pulled. My task was to convince a guy to give me a male member protector from his wallet. One man offered to go buy one for me - he was the first person I asked. I should have accepted because 20 guys later, I still did not have one. So I had to pull from the other ghetto bank - I had to take two shooters.

I'm not going to list all the tasks I completed, but I think my favorite was to pinch 10 guys on the bottom and say "Ooh, It's Juicy!" I walked up to a group of approximately 6 guys. I snuck up and pinched the first one and at first he was surprised. But then when he was cool. As I went around pinching the rest - a bunch of other guys came up to stick out their butts. They were going up to the others in my party wanting to get theirs pinched, LOL. I palmed the last two, LOL. We had a ball!!!

Sunday was a chill day. Late breakfast/lunch, a nap (for me), jazz fest, dinner and then the Hookah bar. Yup, I did some hookah. I don't even know if that's the proper way to state that. Monday we headed back to the A.

On the drive back, TaeBo (her idea), ToolTime, Thumbelina and GradyB all gave me some words of wisdom/encouragement. I have the best friends in the world and I REALLY appreciate how they worked to make my weekend special. In attendance were: TaeBo, ToolTime, Thumbelina, GradyB, Bey(once), Icey, Wise Diva, RhysPieces (AKA LU), MrsSaditty, GoddessInTheA and folks that don't have online names - my stylist, her friend and my HR buddy from Houston. HR buddy brought me some crawfish dressing and Icey brought me some kahlua brownies. Both are super delish - had some for dinner last night.

Although I was celebrating the end of my singleness, my love for Mr. Me was always in the forefront. Most of the people I encountered asked me if I was sure about getting married or made some other negative comment. I know it was in jest, but I didn't like that. One guy came up to me in the karaoke spot and gave me the most encouraging comments. He was hanging out with his mother-in-law and they both told me to tell MM "happy wife, happy life" LOL. On the ride up, Thumbelina played this wedding song and I started bawling. While Anita Baker was singing "Giving You the Best that I Got" I started bawling. We were talking about how it's awesome to be actually living the love songs I sang when I was younger. Those words are so true to me.

But while I'm excited to be getting married - this weekend was a little bittersweet. I have had a fulfilling single life. A single life that has been great BECAUSE I have the best friends. We've traveled together, attended sporting events together, celebrated birthdays together, had game night/karaoke parties together *gotten a little tipsy together* and cried together. I must admit I'm going to miss this lifestyle. Don't get me wrong, I plan to have girltime - but I know I can't roll like I used to. Now I can't wait until my girls find their hubbies so we can do a bunch of couple stuff. That's my mission, to get my girls coupled up - for two reasons: so they can experience the immense joy that I have, and so they won't be doing a lot of single things without me. I'm still a little selfish - I ain't changed...

So now I'm less than 3 weeks from becoming Mrs. So much to do, so little time.