Song of Myself

The wedding is now 4 days away, including today. I’ve finally been hit by the nerves. I never thought I’d be one to get “cold feet,” but I think I’m experiencing quite the case of it now. Maybe that isn’t the correct term, though; I’m not doubting the relationship or considering not going through with it–that’s just not an option. I’m just realizing the magnitude of what’s going to happen on Friday. I’m trying to hang out with as many of my friends this week as I can, mostly since I’m moving away from Athens. It’s all quite surreal.

Last night I hung out with Jonathan. I originally met him when I was a new transfer to UGA; we had Japanese together (4 days a week). We also lived right down the street from one another, so we both rode the public transport bus to campus at the same times. I got to know him fairly well during that semester, so when we had Japanese together again in the fall of 2007, it was kinda picking up where we’d left off. Once I started working at Borders last November, our friendship really blossomed, since he works there too. Our breaks are almost always synced, so we usually get food and just hang out talking in the break room for the hour. Good times. I feel like he’s become a really good friend by now, so it’s pretty surprising that last night was the first time we’ve actually spent any time together pre-planned, outside of work. It was a fun night. We met up at the Alps St. Kroger to do a little shopping for dinner–we were planning on homemade pizza, beer, and video games all night. That Kroger is so insane–I hate it! Besides the parking lot, which is basically a deathtrap, it’s so crowded in there, it feels like rush hour on Lexington Road–merging, cutting people off, everything. We finally left and headed to his place, which was a cute little 1-bedroom apartment near the UGA track in Five Points. Jonathan had never made homemade pizza before, but since it’s so easy, I was able to enlighten him. The pizza turned out awesome: deep dish, fresh tomatoes, sundried tomatoes, portabella mushrooms, artichoke hearts, and cheese–yum! He was suitably impressed. We bought a 6-pack of Flying Dog Old Scratch (first time drinking that for both of us–it was pretty good, though a little malty for my tastes) and a 6-pack of Kirin Ichiban, which I love. To my amusement, it turned out that Jonathan didn’t own a bottle opener, and neither beer was twist-off, so he made an emergency run to the gas station up the street to get a bottle opener. We started drinking with dinner, so we were getting a good buzz by 7:00 or so. He showed me his sweeeet PS3, and we played around on this game called Warhawk for a while. After that, we talked a little bit, then hooked up the GameCube for some awesome MarioKart Double Dash action–hella fun! After that intensity, we just sat there on the couch and talked about stuff for a long time. He had to call his girlfriend (to assure her that we weren’t doing the nasty or anything–haha), so I started watching TV. When he came back, I was watching Scrubs, which prompted him to bust out the Scrubs season 2 DVD and we watched our two favorite episodes (His Story, My Kingdom). After that, we watched a few random videos on YouTube, then I decided to head home. My final beer count was 4, which is a lot for me, but I guess I’m becoming a hardened drinker, because by the time I drove home, I was totally sober (of course).

All in all a fun day, especially since it was preluded by a fun shopping trip to Target with Amanda. I have the last of my wedding beauty essentials, which I’m going to test out today.

Today’s plans include getting my nails done with Haley P, then packing….