Let's hear it for the boys!

Keith, Todd, Jay, Rich

This weekend is Todd's bachelor party. Yup - Memorial Day weekend. Pools will be opening (do we even belong to a pool? I'll have to check the HOA docs...). Grills will be smokin'. Tans will be forming. And I will be lonely.

The "Best Men" and bachelor party organizers -- Chris & Jay

HA, that makes me sound desperate! No seriously though, I'm super excited for Todd because I know how much he loves his "boys" and a long weekend of male camaraderie is definitely on the list of things Todd deserves considering how patient he consistently is with me.

Should I really leave him in the hands of these crazies?? ;)

SO... tonight, Jay (best man, best friend, best TLC watcher) will be driving down to stay with us for the night(although I may not see him because Scranton, PA...excuse me, Valley Forge is it, now?...wherever they live, is pretty darn far from Springfield, VA, so I might be sleeping when he arrives in the wee hours of the night/morning). Then tomorrow, at some undisclosed time (which may be 'undisclosed' so that I'm not calling every five minutes tomorrow asking Todd if he has fed, walked, peed & pooped the dog) the boys...all 10 or so of them...will be piling in cars loaded with junk food, toilet paper, various cuts of meat (crazy carnivores), and bourbon...faaaar too much bourbon...and taking off for a cabin in the woods.

Let me clarify. This is not a cabin, but in fact a 12 person mansion with an abundance of comfortable beds, a gorgeous new kitchen with granite counter tops, a pool table, ping-pong table, foos-ball table, and an x-box. And this is not technically the woods, but rather a "wooded-area" in Massanutten. But who really wants to "rough it" anyway during their last official trip as a single man? Not my mountain man!

Anyway, I know they are going to have a blast between being disgusting, farting, burping, not showering, saying lewd and crude things, calling each other weird and gross nicknames, peeing outdoors, getting overly drunk, playing uber competitive rounds of golf, pool, darts, ping-pong, video games, and foos ball, and all around being super "MANLY". I hope they take lots of PG and G rated pictures for us all to enjoy.

I wonder if Todd will call me...? ;)

If I knew how to do a poll, this is where I would insert it with the following answer choices:

a. no chance, he'll be too inebriated

b. no chance, he'll be too involved in the game room competitions

c. no chance, he'll be at a bar

d. no chance, he'll be playing golf

e. maybe, if everyone else in the house passes out

f. of course, you're his bride-to-be who he can't be without speaking to for even a day!

my choice would be f., but I have a good feeling it's a tie between a, b, c, and d. Nope -- I'm not bothered by that! As long as they're safe, I'm happy.

Connor "I didn't mean for this to happen" Hoffman will be on this trip...

My big bro, Matt...who will be sure to NOT miss the RED SOX beating up on the Mets this weekend... is also going on the trip!

Todd's big bro, Matt...who will possibly spend the weekend doing the above - flexing...will also be on the trip :)

My Memorial Day weekend plans pretty much consist of wedding related items such as stuffing invitations, putting together favors, and finishing bridesmaid gifts. But I hope to throw in a little sun-bathing, some good cocktails in the sunshine, spending time with my family, working out, shopping -- within my limits!, some delicious BBQ foods, organizing some of the less-organized parts of our house, and catching up on sleeping in and being lazy!

Memorial Day = 2 month marker til our wedding!