This weekend was something i never experienced before.  TOTAL INDEPENDENCE!

    Friday, I went with my parents and boyfriend to eat at a local chinese buffet.  After which, we went to the university for an award ceremony.  BJB got recognized TWICE for his outstanding achievements.  woohoo!  I got recognized once, but that'll all change by next spring.  We left BJB there and i went home to pack.

   I house-sat for a close friend who went out of town.  they have a dog and a cat, both of which i'm allergic to.  however, i managed to keep some distance and had only one slight episode of itchy eyes.  friday night, BJB came over and watched "Beautiful Mind" and kept me company for a few hours.  he left so we could both get some sleep before 'the wedding'.

     SNS's wedding was Saturday.  i only met him and his, well, wife once.  but they are close friends with BJB; therefore, i was invited.  i got there at 10:05am, because BJB said his parents were planning on being there anywhere from 10 to 10:30am, to get a good seat.  but, i was all alone for a good while...until TROY showed up with his gf (whom i never met until that point).  and then BAM!  BJB's ex just appears.  i knew it was one of his ex's because i've seen her picture on the internet before.  she took over the conversation, and made me feel a bit uncomfortable, but it wasn't unbearable....yet.  the wedding went without a hitch.  it was beautiful!  the reception was interesting.  it was a sit-down dinner.  and the EX was already sitting at a table, so that's where BJB wanted to sit.  when we fixed our plates (it was buffet style), nobody left a purse at the table, so other people sat at that table.  i thought it was funny and hoped that we wouldn't be able to sit together (as in, me and BJB with whomever else EXCEPT "her"...i'm evil, aren't i?)  but no.  "she" has to throw a tantrum like a baby with no manners and her mom went and asked those people, who were already eating, to move.  can you believe it???? guess i found out where "she" gets it from.  but that's not what made me upset.  when we were eating, she had to stick her fork in his food on his plate and eat it!!!!!!  i almost went off on her right then and there.  then she had the audacity of grabbing his glass and almost drinking out of it!!!!  i wanted to cry then, because BJB wasn't paying any attention to me except for trying to get me to listen to her reminisce of their childhood.  granted they "grew-up" together, but that totally cut me out of the conversation and made me a complete and utter by-stander!  i felt so horrible.  i tried to get BJB to listen to the dulcimer that was playing, but he wasn't amused...he would have rather talked to the cow who tried to eat all his food.  i was extremely glad that his mother came to the table and took my mind off of the whole situation.  if she had not, i believe i would have ruined SNS's wedding reception with an outburst of uncontrollable tears.  as you can tell, this B*I*T*C*H really got under my skin.  so i did what i normally do in uncomfortable situations...i completely took myself out of the situation and made it as though i was the only one in the room (in my mind).  i was glad it was over.

BJB followed me to the house i was watching. he asked me what was wrong, and when i told him...he shrugged it off as she was just being friendly...i totally saw it as marking territory.  a terriory she no longer had dominion over.  but, he made me feel a little better when we watched some tv...until he wouldn't let me see his cell phone and i almost got it out of his pocket when he started playing dirty and threw me over the side of the pull-out-bed and took a big chunk of skin off my elbow, not to mention the bruises.  i tried not to cry, but there they fell...all the tears i had bottled up from earlier in the day and the new ones from the pain.  he felt so badly, so he doctored me up and decided that he needed to go back to his apartment to study.  but before he left, he gave me his boutonniere that he wore in the wedding (forgot to mention he was a groom's man).

i got lonely that night, so after my mom called, i called BJB to see if he was studying.  then i called Brushgoat to find out about the concert on sunday.  i went to bed late, because i was thinking about everything.

wow...this weekend was a long string of events...but i must continue!

sunday, i went home and Brushgoat came to pick me up at 1:15pm.  we got DZ and headed toward Atlanta for the Fall out Boy concert.  we stopped at Sonic for some food...and not even 10 minutes on the interstate, DZ's drink starts gushing everywhere...so i went to pick up mine and get it out of the way and....GUSH!  mine gets all over my pants.  my butt was blue because i got a Blue Coconut slush.  we threw them out the window...got paper towels at a gas station and i rode the whole way with a numb backside.  there was a car that followed us all the way to atalanta...and when we got there...the mall was closed so i couldn't get new pants.  but we did manage to score an awesome parking spot.  we didn't buy t-shirts before we went in due to the huge crowd (but we should have).  the first band was good...the second sucked *ss.  Hawthorne Heights was pretty good....during the intermission, they played Queen...and Brushgoat and I rocked out to that.  DZ was waiting for All American Rejects because they are her fav.  and they were awesome.  we jumped so much i couldn't feel my legs anymore.  and then...the main attraction....FALL OUT BOY!  i knew every song except for 2.  it was spectacular.  we left before the last song was over because we were going to get shirts.  even though they ran out of small, i got two mediums...one for me and one for BJB since he didn't get to go with us.  after that...we headed home...but when we stopped so i could relieve some fluids...we got Wendy's.  i got that new frescata turkey club thing...it was good.  and needed.  then we drove the rest of the way...we didn't make it to my house til about 1:45am.  i had called BJB to let him know i was still alive and that i was thinking about him.  he's so great!!!!  i am glad Brushgoat bought those tickets...but i can still hear the ringing from the loud music...i doubt i'll be going back to another concert for a while.  but i did love it.  soo much fun!  i wanna go on another road trip!