Love is in the air

Well, okay, so I'm back from my trip to Michigan where I attended, sang at, and coordinated my sister's wedding festivities and now she is Christine Weidner Marshall Bier. It was nice, but exhausting. All my fam and friends were pretty much there, but it was rough cause the time I saw them was so short. I meant to tag along to Traverse City, but ended up having too much work to get done on the minority report, which is kicking my ass.

I also presented a paper on my thesis topic at Brock University near Niagara and it went very well; generated some interest, etc. The highlight of my presentation was when my mother, who was supposed to subtly sneak in and hear my presentation instead decided to announce to the symposium that she was my Mom and she just wanted to hear her daughter speak and then she was leaving. Ahh professional highlights of my career. Just when you think that maybe you're old enough and have enough experience to actually be taken seriously, you're quickly grounded by your family I find :)


Anyway, now I'm back in Denver and housesitting, after spending Monday night in the Minneapolis airport. Apparently all the hotels in Minneapolis were booked. So, that experience gave me a better feel for what it's like to be homeless. I slept on a bench with my bags entangled with my person, got too cold in the night too sleep, but woke up the next morning with a stranger sitting across from me watching me sleep. - good times!

Although, I haven't seen many of my peeps since I've been back, I have been updated on the Denver gossip. I won't mention any names, but apparently most of the people in my extended group of friends have paired off with others in the group. And it occurred to me that I never would have put any of the now-couples together. I've been genuinely shocked with each new relationship, including my own - it's all very twilight zoney. But everyone seems happy with it, so I guess it's good. Anyway, that's my briefing.

Keep it real, people! - Naomi

PS: to get a much better and longer description of the wedding festivities see Alison's (of my posse) blog http://alisonsperspective.blogspot.com