tagged together in 43 photos catrinel + amanda Birthday gang! ( Oh man, I'm writing this 4.5 years later in late December of 2021 in the midst of the Omicron wave of covid and seeing all these people I love in one place makes me long for this to all be over and to be in a room with so many people I love again.) Beach crew portrait! Excellent Rockaway Beach Saturday! Late night... Happy birthday, Cynthia! ...to celebrate Cynthia's birthday! (Everyone joked how it would take over two years for this picture to surface. Yep!) Ladies I love. ...got dance floor recruited. Congrats, Grant! ...doesn't mean you can't have a dance party. Lovelies. Party posse. UGLY FACE VERSION! So much goodness! Later that night, we went to Casa de Wang for taco night! Later that night we went over to vBar for Carol's going away party! Such a fun crowd. Let's hear it for MISSUS PEEPER'S CREEPERS! For team portrait #1 they used the trashbag/cone combo as a stand-in for me. We met back up for a little stroll over to McDonalds... ...and got this pic of our whole team in the back! 25 POINTS! Our team was Amanda, Clayton, Catrinel and me! Supposedly science has proved that scavenging proficiency is slightly increased when you're a little bit daytime drunk. Happy birthday, Meredith! But first, churro break! Cat, Astra and Amanda! Everyone was accounted for and we were ready to hit the road by 8:45! On Saturday we finally felt settled into our new place enough to invite people over for a little Saturday night boardgame get-together. I got right down to business and handing out the special "party favors" I brought... ...until he was lovingly rescued by Cat. You've never heard so much giggling, tittering and straight up "OH MY GAWDS!" in your life. Meredith LOVES Cranium. Mostly because she enjoys seeing her friends have to do stuff like... On Sunday a whole bunch of went over to Siege and KT's for movie night! Thanks for having us all over, gorgeous! We had so much fun at your party! More hoop rolling. (Oh, and Catrinel's also playing with a hula hoop in the foreground). This photo makes me cackle every time I look at it. Couch-hug for the birthday girl! Buddies. Scott, Amanda, Cynthia, Cat, Fran, Cristie and Linda. Amanda and Scott with the birthday girl in her kitchen upon our arrival! Then a couple songs later, Meredith, KT and Siege joined the party and we all nerded out together. Just cuz you're getting married doesn't mean you gotta grow up or anything! Thanks to everyone for keeping the surprise a secret and for coming out to help me surprise Meredith! It meant so much to have so many people we love be there to share that huge moment in our lives! Hahaha. Killing it. I love this pic. Straight down to business! After, Kate and Siege took us all out for pizza and beers for helping with the schlepping. Mmmmmm, pizza. Mmmmmm, beer. 
