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If there is one thing Patrick and I do well, it is the whirlwind trip. With this last trip up to Wisconsin behind us, we have pretty much perfected the art.
This trip, as you may have guessed from the title, was for my Disney partner in crime, Melissa’s wedding celebration to Paul. That’s right, wedding celebration, not wedding. Because they actually got married on New Years Eve, this was just the party. If you think I’m crazy for going that far for a party a couple of days before moving five states away, then you have no idea how much this girl means to me.
Our mini adventure started with a 4am wake up call on Friday. We rushed to get ready and head to the airport for a 6:35am take off. Everything went well enough, except that Patrick bought his pocket knife and had to throw it away at security. Oops! It was too early to think. We made it to Memphis just fine, but after sitting on the plane there for half an hour or so, we were informed that we had to get off the plane because the toilets weren’t working. Apparently you can’t take off for a flight without a working lavatory. Whatever, it was a 90 minute flight. We could have made it. Everyone had to get off the plane and we waited about an hour before the little situation was fixed and we were finally on our way. In Milwaukee we rented a car and got on the road for a 2 hour cruise up to Neenah. P.S. The Wisconsin countryside is beautiful in the summer, if you like rolling hills and picturesque barns and windmills. Too cool!
We planned on getting to the hotel around noon and napping until time to get ready for the wedding, but our toilet delay made us 2 hours late for that. Instead we walked in to the lobby just moments before Paul and Mel had their first look. It was fate! All of the wedding party was down there so it was good to see everyone before the party started.
You should meet Paul. Really. He is the nicest guy in the world and despite the fact that his bride was just moments away, he gave us huge hugs, made sure we got checked in ok and showed us where we could get maps of the area and could not stop grinning.
After watching the first look and giving hugs all around we did make it up to the room to crash for a couple of hours. Soon it was time to get ready for the party. We thoroughly enjoyed their untraditional (but totally Paul-and-Mel) ceremony, and made our way to dinner. It was a great night of catching up with Disney buds Brooke and Paige and their respective boy toys. We ate, we danced, we talked, we took pictures. By we, I mean Brooke. Who has not posted them to facebook yet, ahem, cough cough.
I did take these:
Which turned out terrible, but hey, it proves we were there!
Too soon, Patrick and I had to call it a night. We had another wake up call at 5:15, so to bed we went!
Paul and Mel, we were honored to be there with you, have a ball on your honeymoon and get your butts down to Baton Rouge!
