I'm happy to report that L.A. is not, in fact, full of surgically altered plastic people. Though there are those, I have been fortunate enough to make new friendships and renew old ones every week since Sacred Fools! First there was Beth from the show, then Melissa from yoga who's a voice over agent, then Bob who's a friend of a friend from DC and a director/actor, Jack who I did "Photograph 51" with in DC, J.T. and his wife Lauren who I know from "Curveball" in DC but they live in LA, and Ben, Brigetta, Jeff, Kathryn, and Mairi all from UPS. UPS is the University of Puget Sound for those of you who don't know. It's been pretty awesome. The week of Oct. 6-12 was just chock full of good people! I've realized that you can go off and do whatever you want on your own, but it immediately gets more fun and more meaningful when you have people to share it with. Our friends are what tie us down, in a good way. They don't hinder; they anchor, and in a time of transition you really need some ballast.
Towards the end of the week, I got to head back to DC for the long weekend to see Theo and go to a great wedding! My friend Bekah from middle school in Riyadh AND from college married her boyfriend from college in VA last Tuesday. They're now honeymooning in Greece and, hopefully, trying all the good Greek dishes Theo and I told them about. With some luck, they'll fit in some ruins between meals. I think Pete, who majored in history major, is going to take care of that.
It was great to catch up with folks from college, especially at the henna party! Bekah wanted to honor her roots, so she got all the ladies together at her mom's house and we snacked and listened to middle eastern music, caught up on each other's lives and had henna designs painted on our hands. That was Saturday. Sunday was a day off to hang out and Monday was the gorgeous wedding - small and outside in a botanical garden in VA with lots of family and friends. So many of our friends are musicians, including Bekah's brother Pete, that we were treated to a great band made up of friends and many songs to honor the bride and groom. I was enlisted at the last minute to sing back up for Kirsten's, the Maiden of Honor, toast, but the biggest surprise was the Chinese Dragon! As Bekah and Pete, now Mr. and Mrs. Nelson, were announced, a drum beat started from somewhere in the distance, then some sort of cymbal and suddenly a Chinese Dragon danced out of the hallway from whence the bride and groom had come! The three person band followed behind and the bride and groom were honored with an extremely gymnastic dragon dance. Pete and Bekah kept the whole thing a secret from the entire wedding party and it was great fun.
Despite all the fun, Theo and I did learn a good lesson this weekend: It is possible to schedule in too much fun. We've realised that when we get to see each other, we need to have two days just for us. It was so great to be home and be involved with the wedding and meet friends for drinks and go pick our pumpkin and go the Fall Farm Fair and go the wedding and go to the henna party and go the Jack&Jill party that we got so busy, we started to feel like we ran out of "us time". No more of that, we've decided. If you feel left out when I'm home, at least you'll know I'm in good company.
Speaking of home, I start driving Nov. 5, so I should be back in DC sometime on Nob. 10. See you soon!
- Jewel
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