In July, we went to Galveston, Texas, to attend a good college friend's wedding. Danny Jackson was my roommate for 3 years at A&M when we were going through the Corps together. He met Janet (his new wife) while doing is grad studies at Southwest Texas State. We had a great time celebrating their wedding and getting to know Janet.
Danny and Janet got married at this cool old chapel on Galveston Island. But now that I think about it cool isn't the right word to describe the chapel. Turns out the day before the wedding the chapel's AC unit broke. Unfortunately, they didn't get the AC fixed before the wedding so we crammed 100 people into a 100 year old church and nearly roasted to death. It didn't help things that all the groomsmen where doing shots together before the wedding so we were all sweating bullets standing up there. But I wouldn't have traded the day for anything.
It was also great to hangout with all our Corp of Cadets buddies from years ago. It was awesome to hear their stories and finally meet some of their wives/girlfriends. Danny and mine's good friend Patrick Ester was even able to go after his wife surprised him with tickets to come to the wedding.
One of the funniest parts of the weekend was after the rehearsal dinner all of the Danny's and Janet's friends went bar hoping in Galveston. We all had a great time enjoying adult beverages and reminiscing about old times. The highlight of the night was Kristen finally getting to experience the joy of being the designated driver amongst my old crew. Lets just say my sides where hurting the next day from the non stop laughter of our antics. I think our friend Matt even made friends with the McDonald's drive thru attendant...
Despite bringing our camera with us we failed to take a single picture of the weekend which was quite a bummer. Sadly, a few weeks later Hurricane Ike blew through Galveston. The old chapel that had survived the 1900 Hurricane also survived Hurricane Ike. Maybe FEMA can finally get that AC fixed???
