Polar bears like it when you drown

B's wedding last weekend, Meema in town to accompany us to the wedding. We drove down to Tinley Park and stayed overnight at a motel. Hot day, felt like I was wilting in my black suit. N. was one of two babies at the wedding. Generally a so-so time, I ate way too much prime rib and wedding food, there was an open bar so I also drank a lot too - like 4-5 drinks which is a lot for me. It wasn't the time of my life but I didn't mind it that much, I told K. it would be like J's wedding last summer where I didn't know anyone and felt out of place, it wasn't that bad. I knew some people there and I was genuinely happy for K. and B., even though they're not that great of friends or anything.

Took yesterday off due to stomach illness, went running in the afternoon. Got up early to run this morning as well, it's still dark our around 5:30am so it feels weird going out that early - there's other runners on the streets though, so I don't feel totally uncomfortable. My weight is remarkably, not that bad considering all of the eating I've been doing on the weekends. N's party last weekend, a lot of eating and drinking, the wedding last weekend - this weekend we have to go to the UP for cousin A's wedding. Should be another huge eating bonanza. I've been racking up some semi big mileage though - long run this week is supposed to be 10 miles, so I think that's helping keep the weight down. Also on the other days of the week I tend to eat very well. Last night K. made some hummus and veggie sandwiches on wheat bread, stuff like that.

Been playing a lot of guitar, feel like I'm getting my touch back after playing sporadically over the summer due to funerals and moving and general craziness that kept interfering with my practice schedule. Last night was my first class at Old Town School, it was rudimentary but pretty fun. Old Town is pretty awesome in that they actually encourage students to bring beers to class. The teacher taught us some vocal exercises that were really goofy - I don't know if I'm going to make a regular habit of them, although I should. I'm really glad I took this class, hopefully I'll feel confident enough in my singing and playing skills at the end of the class to delve into some open mics and get some experience performing for people. It's also nice just interacting with fellow guitar players and music lovers. The only thing for me is the focus on old time folk music, which is not that big of a deal really, although I'd rather play my music (maybe we'll get to later on in the course). Still haven't met up with JR, we keep missing connections - he asked to meet last week but I was going out of town, I emailed him this week about meeting up, so far no reply.