jesquire in the house

hi yall

its a hot and sunny day here in atlanta.
jes is studying for the bar, and larry is laid out next to me. horace is probably upstairs in his room.

this past? passed? week was pretty eventful. jes graduated from law school! we headed to new york on tuesday afternoon and her ceremony was on wednesday afternoon. it was in avery fisher hall near where the new york opera and ballet building are. the auditorium was totally lovely. the ceremony was hella long: it started at 2:30 and ended just before 6pm. we got there at about 1pm, so needless to say, it was a long day. but the ending was worth it: jes has her J.D.! and she didn't pass out/throw up or trip on stage.

so on tuesday night we had dinner with her folks in little italy. delish. then we headed to brooklyn to meet up with supper club and other law school folks. after dropping off our bags at glennda and kim's and loving on bambino for a minute, we headed to a local bar. there we met up with a bunch of folks. i FINALLY got to meet ben, jes's new gay boyfriend. this spring all she could talk about was ben's chicken curry salad and how good it was. so luckily he brought her a big sammie of it to eat that night. i tried it, it is delish. here is a pic of her and him:



supper club was also there. i was so excited to see kim, glennda and ali. i hadn't seen kim and gt for OVER A YEAR! and i hadn't seen nancy since september or october. way too long.



many of jes's classmates were there too, namely erica and beth. erica and jes are like two little brothers together, especially when a camera is around. here is their best tough guy pose:



and here is a picture of kim and ali. ali is so tan b/c she spent hours working on her garden and weeding the weekend before:



we stayed out too late that night and fell asleep immediately in the jes suite (i.e. gt and kim's second bedroom). we were up early the next morning b/c we had tickets to go to the top of the rock before jes's graduation, but the visibility was so low, we rescheduled for thursday morning. when we got to avery fisher hall we met up with erica and beth (and their families) almost immediately. folks joked that jes and erica looked like servers in a restaurant and beth was the hostess. i think they all look adorable:



and here is jes with her parents. aren't they cute too?



once we got inside the building and got in line for the graduation it was pretty chaotic. also there was only one bathroom for like twelve million people, so i waited in line to pee with everyone's gramma. they were these hilarious spunky old women who were like "you would think they would have more bathrooms" and suggesting we go use the men's room. luckily jes and i could text throughout the ceremony so we were able to make jokes and comment on the shit people on stage were saying or doing. when it was over, we took a few pictures and then headed out to dinner. here is one of me and jes while she is still in her robes and her mushroom hat. i think she looks like harry potter:



we first met at blockheads to get mexican food but they dicked us over on their wait list so we left and went to some other mexican restaurant down the street. it was fancier but still delicious. i ordered some AVOCADO FRIES that everyone loved. Bobby even ordered more. it was jes, me, her folks, glennda and kim (ali had to get to dc for work) and then bobby and higgins. i think everyone had a great time. jes's parents got to see us in action with our friends, higgins knocked over a glass of water onto her and me while gesticulating as she told a story, and everyone seemed to like their food. this was the first time we saw higgs and bobby since their engagement so they practiced a pose for their engagement photo:



after dinner we were pretty tired so we headed back to brooklyn and watched top chef. i fell asleep promptly on the red chair and jes was like "babe get up and go to bed" so i did. on thursday morning we got a bagel at terrace (so delish) and then headed to manhattan to meet up with her folks for the top of the rock. it was cool to see the skyline from that vantage point. jes and i took a pic of us with the chrysler building in the back. its my favorite sky scraper there:



our trip home was pretty uneventful. when we got back to atlanta is was a sauna and it hasn't let up since. yesterday i went to the virginia highlands festival with angie and then we went to swimming pool. it was so fun, but i got a little burned on shoulders. no matter how much sunscreen i put on my shoulders, they always burn. i don't get it.

today is about studying and errands and trying to stay cool.
happy sunday.