she finished today and not thirty minutes after she got home, we headed to taq del sol for a celebratory meal (thanks kath and greg!)
my stomach has been funky the past few days so today all i ate was saltine crackers
surprisingly i am feeling ok after a chicken enchilada (with no cheese) and some guacamole. i really believe that guacamole has healing powers.
anywho, let me say it again YEAH JES IS DONE WITH THE BAR. no more studying, no more stressing, no more flash cards, and no more outlines. she got so much love from everyone supporting her and i hope it buoyed her up and she will pass. we won't know for a couple of months. keep your fingers crossed.
so other then jes making it through the bar, i also have my osu women's studies reunion to report on. i went a few weekends ago and it was so much fun. i headed up to columbus real early on thursday morning. jes dropped me off at the airport and nancy picked me up in dayton (the tix straight to columbus were too expensive). we got some lunch at this cute place called northstar and then went back to nancy's so i could take a little nap on her porch while she did...work (of course). then we headed to the columbus airport to pick up glennda. from their we went to get dinner and drinks. we went to this real cute place called U or something. there were gays everywhere. our favorites were the drunk lesbos with mullets who were drunkadoozles and making out at their table-- HAWT! after that we went home and went to bed. i was tuckered out. oh but right before i went to bed nancy and glennda gave me this great book called "what is your poo telling you." it is seriously one of the best books i have ever read. totally hilarious and sort of informative. you should buy it for someone in your life too.
on friday morning we got up and headed to campus to chat with some ws administrators before we headed to sam's club to buy groceries for the whole weekend. it took us HOURS to get the three carts-full of groceries. here is a picture of glennda and nancy with the carts:
while gt and nancy put away the groceries and started making food for the friday night meet and greet at nancy's house, i went and got a few more groceries, picked up chairs and coolers from folks around town. by the time i got back to nancy's house there were all kinds of folks there. i promptly asked dave (kim's husband) to put together the meat grill (nancy already had a big fancy veggie grill) and headed into the house to try and help out with the food prep. in the end i think the night was as success. folks seemed to have a good time, the food was delicious and it was too hot. by the end the bugs were eating me up though, so i was happy to go inside at the end of the night. here is a picture of nicole, alyson, rowan and finn on nancy's wonderful hammock:
seriously, how beautiful is that family?
the next day we slept in a little and then got geared up for the pool party. julie found this local neighborhood pool that we could all just go to. they reserved the little covered shelterhouse for us, so we set up our food there and then just played in the pool all day long. it was totally like the pool i grew up going to. it had a slide into the deep water but it was like a slide you would find on a playground. i totally thought the pool would be a hit for the kids, but in reality, the adults went bananas. they were going down the slides and jumping off the diving board. it was amazing.
here is a picture of gt, nancy and me when the pool party started:
and here is the best picture ever of becky and kami's little girl harvest. how fucking funny is the look on her face?
not only did women's studies folks come to events during the weekend, i also invited folks from the community that were directly connected to the ws program. i was so excited to see a bunch of the folks i used to do drag with. here is a photo of some of the kings i used to perform with. they are (from left to right): nicole, me, alyson, donna b., heidi, julie and becky:
after the pool party we headed home, cleaned up and got ready for the networking happy hour. gt cleaned up real good. look how pretty she is:
p.s. i took that picture, not bad, huh?
the networking happy hour went well and lots of folks i didn't know so well showed up so i got to know some new people, which was nice. after that was the saturday night party at sile and erin's. they had this amazing set up with tents and lights and music and again, i think folks had a real good time. here is a picture of sile, jenrose, misty and julie. class of 1997 and 1998 represent!
the whirlwind weekend ended with a brunch at dave's parents house (kim's in laws). they have this amazing home in german village that is so airy and open with these lovely manicured gardens. it was the perfect setting for our final event. i can't list everyone in these next two pictures b/c it is too much, but the first one is ws folks and the second one is ws folks + partners and babies. what a lovely bunch:
and that was the weekend. an amazing time with so many people i love and miss on a daily basis.
the rest of this week is about RELAXATION for jes and then some celebration this weekend.i can't wait. stayed tuned for pictures and stories.
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