bachelor party for jimmy
this past weekend jimmy and i drove down past salem to a rented cabin in jawbone flats (population 11) next to opal creek. we stopped outside of salem at a peony and iris field. all this was to celebrate his bachelor party. and me being the best man… i did what i could. i asked what he wanted, knowing that i would not receive the ‘typical’ male response… “dude let’s get waisted and see strippers.” my brother’s request was much more surprising and wonderful. he said he wanted to hang out with me, perhaps a road trip or camping. (i upped it a notch and got us a cabin for 2 nights and we didn’t have to haul our ‘gear’). he also went out on a limb and asked for ’smore’s (with hershey’s chocolate bars, BIG marshmellows and cinnamon gram crackers.) oh… oh… AND LEMONADE!! we had such a great time just being us. throwing rocks, walking in the woods, making each other laugh AND we made pizza and biscuts and gravy. what a way to transition from single-hood to married with son. good luck jimmy, and thanks for the fantastic weekend!!!