So last weekend I got to visit my lovely state of Washington for the first time in 6 months. While it wasn’t Pullman, Seattle provided me with enough moments of nostalgia and homecoming to last until March when I do get to go to the Palouse.
I flew in and was met by the most lovely Wittman ladies, Kristin and Brynn. The next morning Kristin made us waffles and then we wandered around the mall just chatting and being silly.
Then I headed over to Katie Young’s house and met her family and chilled with the engaged couple for a while. We headed out for a night on the town bachlorette style and if I had been in Denver instead of Seattle I would have given our waiter at the Tapas restaurant my number! That night reminded me one of the reasons I enjoy being in people’s weddings. Usually all the bridesmaids don’t know each other as they represent different stages and locations of the bride’s life. However when you are friends enough of the bride to warrant being in the wedding party you usually know her pretty well, and obviously like her. So getting to know the other great friends of the bride becomes really fun and sometimes you even make great friendships that last after the bride has left town (Melodee!). I love that process of meeting other ladies that are equally as awesome as the bride and it makes for a great wedding experience. Plus I learned my ex village co-leader Noah Andrew Olav Holt will be on the groom’s side and means I can wear heels no problem since he will be escorting me down the aisle ;)
The following morning I coerced my friend Jill and her young son Jackson to have lunch and drive me to the airport.
As I said earlier it was those nostalgia moments though, that helped make it more than just a trip to see friends. Here are a few of the things that made me feel at home:
1. The seattle airport. Silly I know, but I even spent a night there coming back from the Aleutians in grad school.
2. Hearing “now boarding for Pullman/Lewiston” over the intercom at the airport.
3. I-90 E to Spokane signs
4. Driving past Pike’s Place Market
5. Talking Activate things with Brynn
6. Talking old NCM days with Kristin
7. Jill and I eating at Panera, like our first date 8 years ago!
8. Telling Katie’s family how I knew Brad, and remembering back to those core group meetings at One Way the summer before we launched.
9. Having Katie whip out songs from musicals and random movie quotes that make me smile at our mutual obsession with musicals and movies.
8. Mt Ranier popping through the clouds as we flew back to Denver.
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