Shoot 'em up

For those of you who didn't know, I was back in the U.S. for my very good friend's wedding. Robyn and Erich Parker tied the knot on August 31 in Oak Park, IL. It was an awesome weekend - their guests were in from all over the country and so friendly. I was flying solo for this trip because unfortunately, Chris still has his Johnson Controls - U.S. vacation time (i.e. not very many days in today's market). Here are some pix from the wedding.
All the gals: Me, Renee, Robyn, Heather, Tara & Becky. We're just missing Amy Fassbender.
Renee & Bob's nephew, Dan, got to join us at the wedding. We all adore Dan so it was great to have him there, although I'm not so sure that he thinks weddings with a bunch of 30-somethings is all that much fun.
The happy couple at their rehearsal dinner. For some reason I didn't get a picture of them together on their actual wedding day.

I got to spend some good q.t. with family and friends while back in town. I also went to a Brewers game (and watched them lose a 4 run lead in the top of the 9th) and a Badgers game with my other group of UW girls - these ones from MBA school. I'll post a picture later. I just have to find it.

Unfortunately, I flew back and forth on frequent flier miles and had to fly coach - or economy as the rest of the world calls it. Actually, it was fine but flying business class is MUCH nicer. But a little melatonin goes a long way so I did actually get some sleep on the flights there and back.

Now, what's with my blog title? Aah, never a dull moment. I flew Japan Airlines back which obviously has a lot of Japanese on it (duh!). There were almost no economy seats on the plane compared to other international flights but I did get lucky enough to be sitting kitty-corner to a not so nice looking Japanese guy who busted out his syringe just after the first meal, pulled up his shirt and shot himself with whatever medication he had. I mean, o.k., fine. Diabetic or whatever. But couldn't you just walk in to the bathroom so the rest of the plane doesn't have to watch you shoot yourself up. Gross.

Our second wedding anniversary was two days before I left for the U.S. so we didn't go anywhere for the long weekend. Instead, we went to a new, very posh, stupidly expensive restaurant on the 25th floor of a building in central Hong Kong. The views of the city and harbor were incredible. Here's a picture of the two of us on our anniversary with the new camera that Chris bought me!

The building on the left is the Bank of China building (which the HK people hate because it has bad feng shui) and the building on the right with the red & white is the HSBC building.

Chris left for Singapore the morning after I got back for a work trip so I went to meet him for the weekend. I'll post pictures and a message soon.

Our first in a long line of visitors comes on Wednesday so I'm sure we'll have some good stories from our guests as well.