Things I Look Back On, Part Two

For part one (#'s 1-25), visit here.

26. Running around the streets of NYC late one night, at age 16
27. Giving the maid-of-honor speech at my sister's wedding
28. Laying in the California sun, reading the Bible
29. Sipping a Zapato's margarita on the outside patio, listening to a local band sing their hearts out
30. Seeing Mike's face when I turned the corner and stepped onto the aisle
31. Watching a production of My Fair Lady on a brutally hot day at Mt. Tam
32. Seeing Ragtime on Broadway
33. Spending the afternoon in the Valley of Fire
34. Picking my brother up from school
35. Slipping into my skinny jeans (years and months and ages ago)
36. Hugging my mother right before I walked out of the room to become his wife
37. Eating kiwi ... my first memory
38. Floating in a hot-air balloon in Napa
39. Crossing the finish line
40. Walking home from my last college class
41. Dunking my Aggie ring
42. Watching Cherie get married with the Pacific Ocean as her backdrop
43. Camping at Enchanted Rock in Fredericksburg, TX
44. Natalie and I, the first customers of the night at Dry Bean
45. Picking out the scariest movie so we'd be forced to grab hold of each other
46. Holding my week-old nephew
47. Sharing drinks, just my sister and me
48. Traffic-less commuting
49. Smashing the cupcake in his face
50. Searching for sea otters in Monterey

Comments

[Jess]

I look back on number 27 too! Especially now, with my own wedding coming up.

[Jennie]

Oh my. Ragtime. One of my favorites. I only saw a local production, but what a dream to see it on Broadway! I have the songbook and my brother and I love to sing Wheels of a Dream together. : )

[Someone Being Me]

Beautiful list. I used to love going to Zapatos to watch the local bands. My 22nd birthday I did just that and then walked down to the Dry Bean for shots, way too many shots. Dunking my Aggie ring behind the Chicken was fun but I have to say getting that ring was a moment I will never forget. It still makes me tear up. That and my husband proposing at Research Park.

[Katie]

Oh, wow, number 40. I remember that well. I also remember taking a walk around my college campus, just by myself, the night before I graduated. It still gives me goosebumps.

[Pickles & Dimes]

Beautiful. I liked #30. Our photographer got a shot of Jason right as I started down the aisle, and he is positively BEAMING. I love that photo.

[sarah]

How do you keep coming up with these good ideas?

[Wickedly Scarlett]

(This is the artist formerly known as Angela over at katiescarlett36.com!)

I remember leaving my last college final before almost everyone else, and waiting out in the hallway for my friend. It was so eerily silent, and I thought I would be whooping it up as I walked back to my dorm room, but really, I just remember suddenly feeling terrified.