Posted July 28th, 2003 by Michelle

I would like to explain my absence of late. No, I was not having yet another hard week. Nor was I working so much that I was too exhausted to put pen to paper, or fingers to keyboard. No. I was in New Orleans at my brother Ian’s bachelor party.

I think I will refrain from describing most of it, since there is no way to do justice in the retelling. I remember most of it, which is a miracle since I think we almost drank that town dry, but I think I’ll keep my hazy memories to myself. However, I will say that at one point, at something like 5 AM in a casino, I told everyone there- about ten men- that if I ever get married, I want to celebrate my bachlorette party with them. No women, just me and my brothers’ friends, back in New Orleans.

I’ve rarely felt so free of responsibility, so able to go along with the flow, so happy to be in company. And while my bank account and brain cells may never recover, I’m beyond happy that I went, and that I have the kind of brothers who wanted me there.