A Wedding, A Hurricane, and a bombing

It all began with a call on thursday evening. "Umm hello, Diana? This is Dad (my grandfather). We just wanted to warn you that the fleas are back and the dog was just treated for them yesterday! We haven't gotten bit much, but I am vacuuming every day to try and control them."

Well, seeing as these fleas have been around for at least 2 or 3 months now, my mother and I decided to do something about it. We headed east and picked up flea bombs and yard spray. Now, we had to be undercover for fear they would not want us doing so much and so we arrived (after renting a car since our wasn't starting very well) and stripped all the beds, covered every piece of furniture, moved the dog and cat outdoors, and set up 5 flea bombs. In a relay-race of bombs, we successively set off the bombs on each floor. running out of the house and driving away to my other grandparent's house for dinner.

We had a lovely dinner and picked up my dad at the airport, then returned to the bombed house to let it air out and begin to wash the sheet and floors and tables and dishes and carpets...etc. Let me say it was a very long nihgt, interrupted with a small trip the the train station to pick up Andrew. At around 2 or 2:30 am we finally had enough sheets clean for us to sleep and it was aired out enough that we felt comfortable we woudl not be inhaling insecticide.

Finishing the wash in the mornign, we readied for the wedding (my cousin Joey). Locking dog and cat indoors, we departed just in time to catch the winds and rain of Hannah (the hurricane). Thankfully my father was driving and is a very good driver, weathering the storm quite well and getting us to the church on time. The wedding seems a bit unrehearsed and included a bit of comic relief. The highlights included my Uncle Jimmy (who is hard of hearing) standing up during the reading of the Gospel to yell, "I am goign to the bathroom!", the siser of the groom praying for "N. and N." (should have been Joe and Kim), and a few other interesting spectacles. The reception though was wuite nice and very elegant including gourmet appetizers, dinner, and even a flaming dessert!