Josh and Emily Quellet's Wedding Reception

It was a long drive over to Lake Michigan, and I regret leaving late, but the reception was definitely a lot of fun. It was nice to hang out with a slightly different crowd, I knew some of the guys from playing airsoft but not great because of the geographic distance. If there's one thing I guess that's kind of amusing about airsoft, it's the nicknames and handles that people associate themselves with, and I got a chance to catch up with some people who I haven't seen in a while. "BoredKender" is in basic training for field artillery but his wife and kids were there, "Cover" was the best man, "Crazyrabbit" just got back from Afghanistan, etc. Most of us used to be on the same "team" but several of us ended up joining the military so we really don't play anymore.

Favorite picture from the night, the groom Josh "Lucky" Quellet with one of BoredKender's kids:


I'm sure whoever reads my blog also views my flickr page, but here's the rest of the set that I've posted so far.

Sunrise

I see the sunrise a lot when I'm doing Army stuff because I'm actually required to get up earlier, but I've been doing some thinking about it this week.

When the sun first cracks over the horizon, there's a certain period of time as it's rising in the sky where you can still look at it with the naked eye, and the sky is all these different hues of orange, pink, and light blue. Then 20 minutes later it's bright enough for you to put your sunglasses on! It's kind of nice to look at every morning - even on rainy days sometimes you'll still catch a glimpse of the sun rising.

Here we go!

Crazy! Leaving Michigan in October! I'm glad that plans got sorted out for now, and I'm sure every soldier who's never deployed before goes through this, but I just have the full spectrum of emotion going on - excitement, caution, contentment, cynicism, regret, etc.