Into the Mystic: Litchfield

This past week, Wes and I went to Litchfield for the dual purpose of getting away one last time since "you're life will never be the same" and for Holly and Andrew's wedding. Holly was my roommate for our M1 year, and Andrew is also a new doctor. It was really great to spend some quality time with the hubby. We went to Creek Ratz the first night to eat and ran into a lot of friends from med school who were there with Holly and Andrew. It was such a fun coincidence!

Because I have started retaining water like the Hoover dam, I was trying to stick to salads during the week. (Ok, well I did bring some cheezits because I'm a huge salt-a-holic.) So I kept thinking, gosh I can't believe we are at the beach and I'm not getting seafood. We went to a really good restaurant and I actually ordered fried shrimp and flounder, then changed my mind to grilled salmon and zucchini. It was good... I guess. But I kept talking about oysters and crab legs all night.

Saturday was the wedding. It was so beautiful at a church on the water in Murrell's Inlet. Then the reception was at Wachesaw plantation, on the water. Gorgeous, just like Holly! For about an hour and a half, there was a cocktail hour. The food was covered, and since I couldn't drink, I was naturally curious about what was under those white linens. Ok, let's face it, I would have been just as curious if I had been drinking. I love wedding food. There's a little bit of everything, you know?

There was an ice sculpture that clearly was going to have shrimp cocktail under it. Yes, finally some seafood! When the chefs opened up the tables, would you believe that not only were they serving shrimp cocktail, but they also had crab legs (already cracked and peeled) and oysters?? And shrimp and grits. I hope we go to a lot more weddings on the coast.

It was, of course, just as great to see all my doctor friends one last time and to see some friends from college! Mostly, I got "Wow, look how big you are!" Yes, yes I am, thank you.

And, another great thing was that Wes let me buy a yellow boat to play with in the ocean. I'm pretty scared of the ocean (well, all the things that live in it), so I don't really get in past my knees. But I knew with this boat, a lot of things were possible. When he was blowing it up, he noticed that the weight limit was 120 lbs. I asked him why he was laughing, and he finally told me. He shouldn't have told me why he was laughing. That's an example of when you can lie to me Wes.

I think he was embarrassed carrying it down to the ocean since we clearly did not have kids. But we (I) had a lot of fun with that thing... out where the big waves are! It totally held me by the way.

I couldn't help but think... the next time we are at the beach, Annabel will be here with us! The next time we see these friends, they can meet her too! And maybe my ankles will be a normal size by then :) I bet she'll like the yellow boat, too!

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