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2019 Pennsylvania Trip | Day 3 (Apurva & Ramnath Wedding)

April 6, 2019 by Mellie Dee Leave a Comment

2019 Pennsylvania Trip | Hotel Breakfast

The day started out with getting ready with Babs and Tashika and grabbing a quick bite of hotel breakfast. Their sausage hash was pretty decent but the eggs tasted like throw up.

2019 Pennsylvania Trip | Garland

We got to the banquet hall and I’m happy with how the garland came out!

2019 Pennsylvania Trip | Apurva & Ramnath Wedding | Flower Hair

We were given flowers to put in our hair. The flowers remind me of Ashy as he always grew them in his backyard. I cannot believe someone sat and tied each one together! They are so pretty and now I want a garland of them.

2019 Pennsylvania Trip | Wedding

Their wedding started at seven in the morning for prayers. We showed up at around nine and was able to still see them get married.

2019 Pennsylvania Trip | Apurva & Ramnath Wedding | Snack

They served hors d’oeuvres since Indian weddings are so long.

2019 Pennsylvania Trip | Apurva & Ramnath Wedding

I love this picture. They’re throwing rice on one another. I’m not too certain the meaning but I’m sure it has to be blessings.

2019 Pennsylvania Trip | Apurva & Ramnath Wedding | Lunch

Soon enough lunch was served. I was super excited to see papadum. Does anyone know where I can get already made in Houston? Everything was delicious and I wished I was still hungry for more.

2019 Pennsylvania Trip | Apurva & Ramnath Wedding | Married

I was able to snag a quick picture with the bride and groom. I can’t believe this girl I met almost nine years ago is finally married!

2019 Pennsylvania Trip | Apurva & Ramnath Wedding | Apurva Makeup

Babs, Tashika and I went back to our rooms for a nap. I woke up due to Yaswant knocking on the door for the centerpieces. I went and hung out with Apurva a bit while she got her makeup done.

2019 Pennsylvania Trip | Apurva & Ramnath Wedding | Mellie Dee

Her mum helped me put my sari on and I went and put on my jewelry and makeup. Not going to lie, I was feeling myself. My friend told me my pupils look dilated in the picture but I’m pretty sure it’s just the lighting. And my family members said I could pass as Indian … Yeah I don’t know why either.

2019 Pennsylvania Trip | Apurva & Ramnath Wedding | Apurva Glamour

We got to the venue while Apurva and Ram were taking pictures. We went and added some fresh flowers on their wedding cake before going off to get our drinks.

2019 Pennsylvania Trip | Apurva & Ramnath Wedding | Mellie Dee, Babs, Tashika

They had a very cute photo booth area and I’m glad I got to take a picture with these two girls. They have been a gem in letting me join them in getting ready and riding together.

2019 Pennsylvania Trip | Apurva & Ramnath Wedding | Food

The food was freaking off the chain! I’m thankful Scruffy showed me the way back to Indian food and made me fall in love with it. If he didn’t, I don’t know how I would have survived since it’s been Indian food every single meal since I’ve arrived. I have made up all the years I’ve stopped because of that one time fluke I had back in middle school.

2019 Pennsylvania Trip | Apurva & Ramnath Wedding | Mellie Dee & Apurva

The beautiful bride and I. Everything was gorgeous. All the food was delicious. And the Ram definitely brought the moves.

Congratulations to you both! Cannot wait to visit y’all in Miami!

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Weddings

2019 Pennsylvania Trip | Day 2

April 5, 2019 by Mellie Dee Leave a Comment

2019 Pennsylvania Trip | Aloo Tikki Chatt Breakfast

Breakfast of champions consisted of the same thing as last night’s dinner except I ate it with a store bought and a homemade roti. Yum!

2019 Pennsylvania Trip | Apurva's Basement

I finally went down to my first basement! It was quite scary down there since it’s not fully furnished and the French doors to the outside of the woods was a little creepy.

2019 Pennsylvania Trip | Ginger Wellness Shot

Apurva, Yaswant, Babs and I took a ginger tumeric and honey wellness shot just to boost our immune system. I’m quite impressed.

2019 Pennsylvania Trip | Garland Making

I spent a few hours making a garland for her welcome sign. I do not care to get flowers, though I guess I wouldn’t mind it once in a blue moon, but here I am spending so much time making flowery things for her wedding. I’m glad things turned out okay.

2019 Pennsylvania Trip | Lunch

Lunch consisted of the same thing but with rice. They had other stuff but I am just so in love with this dish. And I especially loved that they had papadum.

2019 Pennsylvania Trip | Apurva and Ram Banquet Hall

We drove to the hotel, dropped our stuff off, then went to check out the banquet hall to ensure everything turned out okay.

2019 Pennsylvania Trip | Meet and Greet

We went back to the hotel and went to the family meet and greet and got food. The little red shaped thing is Indo-Chinese cauliflower or faux meat as others say.

Yaswant, Tashika and I went to go pick up Babs from the nail salon and then stopped by Whole Foods for some roses and water.

We are currently waiting for the henna artist to come so that we can get our henna on. I’ll probably wait a few hours and then go to bed since it’s been a busy few days.

I cannot believe she’s getting married tomorrow! Eeek!

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Weddings

2019 Pennsylvania Trip | Day 1

April 4, 2019 by Mellie Dee Leave a Comment

2019 Pennsylvania Trip | Houston to Philadelphia

My first real trip by myself flying solo. Quite excited and filled with anxiety.

2019 Pennsylvania Trip | Pappa's Burgers

Since I was there early I decided to treat myself to a sit down breakfast at Pappa’s Burgers. Their potatoes were meh but the tacos we’re on point!

2019 Pennsylvania Trip | Philadelphia Arrival

Three hours and a half hours later I made it! Apurva was lovely in picking me up and we were able to have one on one time to catch up before the craziness began.

2019 Pennsylvania Trip | Spicy Chick-fil-A Chicken Strips

We stopped by Chick-fil-A to try their spicy chicken strips that Houston doesn’t have and it was devine. Chick-fil-A, please make sure Houston serves this!

2019 Pennsylvania Trip | Flower Arrangement

We went to a few different flower shops and I spent four hours putting together flowers for her centerpieces. I’m pretty proud of myself and happy how some of them came out!

2019 Pennsylvania Trip | Mehendi Henna Party

Tonight is the Mehendi party and Apurva got Avengers in her henna. Too cute since that’s how Ram knew to take a chance on her. She’s been sitting here for six hours to get everything done. How crazy! I’ll be getting mine done tomorrow. Eep excited. Mine will be simpler though.

2019 Pennsylvania Trip | Mehendi Henna Party Food

I finally got to meet Babs and we enjoyed delicious foods in our bellies. My favourite is the Aloo Tikki Chatt which is hashbrown with chickpeas and some sauce. Yum!

Apurva’s henna has to dry which takes a few hours so we might do some girl time with Babs or hang out with her brother. Watch telly, play Switch or something. Liliana time soon too. Eep!

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: Mehendi, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Weddings

Realizations & Boss’ Birthday

April 3, 2019 by Mellie Dee Leave a Comment

I’m currently at Sissy’s. Tomorrow I fly out to see Apurva and then a couple of days after, Liliana. I am excited to see them both as it’s been a long time. Road trip here we come!

On my drive to Sissy’s I realized some things. For eight months I made this gruesome drive to and from downtown for work. I guess I never really knew how tired and overworked I was spending over three hours in traffic daily sometimes. I mean, you’d think the horrible car accident would have been a red flag but I’m thankful I’m alive.

One of the things I realized these last few months was how depressed I was at that job. The drive, feeling like my career was a dead end and I wasn’t amounting to anything, and driving to Scruffy’s almost every weekend and even some weekdays. I would always want to take a nap whenever I got to his house so that I could give him 100% when I was refreshed. I remember him getting angry at me for taking naps when I was there to see him and I’ve realized that he never took the time to realize or even ask how I was doing.

I guess that’s where it took a toll on me. I tried so hard to give everyone 100% that I forgot about myself. No one was giving me 100%. I didn’t have alone time. I didn’t have time to recharge. I felt like my world was crumbling and I couldn’t do it anymore. I just needed a break from reality because no one understood me. And I knew only I can help myself.

This job is also pretty gruesome with the hours I put in but I feel like I matter and that I am actually putting in hours where value is added. My ideas are being heard and things are actually going better than I expected. I’ve always been a workaholic and being able to actually prove myself in that front helps.

Boss' Birthday | Sylvia's Enchilada

Today was my Boss’ birthday. Wacko, Erin, Chris, Phil and I decided to take her out to celebrate since we’ve been so busy we haven’t really had time to relax. She suggested Sylvia’s near work and my goodness … they made one of the best carne asada I’ve ever had! So freaking tender! We got the waiters to surprise her and sing happy birthday so that was a fun memory we had especially since she was really freaked out about it.

Here’s to more happy memories.

Stay Positive & Think Good Thoughts!

Filed Under: Miscellaneous

Audiobooks & Flashbacks

April 2, 2019 by Mellie Dee Leave a Comment

I’ve been listening to an audiobook that someone suggested which I’m hoping to finish by the end of the trip. Fingers crossed so that I can add finishing my second book this year. I’m behind due to such a busy first few months with work being so demanding and new. It’s still tough but I’m finding time when I can.

Scruffy 5 Years Ago

This popped up on my Facebook memories today. It’s funny how everything came back full circle over the same guy.

Less than two days and I’ll be reunited with Apurva and Liliana. Can’t wait to see these two. It’s been so long!

Filed Under: Miscellaneous

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