Wedding Withdrawl?!

It has been almost two weeks since one of my best friends, Kara's, wedding. Kara and I have been friends since 5th grade. Its amazing the things we've been through together in our friendship and it almost feels like we're stronger than ever at this point in our lives. One of the best things about Kara's wedding was the opportunity for not only us, but the other 2 members of our highschool foursome Emily and Claire, to grow closer again after a few years of the real world has tried its hardest to put a wedge between us. Be it our careers, our other friendships, or our boyfriends/fiance's that got in the way of us being able to spend as much time as we would have liked, we still managed to get together the four of us every few months. Planning and preparing for Kara's wedding gave us an excuse to put all other things aside and join together as the unstopable crew we used to be. One of my favorite memories from the wedding weekend has to be the four of us being able to spend time together right before the ceremony, riding together in the Streit's mini-van, with Emily driving (and texting non the less). It brought back all those memories of us all riding together to parties, cookouts, or even to Hilton Head, just the four of us, laughing and singing to whatever pop song was on the radio at that time.

All of that leads me to where I stand today. Over the last couple week's I've started to feel a twinge of sadness...a sort of longing to be with these girls. Wanting to make plans, wanting to talk on the phone, wanting the carefree feeling of our old highschool days. Could this feeling I'm feeling be wedding withdrawl?! Am I missing the feeling of having plans every weekend? Having some big "party" to look forward to in a few short months? Or am I getting smacked with the reality that once my friends get married things change---its no longer the four of us? It's the four of us and our fiance's, our husbands, our boyfriends, or in my case....our dogs?

It's funny how after being in two back-to-back weddings this spring/summer all I could think about was having my free time (and money) back, and now that its all done I'm left longing for the plans and excitement with my girl friends. Thank goodness I have another wedding to look forward to next May :)