The Official Wedding Post, Part I
I'm going to do this in two parts, 12/28 and 12/29.
Steven and I slept in on the 28th. From experience, I figured that we wouldn't have much of a chance to sleep the next couple days, so we might as well enjoy it. We had to make a couple calls, so Steven got on that while I began to burn discs for the ceremony and for the DJ. I burned extra copies of everything just in case. It never hurts to have extra copies.
Dawn, Mike, Dani, and Brendan arrived right around 1pm. We gave Brendan his birthday and pressies and Dawn started unpacking her make-up and nail supplies. The boys got a plan going to get the money for the rehearsal dinner and hopefully also get their tuxes. Dawn and Dani headed out to Wal*Mart to get a couple last supplies for the wedding while I continued to burn CDs since I win and need to do things the last minute.
My mum called to let me know that she, Bruce, and Nicki were heading over to the Eagles Hall to start decorating just around the time Dawn arrived back with pizza, salad, and soda for all of us. Even though I had delicious Christmas ham earlier, Dawn demanded I eat something and I am really glad she did. We were snarfing food right around the time that the boys came back to finish the deliciousness.
They started packing up the car with our seating plan and the decorations for the church and the rest of the hall. We began our cavalcade over.
Mum, Bruce, and Nicki already had most of the hall done when we got there. There was a tiny frak-up with the linens, so they adjusted them all to the same length and they looked fine. They were sprinkling snowflake glitter when I got in. I filled Nicki in on what had been happening up until that point while Dawn did what she does best: take over. Mum, Bruce, Steven, Brendan, and Mike got ready to leave as our advance party to the church while the rest of us finished up the hall. Dawn did an amazing job getting the rest of it up.
We got to the church right around 7. The guys were just getting the chuppah up when we walked in the door. I got a chance to chat with
mom_o_cass, our amazing reverend, and a few other people while Dawn directed the tulleing and garland of the chuppah. They lit it up and it was definitely everything Steven and I had hoped for. Miss Cass made several new friends by way of her unyielding cuteness. We had a couple quick run throughs of walking up and back, as well as run-throughs with the music. By 8:30, we were pretty much ready to head to dinner at the Ming Dynasty, which was great because I was starving. I probably would have been dead on my feet if Dawn hadn't demanded I eat that slice of pizza earlier.
I hitched a ride with Jenne and Cass and it was definitely one of the more relaxing rides I'd had over the last couple days. I am so incredibly glad that Jenne volunteered for the job of orchestrating our crazy wedding. We discovered our mutual love for Battlestar, among other things. The restaurant was about 25 minutes from the church and it was a little hectic getting us all in and seated. They didn't set up much for us, so we all ended up scattered. I sat with Mum, Bruce, Gerard, Allison, and Chris. I don't think I would go back there again because service took forever for simple things like beef lo mein. There was also a lot of MSG in the food and poor Jenna ended up not feeling well for most of the night. Other than that, I was so starving that there were no leftovers.
We said our goodbyes and reminded everyone to be at the church around 2pm the next day for pictures. Dawn and I had to pile in with my mum, Bruce, and Chris so we could head back to the Eagles and get my car. It was nice because it gave us a couple minutes just to hang out by ourselves. We made a pot of tea and just kind of relaxed and organized things for the next day. I finally got a chance to take a shower around 11:30. I think I finally fell asleep around 1am. It was all kinds of a long day.
I'm glad I spent the night with Steven. We didn't bother splitting up since we both knew we would need a good night's sleep. I would not have been as comfortable if I had slept at my mum's or just alone in general. I'm also really glad that I took an Ambien. I was so wound after the day that I would not have gotten any sleep otherwise.
Anyhow, this ends the first part of the wedding update. Time for me to try and keep down some lunch before the next update and pictures.
Steven and I slept in on the 28th. From experience, I figured that we wouldn't have much of a chance to sleep the next couple days, so we might as well enjoy it. We had to make a couple calls, so Steven got on that while I began to burn discs for the ceremony and for the DJ. I burned extra copies of everything just in case. It never hurts to have extra copies.
Dawn, Mike, Dani, and Brendan arrived right around 1pm. We gave Brendan his birthday and pressies and Dawn started unpacking her make-up and nail supplies. The boys got a plan going to get the money for the rehearsal dinner and hopefully also get their tuxes. Dawn and Dani headed out to Wal*Mart to get a couple last supplies for the wedding while I continued to burn CDs since I win and need to do things the last minute.
My mum called to let me know that she, Bruce, and Nicki were heading over to the Eagles Hall to start decorating just around the time Dawn arrived back with pizza, salad, and soda for all of us. Even though I had delicious Christmas ham earlier, Dawn demanded I eat something and I am really glad she did. We were snarfing food right around the time that the boys came back to finish the deliciousness.
They started packing up the car with our seating plan and the decorations for the church and the rest of the hall. We began our cavalcade over.
Mum, Bruce, and Nicki already had most of the hall done when we got there. There was a tiny frak-up with the linens, so they adjusted them all to the same length and they looked fine. They were sprinkling snowflake glitter when I got in. I filled Nicki in on what had been happening up until that point while Dawn did what she does best: take over. Mum, Bruce, Steven, Brendan, and Mike got ready to leave as our advance party to the church while the rest of us finished up the hall. Dawn did an amazing job getting the rest of it up.
We got to the church right around 7. The guys were just getting the chuppah up when we walked in the door. I got a chance to chat with
mom_o_cass, our amazing reverend, and a few other people while Dawn directed the tulleing and garland of the chuppah. They lit it up and it was definitely everything Steven and I had hoped for. Miss Cass made several new friends by way of her unyielding cuteness. We had a couple quick run throughs of walking up and back, as well as run-throughs with the music. By 8:30, we were pretty much ready to head to dinner at the Ming Dynasty, which was great because I was starving. I probably would have been dead on my feet if Dawn hadn't demanded I eat that slice of pizza earlier.
I hitched a ride with Jenne and Cass and it was definitely one of the more relaxing rides I'd had over the last couple days. I am so incredibly glad that Jenne volunteered for the job of orchestrating our crazy wedding. We discovered our mutual love for Battlestar, among other things. The restaurant was about 25 minutes from the church and it was a little hectic getting us all in and seated. They didn't set up much for us, so we all ended up scattered. I sat with Mum, Bruce, Gerard, Allison, and Chris. I don't think I would go back there again because service took forever for simple things like beef lo mein. There was also a lot of MSG in the food and poor Jenna ended up not feeling well for most of the night. Other than that, I was so starving that there were no leftovers.
We said our goodbyes and reminded everyone to be at the church around 2pm the next day for pictures. Dawn and I had to pile in with my mum, Bruce, and Chris so we could head back to the Eagles and get my car. It was nice because it gave us a couple minutes just to hang out by ourselves. We made a pot of tea and just kind of relaxed and organized things for the next day. I finally got a chance to take a shower around 11:30. I think I finally fell asleep around 1am. It was all kinds of a long day.
I'm glad I spent the night with Steven. We didn't bother splitting up since we both knew we would need a good night's sleep. I would not have been as comfortable if I had slept at my mum's or just alone in general. I'm also really glad that I took an Ambien. I was so wound after the day that I would not have gotten any sleep otherwise.
Anyhow, this ends the first part of the wedding update. Time for me to try and keep down some lunch before the next update and pictures.