Two of a kind beats all hands tonight.
I'm updating my livejournal.
Hold on to your butts.
I reckoned it might be high time to update, after all, quite a bit has transpired these past weeks. A life event, even, as it were. At the very least I wanted to thank everyone that helped make it possible. If you're reading this, there's a damn good chance you were one of those people. The incredible generosity of all of you was astounding. When I say it couldn't have happened with out everyone, I actually mean that. There were so many near disasters, from the liquor mix up to the weather of biblical proportions. Let's not even mention what shall go down in history as The Great Bow-tie Fiasco of '06. All told though, it could have been much, much worse.
The days leading up to the wedding were both some of the most stressful and fun days of my life. That's saying a lot. Despite the best efforts of the parents Koob, having everyone in the house was an unexpected treat. But really Diana, you shouldn't leave your bowl in the sink, what were you thinking?!
The point of this post isn't to chronicle the events of the wedding per se, most of you were there and experienced it first hand, so that would simply be a waste of time, the point is rather to share with everyone some of the more private moments that didn't get talked about but were just as memorable as air conditioning in the church breaking twice just before the ceremony. For instance, when everyone turned to watch Jenn's entrance (and what an entrance!) I promptly stuck my tongue out at her. Nobody but Joey noticed, prompting him to whisper, "I saw that." Or the day of, getting ready in the neighbor's house, which was somewhat surreal. Regardless, the three of us getting ready was a lot of fun. Trying to figure out how the studs worked, or how to pin a boutonniere (we never did figure it out) then seeing us all dressed up. No sooner then we finished getting ready and remarking to each other about how we should always wear tuxedos, the rain started, and didn't stop.
There is one thing that I didn't talk about much at all, and actively avoided talking about when asked. I think the subject is obvious. Truth be told, I didn't want to do this without her. This wasn't something I ever imagined having to do without my mom. I'm not sure how I would have done it at all without the support of Jenn and all of you. I tried not to think about it much, since it was a happy day, but to little avail. There's really only one thing I can say about it, which is something I said to her friend during the reception, and that was this: I've never seen her so clearly in my mind's eye then I did that day. I'm not saying that it felt like she was there with me, far from it, but I'm reminded of something one of the limo drivers said to me, and I'll have to paraphrase because I really can't remember the exact wording.
"It's really raining today, the angels must be crying."
"Yeah, I must have done something wrong."
"No, it's because they're happy for you."
Thanks Mom, but I asked you for sunshine. ;)
Hold on to your butts.
I reckoned it might be high time to update, after all, quite a bit has transpired these past weeks. A life event, even, as it were. At the very least I wanted to thank everyone that helped make it possible. If you're reading this, there's a damn good chance you were one of those people. The incredible generosity of all of you was astounding. When I say it couldn't have happened with out everyone, I actually mean that. There were so many near disasters, from the liquor mix up to the weather of biblical proportions. Let's not even mention what shall go down in history as The Great Bow-tie Fiasco of '06. All told though, it could have been much, much worse.
The days leading up to the wedding were both some of the most stressful and fun days of my life. That's saying a lot. Despite the best efforts of the parents Koob, having everyone in the house was an unexpected treat. But really Diana, you shouldn't leave your bowl in the sink, what were you thinking?!
The point of this post isn't to chronicle the events of the wedding per se, most of you were there and experienced it first hand, so that would simply be a waste of time, the point is rather to share with everyone some of the more private moments that didn't get talked about but were just as memorable as air conditioning in the church breaking twice just before the ceremony. For instance, when everyone turned to watch Jenn's entrance (and what an entrance!) I promptly stuck my tongue out at her. Nobody but Joey noticed, prompting him to whisper, "I saw that." Or the day of, getting ready in the neighbor's house, which was somewhat surreal. Regardless, the three of us getting ready was a lot of fun. Trying to figure out how the studs worked, or how to pin a boutonniere (we never did figure it out) then seeing us all dressed up. No sooner then we finished getting ready and remarking to each other about how we should always wear tuxedos, the rain started, and didn't stop.
There is one thing that I didn't talk about much at all, and actively avoided talking about when asked. I think the subject is obvious. Truth be told, I didn't want to do this without her. This wasn't something I ever imagined having to do without my mom. I'm not sure how I would have done it at all without the support of Jenn and all of you. I tried not to think about it much, since it was a happy day, but to little avail. There's really only one thing I can say about it, which is something I said to her friend during the reception, and that was this: I've never seen her so clearly in my mind's eye then I did that day. I'm not saying that it felt like she was there with me, far from it, but I'm reminded of something one of the limo drivers said to me, and I'll have to paraphrase because I really can't remember the exact wording.
"It's really raining today, the angels must be crying."
"Yeah, I must have done something wrong."
"No, it's because they're happy for you."
Thanks Mom, but I asked you for sunshine. ;)