So now that I have had eight hours of sleep in a row, I can go more into detail about the weekend. Of course, I’d say most people who care about details were there, so on second thought, I will just hit the high points:
Friday: lunch, manicure, errands-running (must…find…fancyguestbookpen), and then rehearsal dinner. That was nice because I saw a lot of relatives I haven’t seen in a long time. Like in forty or fifty pounds. Nice.
Saturday: wedding, reception, after-party. Okay, a bit more detail: hair appointment, crisis over Jenny’s lost jewelry (later found thanks to a tip from me, thankyouverymuch), getting dressed in the church library, crisis over forgotten unity candles, crisis over forgotten programs, pictures pictures pictures, wedding! I think I was pretty composed until the vows, and I could see the emotion in Rob’s eyes. (Then I just made “I’m trying not to cry” faces.) Laughter during the ceremony at my sister rocking back and forth during the whole thing, plus her finger-snapping at me to fix the train. Wedding over, on to the reception. Yummy food, dorky DJ, yummy yummy yummy groom’s
cake (holy cow…chocolate with caramel and pecan filling. And choc-covered strawberries. Yum.), silly dancing, bad dancing, playing with my little cousins, more more more pictures. Not catching the bouquet even though she aimed for me (not my fault, was snatched from the air!) After the reception, a party at my uncle’s house, more playing with little cousins, then back to New Orleans, a beer or two at the pub, and home, and not enough sleep.
Sunday: lunch at Chili’s with Kristina, wandering around our neighborhood for the home tour, the church/school fair, and the art fair. Exhaustion. Dinner later at Port of Call with Jenny and Rob and Karen (the coolest cousin ever – she works for the Simpsons. Some might call me obsessed.) and Tom and George and Kristina and Michael (best man) and Stephanie (his girlfriend.) Very full, went home, slept a bit, woke up in the middle of the night to take Kristina to airport. Back home for an hour more of sleep, then to work. And then last night we had dinner again with Jenny and Rob. And I dragged them to Whole Foods so I could get some cherry bars. Yum.
The end!
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