Yeah. That was the quote of the night last night. We went to meet the JOP that is supposed to marry us and it wasn't exactly a comforting experience.
#1 The man is well into his 80's and seems a bit forgetful.
#2 The "backyard garden" had dead plants and flowers every where.
#3 We were there about 5 minutes, he kept saying over and over the date of our wedding and time - I asked him to please write it down. Then he dismissed us.
When we got in the car I looked over at FI and said "Um, I sure hope he doesn't die first". FI started laughing hysterically and said "I was thinking that exact thing!"
I honestly don't know what to do at this point. I'm not even sure if he will do an actual ceremony or if he will just sign the papers and that be it. If I wanted that, we'd just skip the whole thing and go to the court house. This morning I am looking at other options. I feel that I want a more memorable ceremony so I am going to talk to our chaplain/minister here at work that I am close to about performing the ceremony instead. We're also talking about changing it to the weekend before rather than that Thursday before we leave. I originally wanted to be able to get married and then us head off to the honeymoon right away but now I'm thinking it may be more convenient and less stressful if we do it the weekend before. Only problem is I have to see if they will be able to get my dress done on time.
Ugh! I thought eloping was supposed to be stress-free! I just want to be married dangit.
**UPDATE**
I just had a talk with my minister friend and she is more than happy to marry us that day. I feel SO much better about this decision because I feel she will make it alot more personal and memorable. Phew!