Okay, so we found out late last week that my great -grandmother isn't coming to the wedding. Made me temporarily hate my uncle. He was her transportation and anyway .... long story, but I'm still going to be upset with my uncle for a very long time.
Found out late last week that FI's grandmother (who basically raised him) was having medical difficulties, and the doctor didn't think it was a good idea to come to the wedding, but cleared her as long as she sat down a few times every hour and kept her foot up whenever possible.
Found out 10 minutes ago that said grandmother, who is traveling with FI's cousins (who are also in the wedding party) is having anxiety issues and anyway ... she just lets her head get the better of her. They are 3 hours away and the rehearsal starts at 6pm. They're still not in the car yet.
FI says "well, we can just mark their spots" UN-FREAKING-BELIEVABLE. If it was as simple as marking spots, we wouldn't need a FREAKING rehearsal.
UGGGGGGGGGGH.
For 5 minutes, they said that they wouldn't be able to make it at ALL, then that changed to they wouldn't make it until JUST before the wedding (TOMORROW), and now they think they are coming. FI and his aunt put a lot of pressure on them over the phone to GET HER into the car and just get her here. UGGGGH.
Anyway, we think they MIGHT be just about to leave shortly. So the rehearsal will have to start God-only-knows-HOW late, and we'll see what else happens.
Oh, and we have guests dropping out (about 5 right now) and while I am going to miss them, we only planned for 10 guests to drop out with our "guaranteed" minimum number for the reception. Hopefully we won't end up paying for anyone who doesn't show up. But that remains to be seen ... We may still have a few "extras" show up that we haven't planned on, so maybe we'll be okay after all is said and done tomorrow night.
Oh, and I had one of our vocalists email me yesterday and say "I know you don't want kiddos at your wedding (I requested the same thing at mine) but I'm bringing ___ and she'll sit right on the pew with me"
WELL HELLO, you're not sitting on a pew, vocalist. I have a specific chair for you. So your little monkey will have to be able to behave by herself. And we don't think that is very likely. UGGGGGGH Seriously, don't tell me that you're going to willingly bring an uninvited guest when you KNOW that I've already asked for no children AND you did the same thing at your OWN wedding years ago.
Can I just say how disgusted I am with people right now? I mean, I know some things are just out of my control, but I've tried SO hard to make sure that everything is planned without any issues, and then the FI's cousins, who are ALWAYS LATE TO EVERYTHING don't realize they need to try to get his grandma into the car AT LEAST an hour before they think they need to leave. UGGGH, silly cousins. That's not how she is, and they live with her, they should know that by now. Better to spend extra time here AFTER arriving than to leave SO close to the time.
Oh, and did I say it's Friday, and they'll be hitting a TON of rush-hour traffic on their way here, right at 5:00-5:15???? Yep, thinking they won't make the rehearsal tonight. After EVERYTHING we've done to make sure that things went off without a hitch.
Done now. Had to get that out of me!!!
July 16, Our Wedding Day, is also International Juggling Day!
