Well, despite the lack of organization, the wedding turned out pretty well. And the rehearsal dinner turned out ok too. Granted, we were buying groceries an hour before people showed up at my house, but it got done and people had a good time. I ended up supplying a case of beer, luckily that was enough for everyone.
And, the wedding day turned out ok. Everything was running late, and her hair and makeup people either cancelled or got sick, so she ended up doing everyone's hair and makeup with some help. Especially with mine....I don't wear makeup and am usually pretty low-maintenance, so I had no clue how to do any of the things she wanted, so she just did them for me, and my sister did my hair.
She never ended up with a full wedding party picture, but I think she got everything else she was looking for. And, the hotel where she had the event provided the full-package, which I think really saved her.
The DJ left a little to be desired. It was one of those where they want you to come up with a list of songs. So, he was having a hard time keeping people on the dance floor, and it ended up wrapping up early because everyone left.
We spent Sat at the local Renaissance Festival....which was really hard to do after a night of dancing. But, we had a few drinks and made the most of it. My FI and I are really sore now.....glad we took tomorrow off. To top off the weekend, we did a Down's Syndrome walk with my family because my 4-month-old great-nephew was diagnosed with Down's back in May.
Unfortunately, you probably have all heard of the work place shooting in Minneapolis last Thurs. I used to work for that company as the executive assistant to the owner, and I knew everyone who was killed, except for the UPS driver. I even worked with the shooter for over 2 years. It's been really surreal and hard to believe that could happen, and hard not to focus on the fact that it could have been me. Scary times. So, with all the wedding madness over the weekend, I was also checking news reports on a regular basis to check in on my former coworkers and friends. Talk about emotionally draining.
Hoping to get back to some normalcy in the next week or two and focus on our big day.