My brother and his [my] parents at the end of his wedding rehearsal. A few tables were a little…sombre, but the one with my other brother, F, I and some other fun ones was jumping.
Wedding rehearsals are weird. I didn’t get to have a dinner because of family drama. My favorite rehearsal was my friends’ dinner at their house this winter. Very relaxing and joyous. And dang fantastic food. My friend’s mother is from Little Italy, or, as we say in Baltimore, Liddle Ittly. This rehearsal was a little tense, I think, because of how detailed the wedding itself was. Being co-best-man and trying to remember when to go up the altar, writing my toast in my head, ignoring my growling stomach. Or maybe it was just me because I got married barefoot on a lake and think all weddings are stressful.
I’ll detail toasts I almost gave and the one I did give later.
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June 27, 2007 at 1:15 pm
ahniwa
I have an inalienable and alphabetical right to be at the top of your quorum!
What’s this!? Displaced by the ACLU! Ah, the irony …
[at this point in the story our hero gasps tragically and falls to the stage, evidently having been struck dead]
Aside from the drama, just stopping in to say hi. :)
June 27, 2007 at 3:41 pm
Johnny
Hey! I’m glad to hear from you, comrade! How are things going after your first year of grad study?
June 27, 2007 at 4:03 pm
ahniwa
Very well, thanks! Aside from undergoing a little too much transitional drama (i.e. just too damned much transition), the summer is going super-well. I miss Montreal a bit, but at least I have another year yet to finish that adventure, and I’m excited about setting up a new life after I’ve graduated (including getting married and getting paid a semi-decent wage).
Plus I’m building myself a new computer, so that’s exciting.
How’s the thesis coming along? It sounds like you’re almost done!