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Nov. 1st, 2022 06:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stormkeeper_lovesallI will "bury the lede" and do the wedding last....
- Thank goodness for my sister-in-law Angie. OMG thank goodness for her!! Doris told me she was talking to Angie. Doris was feeling guilty at the idea of spending the entire weekend at wedding events when she hadn't been able to see her mom since she got home from rehab. Doris was thinking that she'd still do all the Saturday stuff but maybe hang with her mom on Friday, so not show up till Sat AM. Angie was like hell no, go to ALL the wedding events, this is once in a lifetime. Thank you, Angie!!
- My cat. She is so sweet. She missed me!!! When I got home on Sunday, she curled up on top of me on the sofa. Sunday night she got on top of me in bed and purred me to sleep. Which I desperately needed after 2 nights of hotel 'sleeping'.
- Sachin has a new gig!! I know this because he did a Cameo for me and he said he had a goatee for something he's filming. YES!!
- Ever pick up a book and it is JUST what you needed? For me the book is Women Rowing North by Mary Pipher. It's like....wisdom from an Aunt, ideas and thoughts, appreciating life's goodness while acknowledging all of its badness. I just really needed/need that book, especially right when I started reading it.
- Monday was fun. The original plan was for me and Laurie to hit Lyman Woods and then have lunch at Bowl O'Biryani. We talked before I set out, she felt it was a bit too dreary for a forest preserve walk, and I was feeling a little sick anyway, so we did 'only' lunch. Loved it! Then as I was driving home, I decided to hit Lyman Woods anyway since I had a bit of an energy burst and I always loved Lyman Woods. (And it is near the restaurant but not that near to where I live). I thought the weather was fine and I LOVED my walk! I even got 'lost' for a minute or two but found my way back to where I needed to go.
- Also, something weird. A repeat of what happened earlier in October. I was sick for...a day. And then fine. Symptoms were the same. Reduced or no appetite, low energy, slight 'weirdness' in the chest and a runnier nose than usual. It hit me late Sunday and stayed with me thru Monday. And now today, Tuesday, I am fine. I don't get it. Luck? Weird allergies? The world's shortest cold? Both times happened after a big, social day or days. Is that a factor??
So, what can I say about the wedding?? I LOVED IT! I nearly cried. It was beautiful. Ann and Rollin were beautiful. Their vows were beautiful. I loved their friends and family. Ann's stunning dress. The moment when she walked down the aisle. The awesomeness of Anna and Tamara and Marion (and the other one whose name I can't remember). Also props to Amy and Becky for working with Doris on bustling, somehow they did it!!) The rehearsal. The rehearsal dinner. Kelly, Meadows, Michelle. The adorableness of Hilary and Frankie. Getting treated to makeup and hair!! The SUV Anna rented. The Wilder Mansion. The perfect weather. And people used the gum and hand lotion I brought in my kit. Eric and Laurie and Matt and Kevin and his mom and Ben and Val and the FutureSource people. Getting to spend like a full day and a half with Doris. I also truly liked Rollin's family and friend Jane, and felt I could've hung with them more. The trolley. The reception. The music. The toast. The photographers. The dancing. The table decorations and photo booth and Cardis. The vegan cupcakes with BSG on them!! The brunch the next day. (Michelle liked my dress, woo!) The people who told me I did well officiating. I loved it all and it was so amazing. The only downside is that I didn't sleep well Friday or Saturday, and it really hit me Saturday evening; I hit a wall around 7 or 8. I got my 2nd wind and my 3rd wind, but no more winds after I'd danced a few dances. Wish I could've danced more and stayed later, but no regrets. I still had a blast. (Added in later...there was a communication snafu with the pet sitters that required me to leave the hotel late - or lateish - on Friday, drive home, take care of Darra, and return to the hotel. But I did it, no problems. Go me!)
A wonderful weekend, a perfect bride and groom.
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Date: 2022-11-02 02:06 am (UTC)Hope you are feeling better now! I kinda wonder about those weird little one-day ailments myself. I often wake up feeling like I've been hit by a truck, then just go, "If I feel normal by the time I'm done getting dressed, we'll just go with it," and usually, I do feel fine by then. I have been hearing allergies are getting worse pretty much every year though, so maybe that's all it is? I hear that you should "test" your symptoms every time you get them, but like, I would literally never STOP testing, so that's not really feasible, y'know?
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Date: 2022-11-02 02:36 pm (UTC)Those 1 day ailments are bizarre. I asked Doris about it yesterday and her theory is that it's allergies.
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Date: 2022-11-05 02:02 am (UTC)Hooray for Sachin's new gig! Is there any info on it?
Glad you had fun at Lyman woods! We had dinner with Laurie tonight and she was telling me about Bowl O'Biryani. Also very glad you were only briefly sick, whew!
We had such a wonderful time at the wedding. (also the one whose name you can't remember is Karen :)). I'm so glad it was fun, I was telling Rollin that I couldn't help laughing about all the people who met each other in various places at the hotel before we even made it to the wedding, like people would tell me "oh, I met your cousin at checkin" and "I talked with your aunt on the elevator" and "I met Rollin's former boss in the lobby". I too wish I'd slept better friday night, I even took the sleeping meds my doctor gave me and it still didn't work. I was SO exhausted on Saturday night. Thank goodness I wore comfy shoes but I was STILL so exhausted. I was also scared because my former-former boss Mary told me that her son in law was unable to unbutton her daughter's dress after the wedding and she ended up sleeping in her dress. I loved my dress but I wanted OUT of it. I told rollin I was going to throw myself on the bed and he could come unbutton me when he had a minute, but then I found I couldn't get onto the bed with the dress on! Fortunately he got me unbuttoned pretty quickly. Seriously loved it. It was so much fun. There are a few things I wish I could have done differently but overall it was just perfect. Thanks so much for being such an important part of it!
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Date: 2022-11-05 01:51 pm (UTC)How was dinner with Laurie? I enjoyed Bowl O'Biryani. I don't go out of my way for Indian food or really miss it, but I like it when I have it.
SO glad you had a wonderful time at the wedding!!! We did too!!
Yes, Karen of course! Also, was Mary one of the Gift of Hope people? We loved her too.
It WAS fun having so many ppl at the hotel.
I am really glad Rollin could get you out of the dress!! I was gonna say that Doris would've helped too but she was snoring by 10:00.
What med did you take? I popped a Nyquil around 9 or 930....whenever we got back to our room. I knew it wouldn't work instantly, but by midnight I was still awake. Glad I finally drifted off, and really glad that I slept like a baby on Sunday. I SO wish I could've stayed later at the reception on Saturday. Wish I hadn't been so tired. But what can you do? That is life. I am glad I had enough 'wind in my sails' to get me to 7pm, and allow me to dance to Brickhouse and Safety Dance. :)
What are the things you wish had gone differently?
We truly loved it all!