going on
Hey! Yes, I'm a married woman. It has been a very unusual 2 weeks. Here's what's going on:
The Thursday before the wedding I went to the airport to pick up Kim, Jeff, and Andrea who were coming in from CA. We met Michael at Chuy's for dinner. Michael tells me he got a call from his Aunt Ruby that his father was in the ICU in Corsicana and it wasn't looking good. Michael had not spoken to his father since 2001. There had been a strained relationship (his parents divorced when he was 12) and there was an incident in 2001 and Michael chose to end the relationship. Since then, Michael has had therapy about it and worked out his issues, but still didn't want his father in his life. So, he gets this call from Ruby and tells her that he's getting married on Sunday and can't leave right then. She said she just wanted to let him know what's going on. Then, that night while we were all at my house visiting, I started to feel really sick. That began 24 hours of throwing up. I NEVER get sick like that and I could not believe I got a bug right before the wedding. I had made a bunch of plans to take the CA group to things around Austin - we were going to go kayaking, to Smitty's for BBQ, down to 6th street, etc. Well, instead, I slept and threw up all day Friday and Michael took everyone to Smitty's and then drove them around town a bit. He was such a good host. Luckily he had met everyone during our CA trip 2 years ago, and Kim and Andrea went to HS together, so they all knew each other. Then they came back and we visited for awhile and then he took them to dinner at Torchy's and dessert at Mozart's. I was so thankful he just stepped up and took care of everything for me. On Saturday he wanted to hang out with his mom and talk about the situation with his dad. The gang stayed at my house and watched RED while I slept some more. Then, we had the wedding rehearsal and rehearsal dinner at the Salt Lick in Driftwood. I was still recovering and not eating much - I was eating 1 saltine cracker every hour. It really sucked since Salt Lick is my fav BBQ and we had the family style for everyone so there were ribs and sausage and brisket all over the place. cry. cry. That night we went to Mike's to watch the old Tom Hanks movie Bachelor Party. I wasn't stressed or worried about the wedding at all. The illness really just took it all out of me.
On Sunday everything went very smoothly. I was feeling better and had a little bit of breakfast and everyone helped me get ready. We had professional makeup people come in for me, Andrea, and my mom and they did a GREAT job. My mom and Michael's mom helped me with my hair and it was all very cute. The wedding was really quick and everything went off with no problems. The food was good, the cake was good, the flowers were pretty, and everyone seemed to have a good time. We hadn't planned seating, but it all worked that the parents and an Aunt/Uncle of Michael's sat at one table with us, the ANK people sat at another table, the CA people sat at one table, and Michael's friends were at the other 2 tables. Our goal was to have a quick ceremony and then lots of good food, and I think we were successful. We don't have our pictures yet, but I'll post a link when we get them. That night we stayed at the Mansion and the next morning we left for Corsicana. I have A LOT to say about Corsicana but I'll just say this for now - Michael's dad has passed away and the services are tonight at 4pm. It has been quite a saga.
The Thursday before the wedding I went to the airport to pick up Kim, Jeff, and Andrea who were coming in from CA. We met Michael at Chuy's for dinner. Michael tells me he got a call from his Aunt Ruby that his father was in the ICU in Corsicana and it wasn't looking good. Michael had not spoken to his father since 2001. There had been a strained relationship (his parents divorced when he was 12) and there was an incident in 2001 and Michael chose to end the relationship. Since then, Michael has had therapy about it and worked out his issues, but still didn't want his father in his life. So, he gets this call from Ruby and tells her that he's getting married on Sunday and can't leave right then. She said she just wanted to let him know what's going on. Then, that night while we were all at my house visiting, I started to feel really sick. That began 24 hours of throwing up. I NEVER get sick like that and I could not believe I got a bug right before the wedding. I had made a bunch of plans to take the CA group to things around Austin - we were going to go kayaking, to Smitty's for BBQ, down to 6th street, etc. Well, instead, I slept and threw up all day Friday and Michael took everyone to Smitty's and then drove them around town a bit. He was such a good host. Luckily he had met everyone during our CA trip 2 years ago, and Kim and Andrea went to HS together, so they all knew each other. Then they came back and we visited for awhile and then he took them to dinner at Torchy's and dessert at Mozart's. I was so thankful he just stepped up and took care of everything for me. On Saturday he wanted to hang out with his mom and talk about the situation with his dad. The gang stayed at my house and watched RED while I slept some more. Then, we had the wedding rehearsal and rehearsal dinner at the Salt Lick in Driftwood. I was still recovering and not eating much - I was eating 1 saltine cracker every hour. It really sucked since Salt Lick is my fav BBQ and we had the family style for everyone so there were ribs and sausage and brisket all over the place. cry. cry. That night we went to Mike's to watch the old Tom Hanks movie Bachelor Party. I wasn't stressed or worried about the wedding at all. The illness really just took it all out of me.
On Sunday everything went very smoothly. I was feeling better and had a little bit of breakfast and everyone helped me get ready. We had professional makeup people come in for me, Andrea, and my mom and they did a GREAT job. My mom and Michael's mom helped me with my hair and it was all very cute. The wedding was really quick and everything went off with no problems. The food was good, the cake was good, the flowers were pretty, and everyone seemed to have a good time. We hadn't planned seating, but it all worked that the parents and an Aunt/Uncle of Michael's sat at one table with us, the ANK people sat at another table, the CA people sat at one table, and Michael's friends were at the other 2 tables. Our goal was to have a quick ceremony and then lots of good food, and I think we were successful. We don't have our pictures yet, but I'll post a link when we get them. That night we stayed at the Mansion and the next morning we left for Corsicana. I have A LOT to say about Corsicana but I'll just say this for now - Michael's dad has passed away and the services are tonight at 4pm. It has been quite a saga.
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