I am finally feeling alive again! It is amazing. I really forgot what it felt like to feel well and not ill all of the time. I had been sick since Sunday, the day after my wedding, my birthday! It progressively got worse so I went to the doctor and was diagnosed with strep. I was handed an arsenal of prescriptions (a good $200 worth) and told to get a lot of rest. So that I did! And I missed almost an entire week worth of work and now I am going to work my butt off trying to make up all of that time so I can still have enough time off to go on our honeymoon in June.
But I wasn’t going to write an entire paragraph on that originally. No, I was actually going to write a little something about the wedding. You know, cause I like, got married, and stuff. It was last Saturday, April 12th at 7 PM. I timed it so that it would be “pretty” with the sun going down. And I’m pretty sure I got it just right because the photographs turned out just smashing.
Jocelyn and Caleb, my Cousins, Walking down the aisle (sidewalk)
Everything turned out pretty much like I had it planned in my head. Everything was beautiful. I didn’t cry but that is because I tried everything in my willpower to stop myself from crying. I didn’t want to cry because SOMEONE (ahem, my sister) put MAKE UP on my face and I was scared that if it came in contact with tears it would explode on my face or turn into acid and eat through my skin. I don’t know too much about this make-up nonsense so I wasn’t really sure and I didn’t want to take a chance on my wedding day!
Our car still has “Just Married” writing on it because I’ve been too sick to go clean it off. My sister and her boyfriend and one of their friends did that for us. They taped balloons to the car but as we were driving off they popped off, one by one lol Hilarious!
Gene and I, after the ceremony, waiting for guests to clear
As I was getting ready in the dressing room people kept coming in. A lot of my reservation and consciousness went right out the door after about, say, the 3rd person just popped in. I had a lot of family come in to say hi to me and tell me how beautiful I was. I’ve never in my LIFE had that many people tell me how beautiful I looked all in one day or probably at all, actually. It had to have been said a good 50-100 times. And I’m not bragging by telling this, I just want it down for the record, hah. I actually did feel like quit a princess and it didn’t take too long for all of my insecurity and nervousness to subside. It was so awesome to see all of my family and friends and I felt so honored that so many people would travel, whether short or long, to come see us on our special day.
I missed my Grandma and Grandpa. Grandma has cancer and has been really ill. She was diagnosed in June and had chemo for a couple of months, I think. It about killed her so she stopped the chemo and has just been really sick ever since. So I didn’t get to see them there but they were there in my heart and soul. That was probably one of the most difficult things of the entire wedding. I did hold my grandma’s handkerchief around my flower bouquet and that helped a lot.
I have more to write and I’m sure this will be an ongoing thing until I’m finally SICK of writing about it.
