anagramofbrat | Wedding the 2nd

Congratulations again to Jon and Aura. Not that they read this or anything, but hey, considering most of my day has pretty much been all about their wedding, it needed to be said again at the end of it.

Have I mentioned I love going to weddings? How could I not, really, at their best, and I've only been to two or three... I won't say bad, but I will say drama-filled ones, you get to see two people who love each other start the rest of their lives together, and then attend a party afterward where you don't have to pay for the food and if you're really lucky you can get drunk on someone else's dime as well. What's not to like? ;) No, seriously, I think I like attending them because while they're all a means to an end (actually getting married) no two are the same and it's always fun seeing what sort of spin each couple takes on the whole idea, what traditions they follow, which ones they do not, what music they firmly tell their DJs not to play, that sort of thing. This one was a pretty traditional white dress church wedding with the standard reception afterward, and oddly enough, it's actually the first wedding I cried at since I was a kid, though I managed to hold off until the father/daughter dance. But yeah a good time was had by all, including myself, which was something of a feat as

cell23's +1 at a Geoffroy wedding, though I am getting the hang of a few of

chirping_monkey's cousins at least.

Moment of hilarity for the night: Aura and Jon's officiant said a blessing right before dinner was served (by the way, the Look Park Garden House? I now understand why it's so damn expensive. Swanky.), which apparently confused the hell out of the Lovebug, as right after everyone said "Amen" he exclaimed rather audibly, "but this is not church!" Oh, three year old boys. Both he and his sister were dressed up all super cute, and other than that outburst (which had me laughing hard enough to hurt my sides), were both reasonably well behaved. Also? Dancing to the B-52s while holding a giggling little boy is really REALLY fun.

You know what else is fun? Dancing with said little boy's Daddy. *blush* Gah, my facial capillaries got themselves a workout this evening. Eeek. Combination of the usual reasons and it being a super rare thing for me to actually be dancing with someone else like that - my exes might as well have been Quakers given their attitudes towards dancing, so I just never really expect to be asked anymore and I get all giggly and awkward and high school and eeeeeeeeek. *shakes head* I think that man likes me or something....

So yeah, good times. I tweeted some color commentary on it earlier, I'm sure that'll get posted later on. And now two of this fall's weddings down for

cell23 and I, one to go in two weeks, then thankfully we're done with that for a while. Like I said, I love weddings, but three in two months is a wee bit much for anyone!