What a weekend: President Reagan passed away, J. Lo got married again, Smarty Jones sealed his fate as a gluestick, and Josh and Lacey got married.
I really enjoyed the wedding festivities. It all started Thursday night at the bachelorette party...I won't devulge any details because, you know, what happens at the bacholette party, stays at the bachelorette party. (I really hate that word "bachelorette".)
Friday was the rehearsal, and I was the official wedding coordinator, a job I have never really done before. I learned a lot about what to do and what not to do in case I end up coordinating for any other weddings. The rehearsal dinner was delicious. Aaron and Amy cooked for it and did a great job. Then of course, we had all the toasts. I really wanted to give a toast, since I've known them both for a long time and had lots of memories I could have shared, but as I didn't think about it before hand, I decided not to give a toast. Since I find that toasts are almost always better when they are written (or planned) ahead of time, I didn't want to stand up and babble on or *more likely* get all weepy and not be able to finish. Maybe I should start planning a toast now for Rachel and Andrew's wedding.
Anyway, the wedding was Saturday evening. I ran around before hand making sure the little details were taken care of. Lacey looked absolutely lovely and the whole style of the wedding suited her very well. We got started on time, no attendants were chewing gum, no one passed out, and they are now officially married, so I figure I did alright with the coordinating.
The reception was super fun. They did a great job picking out music. I think I danced for 4 or 5 hours straight (I only sat out one or two "couple skate" songs.) I was exhausted by the end of the night, but the fun was well worth the exhaustion. I can't believe it, but I'm kind of sad I won't be going to any more weddings this summer.
It's Monday again and I'm tanked up on benedryl and coffee. Should be an interesting day.
Well, I'm the guy who writes toasts and then doesn't give them (waiting for just the appropriate moment that seldom if ever comes...or maybe my toasts are just inappropriate and I suck?). All of which is to say that writing your toasts ahead of time doesn't solve everything. I guess I'll have to give my toast to Josh later, or maybe just email it to him (since we've already established the possibility that I suck). But, hey, I was one of the only people to give him and Lacey a real toast at their engagement party, so I should be off the hook anyway, right?
Posted by: jon at June 7, 2004 06:45 PMOooh. I LOOOVE being the coordinator!! It's because someone actually WANTS me to be the big bossy sister. :)
Soooo...what about HP3??? Have you seen it yet?!
Posted by: Jeannette at June 7, 2004 09:48 PMJon, maybe you should write the toasts, and I will give them (which still won't solve the problem of me getting all weepy), but it would really confuse people if I started recounting a story as if I was there, but it was actually you there...could be entertaining.
Jeannette, I did finally see HP3 and really enjoyed it, though not as much as the book. I thought it was more realistic, which was appropriate as Harry is growing up, but I missed the whimsical feeling of the first 2 movies. Overall though, I still give it 2 thumbs up.
Posted by: Christin at June 9, 2004 08:36 AMI think we should call Josh & Lacey J.La or something like that. But that's wierd, he's Jennifer Lopez to Lacey's Mark Anthony? That's not right...
Posted by: JosiahQ at June 16, 2004 08:01 AMDid you see that SNL where Ben Afleck was making fun of the whole "Bennifer" thing? He had T- shirts that had ideas like Boprah, Benyonce, Mary-Kate and Ashfleck (my personal favorite), and Ben-Gay (on the off-chance he gets together with either Marcia Gay-Harden or Matt Damon).
I wish more couples had combinable names. I could try to impliment "J.La."
Posted by: Christin at June 16, 2004 10:38 AMlacey and i saw that snl with affleck, and i must say, that was a pretty funny monologue. but i had no idea people were calling him bennifer, i guess i've been out of the loop. that's funny. what's not funny is J-La. It just doesn't flow. it has to have that long "o" sound at the end. i suppose you could have used J-Ro before we got married. i still think "josh and lacey" flows pretty well, but now you can call us the meltons if you wish.
Posted by: UJ at June 16, 2004 04:38 PM