But our days of wedding bells past were not the only wedding bells this month! My BFF Martha got married in Missouri! She married long time friend, Brad! And I was in the wedding party which is good because when I found out about their engagement, I threatened to slit my wrists if I wasn't. (Maybe it wasn't that serious but I would have been terribly disappointed.)
Any who, proceeding the wedding there were some bridesmaids dress drama and some socialization drama as I perceived it but it was probably all in my easily to take offense mind.
Also the week before the wedding, I got food poisoning. Like seriously. Thursday night, I was on call and doing great. Ate dinner then started to feel bad. Then went in for a c-section and visited the bathroom like three times by the time the dog was on the table. At that point, the tech had called in TC. Which was good. I sat in the hall with Blaze the cat. I helped with puppies then ran to the bathroom and threw up. I literally never throw up. I felt a little better after that. I took some ondansetron that we had left over from a patient and felt really weird all night. I barely got any sleep. I considered the ER and for a brief minute having my boss place an IV. Friday, I soldered through calls then slept all night on the couch. I did loose four temporary pounds.
Then Saturday and Sunday, I decided I wasn't tan so wore tank tops outside all weekend. Saturday, I got a little burned but decided to follow it up on Sunday with the most painful of all sunburns. I peeled all during the wedding weekend leaving little shreds of DNA behind. Gross. I am now tan. I used a tanning lotion on my legs which looked pretty good.
Joe and I went into STL via plane (direct flight! Woo!) on Thursday and visited my parents and grandma. Then I went from the way far out county area to downtown for dinner and walking to Lacedes Landing for a beer. Twice I had to convince myself not to drive into Illinois from failed navigational skills.
Friday, we met up with Amberle for a clinic tour and lunch at an amazing Asian place. Seriously, missing Amy's Thai. Maybe some takeout from the place downtown this weekend? Then we had the rehearsal dinner. The wedding party hung out in a suite that night. I called it quits early.
Saturday (the big day!) was sort of rainy. Then as we got out of the car to get our hair done it was really rainy! Like I was soaked to my skin rainy! I hadn't anticipated doing my hair but was sat in a chair and had it done. I'm not saying I could have done it better but maybe...she did my makeup and while Joe thought it looked nice, it seemed a little bold for me. After that, we went to the winery to get dressed and then pictures. Of course, everything was soaked. Martha's dress hem was soaked and muddy. If it had been me, I would have cried. Like big hysterical tears.
As we were starting the wedding, we were literally lining up to walk down the aisle at this point, it started pouring. Mind you that the wedding is outdoors! We all huddled under a vine arbor and waited for it to pass. The ceremony was short and sweet. Dinner was good. No cake, but an ice cream bar which might be even better!
Both the maid of honor and best man had been friends of our group since undergrad so their speeches were really nostalgic which is great for me since I'm overly nostalgic to a fault. Also great, talking to Matt Ryan (best man) and Eric Lutzeier, an old friend, because it appears that they are also both tragically nostalgic. We laughed it up about Brad's failed pursuits of many a girl including myself and various other dorm fun events.
On a random note, it was pointed out that all the bridal party had advanced degrees with a Masters being the lowest one ! LOL
It was a beautiful wedding that was barely marred by the weather. I want another wedding (to Joe, of course!) but I'm still paying off the first one!
Best of luck to the happy couple!
PS-here are some pictures of me looking
fat and washed out in my bridesmaids dress.
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