My Best Friend's Wedding and Being Stubborn

On Saturday, my best friend got married. It was the best wedding I've ever been to, I think. Nothing went wrong, and aside from some nerves, it was a perfect day. At least I think so. I'm sure she would agree.

On Friday, the three of us (the bride, the bridesmaid, and myself) spent the day together. Blair, the bride, was extremely nervous, which is understandable. I was just more excited than anything, even though I was getting more and more nervous for the speech I'd have to give on Saturday. After all we got done on Friday, we actually got to bed at a decent hour. We were in bed by 10:30, and I'm happy to tell you that we all slept wonderfully.

On Saturday, we were up at 8 to go get our hair done! By the time it was all done, we were ALL very nervous, though I did my best not to show it, because I knew it wouldn't help Blair's nerves. After getting all ready to go, we left for the ceremony. I think all of our tummies were doing flip flops in the car. I'm happy to say, though, that we hadn't cried ... yet! Once we got to the hall, we were shuffled into a room off to the side ... and then the nerves REALLY kicked in. For the entire time before the wedding, Blair was not convinced that her husband-to-be was really there. Her aunt did her best to convince her of that, but Blair wasn't convinced. And then, a few minutes before the ceremony started, she heard him talking out in the hallway ... and then the waterworks began. She started crying, then I started crying, and both her mom and her bridesmaid had to look away so they wouldn't cry to. That was the first time we all cried together ... and it was not the last!

Finally, it was time for the walk down the aisle. I was only a little nervous for that part, mainly because I hate when people are watching me. I tried not to rush down, but I'm pretty sure I did. After I got down to the end, it was time for Blair, her mom, and her brother. I kept it together pretty good until they were almost to the end, when Blair let out a little gasp from crying. Then I broke down and the tears came again. I think I was tearing up through the whole ceremony, even though I tried to keep it together and not full out cry.

After the ceremony, I'm quite sure we all rushed back down the aisle. We were all pretty eager to get out of there! Then it was one of the things I was most scared for: the receiving line. There were a few people I was very excited to see, and one I was particularly nervous for. Luckily, though, it went well, and I even hugged my old best friend. I got hugs from everyone I haven't seen for at least 3 years, and it went very well.

From there, we all piled in the limo where I got some FANTASTIC pictures. We went to the zoo for pictures, and know what? As soon as we left in the limo, it started to rain, and that very quickly turned into SNOW. I'm SO glad it waited until after we left the zoo! We decided we were all STARVING, so we went to get hot dogs, fries, and milkshakes. HELL YEAH. Don't worry, though -- we covered Blair in napkins! After our bellies were all filled, we kinda just drove around the city in the limo, to waste time before the reception. And you know what? 3 out of the 6 of fell asleep! Yeah! First Blair fell asleep, then the groomsman fell asleep, then the best man. We are such party animals!

Finally, it was reception time ... and I was nervous as hell. Dinner and everything seemed to go way too fast, because then it was time for my speech. I was shaking so bad, and I'm quite sure half of my words didn't come out, but Blair understood it all, and we both bawled ... and that's all that really matters.

And then ... it was party time! We all had SO much fun, even Aden, who was extremely tired once all the speeches were done. I even danced with all my old friends, even the ones who had become enemies. It was overall an amazing night. I made some new friends and made things better with old ones ... it was just perfect! Blair had a good night too, I know it. Like I said, it was by far the best wedding I've ever been to!



In other news, Aden's dad is being a jerk. BIG SURPRISE.

Aden got sick yesterday, with the flu or something ... and his dad told me there was no way he'd bring Aden over here today. I offered to go over there instead, but no ... he would rather miss work AGAIN because he's so damn stubborn. He's going to end up losing his job because he's too stubborn to even LET me be a good mom. He's making me feel like a deadbeat parent, and he's making me look like I am one, but I realized that it's really not me ... it's HIM. He's actually preventing me from being a good mom, and it's making me look horrible. He has got to stop keeping Aden from me, withholding information from me, etc ... because it does not work out well. He's going to end up losing his job because he's so damn stubborn and then what?

Ugh ... I don't even what to get into that topic too much because it's only going to piss me off. Let's just say this has gotten way out of hand and I'm back to getting mad about it ALL the time.

Enjoy! :P