Wow what a busy weekend.
First, my brother in law gets married and I have the honor of DJ'ing his wedding. Everything went well, the bride did not kill me for playing one too many trance tracks, and in fact, she I think she rather enjoyed my transitions from Gloria Estefan's Conga to Nelly Furtado's Promiscuous Girl. But definitely weddings can be a joy and a curse to those throwing them. Having gone through the whole process myself, I can really say that getting married is one of those big hoops that you really just put yourself through in life.
The basest alternative is going down to your local judge and having him do it, and besides that the sky's the limit. You really get to plan out and make it the best experience that you want it to be, it's your chance (rather, it's the bride's chance) to make it her day of days. I'm glad everything turned out well for him and that they're having a blast in Hawaii.
But if you've ever looked for vendors for wedding stuff, the methodologies can be quite tedious and time consuming. When my wife and I started planning our wedding, we relied heavily on friends and family to help give pointers as to who to talk to, which shops to choose, from invitations, to decoration, to chair covers, and musicians. Of course, being the cost conscious and detail oriented woman she is, she managed to get us within budget and within what I consider a splendid ceremony. If we didn't have so much help, so many wedding TV shows, and other resources, I daresay I'd be typing this from a different relationship standpoint.
The second gala was a wonderful baby shower thrown for my wife by some of the awesome girls at our church. Once again I realized what a blessing it is to have so many supportive people helping us celebrate this special time in our lives.
As another week of beta continues, I'm just glad for all these timeouts that remind me why we're trying to do what we're doing here- to make everyone's lives a little bit less stressful, and helping people stop to smell the roses along the way.
