Wedding rehearsal and the Alibi Room
Went to the townhouse to find my mom busy assembling lasagna for tonight's dinner at the wedding rehearsal. Steph warned me to stay out of Mom's way since she was stressed - you don't have to tell me twice! I figured that it would also reduce my own stress level, especially if I tried to be helpful. Mom actually thanked me for being helpful, which was nice. I heard about their visit to the salon today, and Grandma wondered why I didn't go with them. As I told Christon later, I figured I'd save myself the expense if I didn't strictly need it! For some reason, Steph brought up THE BOOTY LOGO, and kinda thought it should be included in the slideshow! When Jon got in, I asked him about it - ah yes, it would be Nathan's say-so, not his! (I told Nathan that I'd email him something when I got home - a strange picture, indeed!) There was a LOT of stuff to load into the Subaru, but they did it! Steph and Mom left earlier than I did, which was fine. (asked Jon if Ray and Dallas were coming back for the wedding, but they aren't - oh well...)
I got to the church with Dad, Jon, and Grandma later on just as Daniel / Chris / Sonya / Ivan were finishing up worship practice. Grandma actually gave me a ring with a purple stone set into it - I'm sure it's not REAL, just like the jade bracelet I saw her with in Chinatown years ago wasn't real. Then again, you never know! Chatted with Phil barbecuing stuff in the courtyard, who'd seen my Facebook status: "Leslie doesn't want bad stuff at the wedding rehearsal or wedding or marriage. Thus she is bringing along a book on useless history to the wedding rehearsal, not one on murder." Not that I believe in omens and stuff really, but every little bit helps! He seemed to agree, anyhow... so of course I had to show him, Nathan, and Jeremy the TOTALLY USELESS book! (of course he can borrow it later when I'm done with it - he says it'll be awesome!) Daniel was telling Ivan about Eric Clapton's Tears in Heaven, written when his son Conor fell out a window and died.
After a while spent talking to Andrea / Michelle / Daniel / Grace / Myles / Brit, I met a bunch of Harmony's helpers and bridesmaids - Colleen from Calgary, Patricia, Karina, Anita (who does look like Maxine!), and others. Holly and Peter got there a bit later, and Peter said that Steph had come into his clinic for a massage. I'm not surprised that she was telling him a bunch of dirt on the family, such as how we used to sit on each other and all. Of course I greeted Auntie Wing Yee and Uncle Joe (Harmony's parents) when I saw them! Sat with Myles, Holly, Peter, Brit, and others at a table and discussed the Toronto engagement photos taken at a coffee shop / what we'd done today / Viva Java coffee / watermelon / lasagna / bacon-wrapped shrimp / how we couldn't wait to hear the speeches on Saturday / the church truly being a new building / the kitchen being in some sort of decent working order. Mom thought Peter could beat Jon in a wrestling match; when Peter told him this, Jon wondered what kind of support THAT was, haha. Talked to a couple of people whom my mom works with - one of them brought her son Everett, who actually goes to the school where Holly teaches!
The rehearsal itself eventually got underway, with plenty of pictures being taken. Myles wondered why I was so shy, haha. Steph offered me some coffee, and asked me to watch her cup for her - "CAFFEINE ADDICT PICTURE" haha. As long as I knew what I was doing and when I'd be doing it, I'd be fine. Uncle Joe's slideshow is going to be during the ceremony before the bride comes in, but at least I'll be there to watch it because I'll usher Grandma in first. (in full view of everyone, ack!) Someone told Steph to put her cup of coffee in the washroom if she didn't want it cleaned up by the kitchen help - what a suggestion! Rehearsal wasn't that bad, really - as the GM, Lesley said my pace was fine! Dad got a bit upset (but didn't show it too much) since he wasn't walking in with Mom originally while Harmony's parents were being escorted in together by Myles, but that got resolved at the end of the evening.
At one point, Grandma didn't want Myles and Peter to take her picture, but it was too bad, heh. Saw the guy named Ezra, who actually is an older man - oh good, I thought it was a younger male! (you never know...) Checked in with Eric to see if he was attending the dinner at Stanford's restaurant tomorrow - since he isn't, I'm off the hook and don't have to eat with perfidious blackguards and turncoats! Besides, I have to see if the dragon dress fits me tomorrow night sometime too. Jeremy later said that it was a good thing I'd be going over to my parents' place then; that way, any wedding-day wardrobe malfunctions could be avoided since they could hopefully be fixed beforehand! He'd been at a wedding where things were delayed for half an hour because the zipper on one of the bridesmaids' dresses got stuck... yikes! Talked to Chuck for a bit later, and discussed rings with Grace and Michelle too. Jon and Harmony invited us to the Alibi Room later to treat us, so at least I got to go there since I missed out on the engagement party in January!
Talked about duties, Ron coming to take some photos in the park, my mom thinking that Steph would be a cougar if she went after Jonathan G., her having no shame when she tried to play the role of matchmaker as she wanted Vanessa to "hook up" with Jonathan, Christon telling us that she also announced to Daniel that she heard he was pregnant (not biologically possible!), kids, Phil and Grace, and more. Johnny came with a couple of his friends, but they didn't seem to want to sit with us, opting for outdoor seating. Nathan and Christon even tried to make conversation, man! I joked with Jeremy that it had been ALL HIS FAULT, haha! Jeremy and I tried each other's beers; Harmony wondered if Jeremy put me up to ordering some four-star Red Racer extra bitter ale, but he hadn't at all. He was right - his Irish ale tasted like water after I'd had mine!
Jon furthered my bad impressions with Patricia (whom I was meeting for the second time or so) by saying that I took almost any excuse to drink, and offered me the rest of someone's gin and tonic plus some other beer. We talked about the size of our families, the PRIDE AND PREJUDICE 5.5-hour marathon (Eric kinda watched it, but only because he had female roommates at the time), burgers, Eric and Jeremy not being Aaron the DJ although they're all white, Rob and Ross, the red-face Asian gene (carcinogenic?), the giant stuffed bunny near Jeremy's place, our family nicknames, Facebook, not knowing certain people were on there, Spoz, and Corey. Also discussed Jon's intro of Dad as "the balding guy," my ear issues, how Translink should bring bus schedules BACK at stops instead of just having a number to text for the stop times, Harmony getting me to slap Jon for her in the future, spicy ketchup, olives, burgers, the itinerary, Peking duck wraps, piano, Christon going to Stanford's dinner if someone was going to treat him, and more. Definitely a good time out, and I get more downtime this way!
I got to the church with Dad, Jon, and Grandma later on just as Daniel / Chris / Sonya / Ivan were finishing up worship practice. Grandma actually gave me a ring with a purple stone set into it - I'm sure it's not REAL, just like the jade bracelet I saw her with in Chinatown years ago wasn't real. Then again, you never know! Chatted with Phil barbecuing stuff in the courtyard, who'd seen my Facebook status: "Leslie doesn't want bad stuff at the wedding rehearsal or wedding or marriage. Thus she is bringing along a book on useless history to the wedding rehearsal, not one on murder." Not that I believe in omens and stuff really, but every little bit helps! He seemed to agree, anyhow... so of course I had to show him, Nathan, and Jeremy the TOTALLY USELESS book! (of course he can borrow it later when I'm done with it - he says it'll be awesome!) Daniel was telling Ivan about Eric Clapton's Tears in Heaven, written when his son Conor fell out a window and died.
After a while spent talking to Andrea / Michelle / Daniel / Grace / Myles / Brit, I met a bunch of Harmony's helpers and bridesmaids - Colleen from Calgary, Patricia, Karina, Anita (who does look like Maxine!), and others. Holly and Peter got there a bit later, and Peter said that Steph had come into his clinic for a massage. I'm not surprised that she was telling him a bunch of dirt on the family, such as how we used to sit on each other and all. Of course I greeted Auntie Wing Yee and Uncle Joe (Harmony's parents) when I saw them! Sat with Myles, Holly, Peter, Brit, and others at a table and discussed the Toronto engagement photos taken at a coffee shop / what we'd done today / Viva Java coffee / watermelon / lasagna / bacon-wrapped shrimp / how we couldn't wait to hear the speeches on Saturday / the church truly being a new building / the kitchen being in some sort of decent working order. Mom thought Peter could beat Jon in a wrestling match; when Peter told him this, Jon wondered what kind of support THAT was, haha. Talked to a couple of people whom my mom works with - one of them brought her son Everett, who actually goes to the school where Holly teaches!
The rehearsal itself eventually got underway, with plenty of pictures being taken. Myles wondered why I was so shy, haha. Steph offered me some coffee, and asked me to watch her cup for her - "CAFFEINE ADDICT PICTURE" haha. As long as I knew what I was doing and when I'd be doing it, I'd be fine. Uncle Joe's slideshow is going to be during the ceremony before the bride comes in, but at least I'll be there to watch it because I'll usher Grandma in first. (in full view of everyone, ack!) Someone told Steph to put her cup of coffee in the washroom if she didn't want it cleaned up by the kitchen help - what a suggestion! Rehearsal wasn't that bad, really - as the GM, Lesley said my pace was fine! Dad got a bit upset (but didn't show it too much) since he wasn't walking in with Mom originally while Harmony's parents were being escorted in together by Myles, but that got resolved at the end of the evening.
At one point, Grandma didn't want Myles and Peter to take her picture, but it was too bad, heh. Saw the guy named Ezra, who actually is an older man - oh good, I thought it was a younger male! (you never know...) Checked in with Eric to see if he was attending the dinner at Stanford's restaurant tomorrow - since he isn't, I'm off the hook and don't have to eat with perfidious blackguards and turncoats! Besides, I have to see if the dragon dress fits me tomorrow night sometime too. Jeremy later said that it was a good thing I'd be going over to my parents' place then; that way, any wedding-day wardrobe malfunctions could be avoided since they could hopefully be fixed beforehand! He'd been at a wedding where things were delayed for half an hour because the zipper on one of the bridesmaids' dresses got stuck... yikes! Talked to Chuck for a bit later, and discussed rings with Grace and Michelle too. Jon and Harmony invited us to the Alibi Room later to treat us, so at least I got to go there since I missed out on the engagement party in January!
Talked about duties, Ron coming to take some photos in the park, my mom thinking that Steph would be a cougar if she went after Jonathan G., her having no shame when she tried to play the role of matchmaker as she wanted Vanessa to "hook up" with Jonathan, Christon telling us that she also announced to Daniel that she heard he was pregnant (not biologically possible!), kids, Phil and Grace, and more. Johnny came with a couple of his friends, but they didn't seem to want to sit with us, opting for outdoor seating. Nathan and Christon even tried to make conversation, man! I joked with Jeremy that it had been ALL HIS FAULT, haha! Jeremy and I tried each other's beers; Harmony wondered if Jeremy put me up to ordering some four-star Red Racer extra bitter ale, but he hadn't at all. He was right - his Irish ale tasted like water after I'd had mine!
Jon furthered my bad impressions with Patricia (whom I was meeting for the second time or so) by saying that I took almost any excuse to drink, and offered me the rest of someone's gin and tonic plus some other beer. We talked about the size of our families, the PRIDE AND PREJUDICE 5.5-hour marathon (Eric kinda watched it, but only because he had female roommates at the time), burgers, Eric and Jeremy not being Aaron the DJ although they're all white, Rob and Ross, the red-face Asian gene (carcinogenic?), the giant stuffed bunny near Jeremy's place, our family nicknames, Facebook, not knowing certain people were on there, Spoz, and Corey. Also discussed Jon's intro of Dad as "the balding guy," my ear issues, how Translink should bring bus schedules BACK at stops instead of just having a number to text for the stop times, Harmony getting me to slap Jon for her in the future, spicy ketchup, olives, burgers, the itinerary, Peking duck wraps, piano, Christon going to Stanford's dinner if someone was going to treat him, and more. Definitely a good time out, and I get more downtime this way!
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