my best friend's wedding
you know when you have a really fun filled fabulous weekend surrounded by friends 24/7... and then you all part ways and you feel positively bored and alone?
well ok, i guess this doesn't happen to everyone, but it does to me. and after a fabulous 4 days in michigan last week for my best friend's wedding, sunday night felt very dull and lonely. in fact, all week i tried to busy myself with things (cubs games, theatre shows, museums, bars), i spent WAY too much money, and i still today felt a little dull and lonely. maybe it's just the rain and the grey.
point is, i spent 6 months helping karen plan her wedding. we made invitations, jewelry, picked out dresses, made programs, table names, favors, picked flowers, etc, etc... and i LOVED being able to help her with so many details, especially all the paper goods and computer things that i know i'm pretty good at. i even spent 6 months writing my maid of honor speech in my head. but now it's... over. the wedding was beautiful. perfect. i couldn't have had more fun except that it went too quickly.
neither karen or i cried all day. but when we hugged goodbye we both lost it. and then we went to the bathroom to get karen out of her wedding gown and into normal clothes, and we lost it again. the excitement. the adrenaline. the exhaustion. all weekend i kept reminding her, "karen, you're getting married"... but somehow it didn't sink in for either of us until it was over. the experience slipped too much like water through my fingers. it feels like a distant dream.
this is a bizarre reflection on the occasion. sorry. i finally talked to her today since she returned from her honeymoon, and it feels like nothing changed, like it never happened. of course, things are different. she's married. she and brent have a house. when i visit, i'll stay with them instead of just with karen. she's coming here in a few weeks and brent is coming too. still, feels like not much has changed. that's the good thing about karen and brent. he's my friend too now, so this all feels very normal. like it's just supposed to be this way. like the actual wedding day was a blur and now everything is just normal again.
ok i'm getting on a weird tangent again. i think i need to go to bed. i didn't even intend to write a long blog, just to post this little link....
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ktb8482/sets/72157600673637720/
well ok, i guess this doesn't happen to everyone, but it does to me. and after a fabulous 4 days in michigan last week for my best friend's wedding, sunday night felt very dull and lonely. in fact, all week i tried to busy myself with things (cubs games, theatre shows, museums, bars), i spent WAY too much money, and i still today felt a little dull and lonely. maybe it's just the rain and the grey.
point is, i spent 6 months helping karen plan her wedding. we made invitations, jewelry, picked out dresses, made programs, table names, favors, picked flowers, etc, etc... and i LOVED being able to help her with so many details, especially all the paper goods and computer things that i know i'm pretty good at. i even spent 6 months writing my maid of honor speech in my head. but now it's... over. the wedding was beautiful. perfect. i couldn't have had more fun except that it went too quickly.
neither karen or i cried all day. but when we hugged goodbye we both lost it. and then we went to the bathroom to get karen out of her wedding gown and into normal clothes, and we lost it again. the excitement. the adrenaline. the exhaustion. all weekend i kept reminding her, "karen, you're getting married"... but somehow it didn't sink in for either of us until it was over. the experience slipped too much like water through my fingers. it feels like a distant dream.
this is a bizarre reflection on the occasion. sorry. i finally talked to her today since she returned from her honeymoon, and it feels like nothing changed, like it never happened. of course, things are different. she's married. she and brent have a house. when i visit, i'll stay with them instead of just with karen. she's coming here in a few weeks and brent is coming too. still, feels like not much has changed. that's the good thing about karen and brent. he's my friend too now, so this all feels very normal. like it's just supposed to be this way. like the actual wedding day was a blur and now everything is just normal again.
ok i'm getting on a weird tangent again. i think i need to go to bed. i didn't even intend to write a long blog, just to post this little link....
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ktb8482/sets/72157600673637720/
posted by KTB at
12:29 AM
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The new live cd came out last week! "Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds: Live at Radio City" -- I've listened to it, it's terrific!
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