Will be held at Ledo’s Pizza.. the BEST pizza place on earth!
Rehearsal starts at 6pm….I’m not nervous yet, but I wonder if it will kick in then?
For now I must clean clean clean before my guest come over to chill with me before the madness begins.
I have tons to say and updated you about, but for now I’ll keep this post to a short and simple rant.
I just found out(4 days before the rehearsal dinner, mind you) that my father won’t be paying for ANY alcohol at the rehearsal dinner.
His reasoning? He believes if people know they can order alcohol on his tab, they’ll go crazy and order as much as they want. (Does he think they’re alcoholics or something? He hasn’t met a single one of them!!)
Keep in mind that the ONLY thing they have to do for the wedding (other than show up and rent a tux) is the rehearsal dinner.
Also keep in mind that they didn’t plan a damn thing concerning it because they live in England and felt they couldn’t, so Megan and I planned everything.
Also keep in mind that when Megan and I proposed the current rehearsal dinner plans(that they agreed to and said they would pay for) it included 1 beer for about 90% of our guests there–because we know who’s coming and who drink and who won’t. Not to mention it also included a wee bit of ‘wiggle’ room for those guests we thought might drink two.
It’s tasteless to invite people to a rehearsal dinner and have them pay for their own drink, and I can’t supply any alcohol because the restaurant obviously won’t allow it.
If only they could have let us know this, oh, I don’t know…. MONTHS ago when this was originally planned, I’d be prepared for it, and who knows? Maybe would have picked a place that allowed us to supply our own drinks. But no. Gotta be an ass and tell us 4 days before the event.
Thanks alot.
Now to find a tactful way of telling people that they can’t order alcohol, even though most of them think they can.
I was going to go with the whole ‘my father is an asshole’ excuse, but we both know thats not tactful.
My sister claims it’s because it’s my second wedding and I’m having (what she considers) a large rehearsal dinner.
Wow. With that attitude I guess I should feel special he’s even showing up.
Not that I even want him to now. Thank God he wasn’t paying for anything for the actual wedding. We’d be having it in the backyard with hose water for refreshments.
Yup, I’m pissed.
EDIT: I’m still pissed, but it turns out Megan called my mom and ‘gently reminded her’ of the financial details(ie, how cheap alcohol is at this place) and that they’d already agreed to pay for it. My mom spoke with my dad(I don’t know what was said) but my mom called Megan back and said they’d pay for it. Thank God.
My Bachelor party is next Friday, and the Friday after that I’m getting married.
Time sure does fly by, huh?
On a totally unrelated note, my store just got a new GM, and let me say I am very happy with who they picked.
How many kings stepped down from their thrones?
How many lords have abandoned their homes?
How many greats have become the least for me?
How many Gods have poured out their hearts
To romance a world that has torn all apart?
How many fathers gave up their sons for me?
Only one…
I’m about to leave to go catch my flight.
No updates til I return.
Please keep me in your thoughts and prayers.
Tuesday I’m flying into Miami to visit my Abuella til Saturday. It may be the last time I see her alive.
Pray for traveling mercies and for strength, cause it’s gonna be hard.
The world lost a great, great man.
I lost a Grandfather.
I’ll see you again someday Grandpa.
My Abuella is in the hospital.
I’m very sad.
I met her.
Now, in less than two months we’ll be husband and wife.
Isn’t life wonderful?
I just picked up my 2 new pairs of eye glasses.
And damn do I look hott! 
From the end of March til I get married, Anne Arundel Community College is offering Basic Dance for Wedding Receptions as a non-credit course.
Megan, myself, and her parents are all going to take it, and I’m thinking maybe Megan and I will take a couple private dance lessons to learn some advanced moves for our foxtrot.
Yay for dancing!
So it’s been in the ‘works’ for a while now, with both Megan and I going back and forth on how I could go back to school, which school, what I would study, etc…
But suffice to say a major candidate for the school is Global University. It’s mainly a distance education school affiliated with the A/G. I’m really interested because since I went to two A/G schools, I know my credits will transfer with minimal complications, and their B.A. in Religious Education is right up my ally.
Nothing set in stone yet, but its a great feeling to at least know theres a stone to work with, if you know what I mean.
Please continue to keep me and this situation in your prayers.
Hanging out with my friends
Carbs
My old youth pastor
Toby
Minneapolis
old skool ztug.net
Simon
Passion…
In no particular order, my top 3 guys are:
David Archulata(damn that kid can sing)
Danny Noriega(I love your attitude, and your hair looks WAY better than it did last year)
David Hernandez
My top three girls (in no particular order) are:
Kady Malloy(is it just me, or does she have a little mandy moore thing going on?)
Carly Smithson
Brooke White.
I’ve also got a soft spot for Kristy Lee Cook(how could I not love a cage fighter?)
I think it was a BIG mistake to send Alaina home yesterday. The two girls who I can’t wait to be sent home are Amanda Overmyer(stupid rocker chick. You can’t sing!) and Asia’h Epperson. The two guys are David Cook(In my mind he’s now a major jerk for the comment he made to Simon) and Jason Castro.
I haven’t written anything in a while. Not that I don’t have anything to say, but the few times I was really passionate about writing my stupid computer wouldn’t work. I can’t wait til my brother can come up and help me fix it.
In a nutshell–my boss is on vacation so I’m running the store for the weekend, I almost went to Ruth’s Chris for dinner on Wednesday night without a shirt cause the evil dry cleaners didn’t have them done(even though they said they would be done by then), I’ve once again come down with some sort of head cold/chest congestion thing, and my low carb diet is going well and I seem to be losing a bunch of weight.
I’l leave you with the most current Boston Legal line running around in my head this week:
“Oh, and I just had sex. ‘Where?’ Right here. Ten minutes ago. Ended nine minutes ago…I was fantastic. ”
So I’m at work the other day, and this kid comes up to the counter and wants to pay for 2 $5 items. Heres how the conversation went:
Me: Your total is $10.60
Kid:(blank confused stare)
Me: Is everything ok?
Kid: I only have $10.
Me: I’m sorry.
Kid:(another blank stare)
Me: Which one did you want to put back?
Kid: (another blank stare) I only have $10
(At this point I’m trying to figure out if the kid is retarded, or hoping i’ll let him slide on the sixty cents. He;s old enough to know about tax, but just doesn’t seem to care)
Random guy 4 people behind the kid: Here, I’ve got an extra dollar you can use.
(the kid give me the extra dollar and I ring it up and give him the change. The kid prompty grabs his bag and leaves, not even stopping to offer the random guy his change)
This may be very mean of me to say, but I abhor both parties in this situation. One, the kid needs to learn if they’re going to buy something, they need to consider the fact that the government taxes things, and buy appropriately. Two, people who think they’re being ‘nice’ by offering kids the extra money to cover tax are NOT being nice. They’re teaching kids early on that if they don’t have enough money for stuff, people will just give it to them. No working hard, no learning the value of money. Nope. Just stand in line and make people wait long enough, and since you’re just a kid, someone will eventually get tired of waiting and front any amount of money you need.
You may think I’m being melo-dramatic, but this is just the most recent example of this I’ve seen. In the past I’ve seen people give kids as much as $18!! What the crap? People will give $18 to some stupid little kid but cuss out and hang up on the the fire/police/charity organization when they call asking for some help?
Whats become of this world?!?!?!
–I’m closing my store every night this week except for Saturday. Sigh. I guess it’s a good thing, cause it means I’ll get to sleep in a little more than if I had to be there at 8am, right? Gotta look at the positive. but I’ll tell you: if this turns out to be a regular occurrence, I’ll be having a conversation with my manager.
–Caterer tasting went awesome yesterday. Our guests are gonna be so happy with the food. I can hardly wait to eat it!
–We have out second premarital counseling session with Arch tomorrow morning, and I don’t think either of us has done our homework. I’ll have to do mine tonight when I get home and Meggie and I will have to discuss it afterwards or bright and early tomorrow morning before the meeting(we’re supposed to write down what we believe God’s calling is on our life and how our fiance can help us and then share it with each other. Arch then asks the Megan what I said and vice versa)
–I feel like I’m losing weight. I haven’t weighed myself yet, but I think I should, just to check. A lot of people are starting to randomly ask me if I’ve lost weight, and my clothes are fitting a lot nicer. We’ll see. Yay for low carbs!
–Megan’s Birthday AND Valentine’s day are coming up, both within a week of each other. We already have plans for her birthday(we’re hanging out with her friends at a few bars in downtown Annapolis) so I’m trying to think of something really wacky and crazy and romantic that will totally surprise her as a combined celebration of both birthday and holiday. Don’t worry people, I won’t be buying her another laptop! I’ll let you know when I have some ideas, and you can critique them for me.
TTFN!
–My job is going well. This is week two, and I gave up one of my days off to earn some ot. yay for extra money.
–I got my W2 in the mail and have already done my taxes. Yay I don’t owe any money!
–My brother (finally) got a wordpress blog. Check out my blogroll to visit his blog–he’s known as Nona the Ninja(I gave him that name. Doesn’t it rock?!?!)
–Heath Ledger died due to an overdose of sleeping pills. Is it sad when I heard this news the first thing I thought of was that there won’t be a ‘Return of the Joker” movie with him in it?
–Wedding news: DJ and photographer booked. Next up: a tasting on Sunday with our potential caterer.
Time for me to get some sleep while my chicken defrosts in my sink. Yup, I’m back to the old no carb lifestyle. Yay for losing weight!
I’ll leave you with the English translation of a chinese keychain we have at work. The pictures are great and the translations on it are absolutely hilarious. Each number goes under a picture. Note: what I’m about to type is NOT a mistake.
“1. Collect Stupids People. 2. Push Cliff. 3. Yay Drowns!”
Dear friend,
I’ve been thinking about you lately, wondering how you’ve been getting by. I have the feeling that you are hurting–Something’s telling me inside. These words are coming down from heaven, I hope they’ll make you realize:There’s so much love He has for you, more than you can comprehend! He is standing at the door, He’s hopin’ you will let Him in. He can wipe away your tears, give you strength to carry on. Through these hard and painful days, He will help you find your way, find your way back home. In this letter of love.
Dear friend,
I wish that you were with me, words come easy eye to eye. But since the distance separates us, let Him hold you when you cry. There’s so much love He has for you and a peace you can’t describe. So that’s why I’m pouring out my heart on this page you’re reading now. What I have I give to you, I can’t keep it all inside. Like a river to the sea, His love is flowing out of me: the love of Christ I share with you in this letter of love.
In this letter of love I’m writing to you I pray you’ll make peace with God and start anew. If you would give him your heart your life would change. He’s reaching out–Yes, God has open arms for you…in this letter of love.
Dear friend,
I’ve been thinking about you lately, wondering how you’ve been getting by. Dear friend, for you I am praying, that you’ll accept the love of Christ.
Dear friend…
My Friend.
