Woooohoooo, we have a venue for the wedding! My leading candidate for a long time was the shuffleboard room of the local nursing home. It's got it all: walls, a fan, a shuffleboard table, even a notepad for recording shuffleboard scores. However, we learned that spilling any liquids on the aforementioned shuffleboard table would lead to us forfeiting our deposit. This wedding will be full of sloppy drunks, so no dice.
In the end, we went with another nice little joint: Becker Vineyards. It's about an hour away from our house, and Laura and I happened across it last summer when we were doing a wine tasting through the Hill Country. It's so cool, I'm not sure how we afforded it. I know Laura really wanted it, and I'm glad we were able to lock it up for the evening.
I think our team of coordinators also got the photographer and the wedding dress this weekend. They were very busy. Meanwhile, I'm still trying to figure out the difference between a wedding ring and an engagement ring. (Hypothesis: Wedding rings are made of candy.) Based on everything we've done so far, it's going to be quite the wingding. That'll be due to many folks, but especially Laura's parents.
With an event of this magnitude, I am tempted to vow I'll be on my best behavior. I just think there's too much going on here to set the bar that high; it's going to be a busy, busy night and it will be at a winery, after all. How about this then? I vow that I won't do anything that results in an annulment the next day.
I can even extend that. Let's say Laura does something that would typically result in an annulment the next day; due to the whole wedding thing, I'll cut her some slack. As far as I'm concerned, no next day annulments in any situation. Even if I find out she's planning on harvesting my organs and selling me into sexual slavery, I'll stick it out for at least a day. It's a lot to promise, but I'm the type of guy who can deliver such a promise.
Posted by Cody at January 21, 2008 7:43 PM