Post Wedding Haze
Saturday was the wedding and generally, it went well. I say generally because there were big boo boos, but then again, which wedding is free of them? Well, let's count the things that went right first.

a) Despite being mad at the groom for staying out late and getting sloshed during the stag night, the two of them looked sweet and very excited.
b) The groom did not leave in a huff even though the bride's friends were giving him a hard time and not letting him into the house.
c)The gown fit. I have heard of weddings where the bride's gown, perhaps due to some mischievous elves or gnomes at night, did not fit well on the day of the wedding.
d)The rings were not forgotten and the two of them said the right names during the vows.
e) The Intercontinental outdid themselves for the bride and groom's entrance.
f) No one stepped on the bride's extremely long train causing her to trip

So, generally, the day went quite well, although
i) The bride was late for church, having a driver who had no idea where the turning into the church was
ii) The flustered pastor forgot to pronounce them husband and wife, so in the eyes of the church, they're now living in sin
iii)The bride had a penchant for throwing fits everytime something didn't go her way
iv)The groom had a squooshed banana up his pant leg

But that's the way wedding go I guess. Daniel and I were at this wedding in the capacity of coordinators and having not been in the loop most of the time, at times, the both of us were absolutely clueless about what needed to be done. The only fall back we had was to reach deep into the recesses of our minds and squint and try to recall what had happened during our wedding.

This resulted in Daniel occasionally falling into the groove of playing the groom.

Example 1.
He was accepting congratulations from people who mistook him for his brother

Example 2.
Instead of just finding out where the guests were supposed to be seated and telling them, he shook their hands, thanked them for coming and showed them to their seats, leaving him a very exhausted usher.

Example 3.
While herding guests to get ready for the bride and groom to come round and take photos, he once again, hung around every table talking to guests and waited for the photographer. Only when the real bride and groom came to the table did he realise his role in reality.

But he wasn't the only one. I had decided to re-use one of my wedding evening gowns for the evening as I wanted to get mileage out of the dress seeing that I paid so much for it. But it really wasn't a good gown to be in since I was expected to run around. With Daniel buzzing around and running all over the place, we suspect, so that his Angel-esque jacket would show its full wind blown effect, I really could not keep up with him.

And on top of all that, I cannot feel my toes today, two days after the wedding, having been in 4 inch shoes the whole day and running myself haggard in them. So we're very exhausted and I'm in school today, ready to place my head on the table and take a nap.

This week's going to be a long week. I've no long days this week because it's Deepavali on Friday and the college has rearranged the time table such that the students miss out minimum lesson.

Getting slightly delirious now, but one last thing, I did the most Fear Factor thing yesterday. I accidentally ate maggots! They were in an old packet of instant noodles and I thought the seasoning packet had burst. I only saw them half way through my meal- this is what happens when you eat and watch tv- so I must have ingested at least half of them. I take comfort in the fact that they're high in protein and in Africa, they'd be a delicacy. But really, it's still gross. Can't believe I ate maggots!

Later...