My younger sister decided it was time to get married, and she and her fiance felt April was a good time of year to get married in the city of Boston. My family grew up about 45 minutes south of the city, it was a good location for the ceremony. The big thing was, the time of year. I've heard originally they wanted to be married on St. Patty's Day - that would have been a mistake this year since there was a blizzard this year on March 17th. April and March are known in New England to be a rough time of year, I remember in high school having many postponed tennis matches due to the new fallen snow heaps - yea blizzards are not light fresh fluffy snow!
Anyway - Erin and Ken decided on April 21st and the week leading up to the wedding was cold, snowy, rainy and overall bad weather. Brian and I were scheduled to fly up on Wednesday the 18th and land at 9pm in Boston. Boston was cold and rainy and our flight was slightly delayed getting in the city. My Dad picked us up and drove us back to the house. The family stayed up for a little bit to celebrate birthdays! My dad's is April 29th and so we presented him with gifts and then just after we did the two girls as well since Kelly's in May and Erin's is in June. Fast forward to Saturday.
Bri and I get back into the hotel room at about 1:30 am, we had gone out after the rehearsal dinner with our friend Pete. Brian was a bit drunk, but seemed to be having a good time. I crashed and we woke up Saturday morning to begin the wedding day craziness. At 11:20 we went down to the buffet for breakfast, that way we wouldn't be so hungry later in the afternoon. When we were done with breakfast, the rest of my family showed up at the hotel, Bride's dress and bridesmaid dresses all set and ready to go. I stayed downstairs with my parents while Kelly and Erin went up to get ready. The make-up woman was already working on the other girls and Sandy was starting hair for the other bridesmaids as well.
After checking the parents into the hotel and getting the safety deposit box, I went up to the bridal suite to check things out and to help my parents drop off sandwiches and drinks. This is where the fun begins - the bellhop, apparently was incompetent, dropped and walked on Kelly's bridesmaid dress. Fortunately for him - the dress was perfectly fine. (Erin and Kel, I love them to death - but don't piss them off - it could mean your life!) I walked over and gave Sandy a hug, I had not seen her since shortly after graduating high school. I was introduced to the other bridesmaids, Yara and Martha were both getting hair and make-up and Georgia was sitting patiently waiting for the excitement to begin. While talking to Georgia, my cell phone rang with a 407 echange. All my friends knew where I was and this number came up without a name assigned to it. I hesitantly answered it. It was a good thing that I had, it was Kody's vet. It turns out he had become very ill and had massive diahrea and vomit. Both contained bile and this concerned the vet...and me. In the middle of my sister's bridal party who were al getting done up to look beautiful - I broke down and started crying. Kody is a very important aspect of my life and 2 years in April is when Kody became paralyzed so now to hear the news that is very ill and that the vet believes his liver to be part of the problem was not good. I finally got myself together after a few minutes and went back to my room to inform Brian about Kody. He was getting ready to go up to the girls to start the photography. Bri, like everyone else told me that Kody is a fighter and will be fine and try not to get more upset and get ready for the fun day that we are about to be a part of. I could understand why everyone wanted me not to worry - its just easier said than done. So I found myself trying to distract my thoughts to eat up the time before I was to start to get ready.
Ken came to my room shortly after Bri left to start getting ready, that's when I realized I needed to shower and shave and get my ass moving. After I showered, Francois came down all dressed and I thought I was late - then again, the groom was just getting into the shower and he was up first for leaving - so my thoughts resumed to normal. After Ken got dressed and left, Francois and I talked music and played around with some electronic music on my iPod. Jim joined us, then we decided it was time to meet up for the limo and get the show on the road. Erin and Ken had agreed to meet and do photos early so they could enjoy the reception and get some great city scenes. Part 2 to come soon. For your viewing pleasure, here is one of the photos of the bridal party group:
