Weddings

Yesterday, I spent my BDS beginning my bridesmaid toast. Well, actually I sat down and realized I had no idea what I was doing, so I closed my lap top and started to research.

I've never been to a wedding. I've been to a lot of funerals though. I hear they are quite different.

Information gathering was...not so helpful. 45 minutes of movie viewing with my roommate Alex (also chosen as a bridesmaid for this wedding) was probably the lazy way to go about collecting ideas. Boice wouldn't be impressed.

We went to "on demand" and pulled up a few options, skipping to the reception in each of them. None of the maid of honors in these movies demanded each member of the bridal party to give a toast that was "two minutes long, at the bare minimum. I know this probably doesn't need to be said, but of course this is expected to be done without a notecard to read from! :) I'll need a rough draft by next Sunday."

(That's verbatim from the group email)

This cannot be normal. Sometimes Alex and I salute each other when we get these emails. We know we're living under a dictatorship until this wedding is over.

Side note: Neither of us are very supportive of our friend getting married this young, but it's her life and we will stand by her decision as expected. I'm finding it difficult to write something like this when my heart just isn't it. 

I turned off the movies and jotted down a few notes from some wedding websites. None of this was very helpful. If anyone has suggestions, please shoot them this way.

I did a 15 minute meditation. I had a mild headache and felt tense in my lower back. I realized loosening my pony tail helped - a tight bun of pulled back hair was uncomfortable.

I tried to start writing afterward, but I didn't get too far.

This is way harder than I thought it would be. Maybe this is a personal problem instead of a writing problem. Yikes.

E