Another month
This is a picture of everybody chillin’ on the beach.
And this is a picture of our gorgeous sunset…Last thing, I just received an update and it was from the only employer that I had a chance with. They let me know that they will not be hiring full-time until October at the earliest. I suppose I will be keeping them in my contacts.Hmmm and that’s about all there is to update for now.I would love to see some rain but everything and everyone says that won’t be happening anytime soon. So I will wait for another day when perhaps we will have more than empty clouds hanging overhead.just Pray.Post-Wedding
It is finished!
We are married. It is still new to me… To think that I am married. I am a married man. Crazy. I know that I have had a lot of time beforehand to let it sink in but not as much time afterward.
So about the wedding… Yeah.
The day itself was nothing more than mass chaos. Seriously. It was definitely one of the most stressful days in my life- if not The Most. My parents left early from the house but the gas pump went out on their way down to San Diego. They had to rent a car and get help from Highway Patrol. I was waiting to get ready in their hotel room and couldn’t do that until they arrived.
For a wedding that started at 5:30, I didn’t even get into my parent’s hotel room until after 4:30 thanks to all of the delays. I’m just glad they made it. Otherwise, we would have just canceled the whole thing. Maryia had problems throughout the day with her makeup and other things and then even finding the venue itself. We were late by 15 minutes and Maryia and her family were another 10 minutes behind us.
Crazy. But we pulled it off. The wedding lady/officiant didn’t have the right vows, music or poems that we requested and once even said that we were here to unite Maryia and Sky. I don’t think anyone noticed though. We had purchased a camera and a camcorder for the event but in the midst of everything we forgot them in the car. I know, I know. Crazy.
The wedding was super small but looking back we both agree that those that were at the wedding, they the ones who should have been at the event. It pained and hurt me a lot that Michael in particular didn’t come, but hey. After everyone had arrived things went a lot smoother.
Here is a few pictures:
We had a small reception at CiCi’s pizza. Maryia and I were so sick from the stresses of the day we didn’t eat anything much other than a small bite of the wedding cake (everyone told us we HAD to eat at the very least, a bite).
The Wedding Cake
After the day ended we went to our hotel in Stanton/Anaheim area. We got a city pass for LA and it included Disneyland passes for 3 days, Universal Studios for 2 days, and 1 time to Sea World. Fun indeed.
We brought some cake with us to eat the next day, but unknown to us we discovered the fridge was bad and the cake we brought was ruined.
We had a lot of problems with the hotel, but we had a blast at Universal and during our 3 days at Disneyland.
Tomorrow we finish up the honeymoon at Sea world and then on to our 2nd and final trip to Universal Studios.
🙂
just Pray.
Pre-wedding
It is only a few days away and I will be a married man.
It is kind of a crazy thought. I never really thought that it would be that much of a big deal for me. I suppose in some ways it isn’t, yet in other daunting ways it is bigger than I had previously thought.
Our wedding. Some joke and ask if you can really even call it a wedding with only about 20 people going. We had invited about 50 people. All of my people dropped our except for Jeff (a groomsman) and Emily (a guest). Now if you were to ask me at any point in my plannings if I thought that those two would be the ones remaining after everything… I’d probably have guessed Emily. Perhaps even Jeff, he has been pretty good in the whole thing. I think I’d be more surprised that if you look at everyone I call a friend… (and even that.. go to the inner circles) 2 would remain. Notably though.. Emily was my bestest friend for years and years until it blew up. Then we have had a patched.. repaired friendship. Unfortunately never the same. Jeff on the other hand I’ve only known for about 5 years and met through work.
Now, granted – if I had a best friend at work… it was him without a doubt. I guess if I am trying to not be bitter about friends or family who aren’t showing up… if I focus on the mere fact that I have 2 people close to me going… well.. truth be told it still makes me a little sad.
It’s my big day embarking on a new life. As much as the event is going to be small and low budget… I just… I don’t know.
Of everyone in LifeLock who I thought would go.. and still be close friends with me? I thought Jeff would be around, but I was pretty hurt when Amanda and others just seemingly disappeared without a trace. Ugh, STAY ON TOPIC JASON.
Anyway.
I’ve had some really bad luck, but this goes further than I can express for those who are showing up. Despite all the circumstances surrounding everyone. (Maryia and myself are both unemployed and hosting the wedding 100% out of pocket)
Yes. fun times.
I guess I don’t have much else to say for now. Tomorrow is the big day.