I am so behind on homework that I can only talk for a minute. Today I have to put together a PowerPoint presentation completely from scratch ("It's all up here [tap on head]", my ass) because it's due on Friday and tomorrow I need to load it at school after my afternoon class (or before if I can haul said ass to campus early), but have never really used PowerPoint, so, once again, as usual, I am close to being fucked.
But I'm not stressed out yet because I'm watching a movie tonight and that is a nice diversion.
The wedding:
It all went OK. I caught a ride with my favourite bridesmaid and her boyfriend, and spent a good deal of the weekend around them. It wound up being pretty frantic with no time to sit and absorb, which is just as well because it wasn't my wedding to absorb.
Thursday: got into town. Waited for other bridesmaids to show up because we were sharing a room. Decided to go across the street to the mall to kill some time. Walked to bride's house, since we were supposed to go over for dinner anyway. Aparently I disappeared for two hours, causing frantic calls between all parties. Everyone else came and the circus began. We finished the night by putting together boxes, filled them with chocolate and tied ribbons around them as the guest gifts. Yummy chocolate!
Friday: bipolar fake bridesmaid couldn't sleep, so at 5am yelled at the rest of us to wake up because he didn't want to be awake alone. I swore at him and tried to go back to sleep, but the damage was done. Spent the rest of the day in a zombie state. Had a crappy manicure (the nail person was really shaky, so the nails weren't looking so great) and waited for the 4 others to get finished up. Then went to lunch. Then went to rehearsal. Tried to have a little nap, but was cursed out by the bipolar fake bridesmaid and his husband decided to curl my hair instead of letting me sleep for an hour. Then went to dinner where we got our bridesmaid gifts. The girls headed to the bride's apartment to give her the stuff we had worked on (a scrapbook and a basket of fun stuff), which made her teary eyed. Went back to the hotel to bed. Woohoo.
Saturday: up at the crack of dawn to get enormous rollers put in. Went to decorate the reception hall. Back to the bride's house for hair and make-up (groan. I am terrible at being a girl). Small problem: the bride's new pink saphire necklace broke, dropping the jewel into the (clean) toilet bowl. Maid-of-honour fished it out; that alone proved she was the best girl to fill that position, despite another bridesmaid who thought she should hold that position. Scrambled up to the last minute, but got to the ceremony on time; had to wait for straglers, so started a little late. Short ceremony (sweet). Saw my grade 4 teacher and my high school drama teacher. Waited around for pictures that never happened. For whatever reason, the bridesmaids were the last to be photographed, but because the photographer took so long with the others, the light was too low to continue. So there are about 5 or 6 pictures with the bridesmaids. Hmph. Raced to the reception. Started drinking rye and gingerale immediately (thank you, open bar). Ate delicious stuff. Clapped a lot. Cheered. Flirted with bride's brother because he was giving me a ride back to Vancouver. Danced my ass off, impressing more people than I intended to. Finally headed back to bride's apartment to sleep (bride and groom got a room, at the urging of others who yelled it during glass-tinking make-outs). Before letting my head hit the pillow, I pulled out the bobby pins that kept my hair in place: 22 bobby pins out and my hair didn't move. So much hairspray. Gross.
Sunday: woke up feeling OK. Maid-of-honour (who also stayed at bride's house) wasn't looking so good and decided to go home. Went to hotel to take down decorations, but it was already done because another event was in the room when we arrived. Counted the chair covers and folded them with the awesome bridesmaid and my friend who wasn't even obligated to help. Bitchy bipolar fake bridesmaid came late and tried to instruct me what to do after saying he didn't need to do anything because his job was done the day before. I snapped at him and continued to silently curse him. Drove to Osoyoos with the awesome bridesmaid, her boyfriend and the other bridesmaid who thought it was her wedding instead of the bride and grooms. Got to Osoyoos just after 1pm for the gift opening. Saw my parents and ran into my cousins near bride's parents' house. Eventually convinced bride's brother to head back to Vancouver. Drove. Got home.
But the assignments are piling up. Got a one day extension on an assignment due last Sunday night and finished up a research assignment yesterday morning. Now I just have to finish this PowerPoint presentation and all my assignments for this week are done. And will then have to start the other ones that are due next week and the week after. Crap.
I swear I'm going to be more interesting at some point. Just not right now.
Currently listening :
The Great Pacific Ocean
By Thrush Hermit
Release date: 04 April, 2000
6:41
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