Weekend of Weddings

So, I think this weekend can appropriately be dubbed The Weekend of Weddings (at least for this summer) as there were two weddings for me to go to, one on Friday and one on Sunday, and if that weren't enough of a claim (I've no doubt someone out there can top that with a weekend of three weddings, or maybe even four - who knows!) the first wedding was one that I felt more involved than any other wedding before - one of my roommates for the summer got hitched!

It was on Friday that the roommate wedding happened, where all three of my current roommates were in the bridal party (as bride, maid of honour, and bridesmaid), so on top of getting to share in the build-up to the wedding as the bride and groom carefully poured over planning details on many a summer evening in our apartment over the past three and a half months, I also got to experience some of the excitement and fairly extensive preparations and work that goes on in pre-wedding week in order to pull off a big, formal event with guests from out of town. I did some cake delivery-ing and slicing (and thank goodness I did not a) do anything to damage the car I was lent to run my errand, nor b) do anything to damage the goods I was using the car to transport!), some flower retrieving, some guest-book attending, and some bevaerage making and some cleaning-up-ing. I can't even comprehend all the work and exhaustion that must come with arranging all the other details involved with a wedding ( I'm pretty sure if wedding time ever comes for me I'm just gonna do some sort of drive-thru ceremony with a 7-11 reception to follow;)

And the wedding I just came from was a lovely, in-the-country, outdoor-ceremony, barn-reception affair flavoured with details as unique as the couple themselves. I felt a bit Cinderella-ish at the end of the night - no, not that I had just had a lovely time dancing with a prince, but that I was leaving a bit earlier than I would have liked, but so it goes when depending on the good graces of others for transportation. Pretty sure the dance floor couldn't even handle me anyway, haha.

So, while I am feeling a bit exhausted at the end of this weekend (and I was only the roommate-of-the-bride and minor helper for one wedding, and merely a guest at the other!), I am also feeling very blessed and priviledged to have been a part of the unions of two very special couples, and to have been invited to share in their joy at such a momentous occasion.
And despite my feelings of being "weddinged out" that hit me at points during this weekend, I also had a moment or two where I considered becoming a wedding planner - yep, I'm still crazy...