Weddings and stuff

The only problem with waiting so long to write posts is that there's entirely too much to say. In the immortal words of Inigo Montoya, "Let me 'splain...no, there is too much. Let me sum up. "

The wedding in California was wonderful. There were so many factors that could have made it a disaster, but it ended up being a super-duper success. Of course, the bride called me while she was on her honeymoon and left a voicemail saying, "We're in Oahu. Do you want us to do any cake tasting for you while we're here?" which shows you exactly what kind of silly friends I have. I called her back and told her to go enjoy herself with her husband, for goodness sake, and not call me again while she was in Hawaii unless she wasn't having a good time.

The following weekend, I attended another wedding, this time in Philadelphia, so no there was no need to board a plane or go through security, which is always nice. (I had forgotten the new "no liquids" policy coming home from SF, and the security guards confiscated a perfectly good unopened bottle of V8. Oh, the humanity!) The Philadelphia wedding was fun, but both the bride and the groom pride themselves on being rednecks, so there was a lot of country music played at the reception.

Since that's really my only complaint, I'd say that wedding was a success as well. This gives me hope, since Ray and I have passed the 6-month mark, and more things are piling up on the to-do lists I keep getting from The Knot and The Wedding Channel.

Unfortunately, however, I can't do anything on the list this month. I'm swamped with rehearsals for all kinds of concerts, including Ravel's L'Enfant et les Sortilèges with the New York Philharmonic, where I have an itty-bitty solo! Very excited about that, let me tell you. We had our first rehearsal, and I'm so happy the season has started on such a nice note!