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the hora made me cry
Alex and I went to a wedding last night – for research purposes, we kept joking. (You know, because we are so funny when we’re drunk.) Also, because we were invited, and like hell we’d miss an opportunity to put on our party clothes, rack up someone else’s bar tab, and practice our new dance moves where we don’t have to worry about severing our shins on the coffee table.
The wedding was stunning. Everything I always thought I’d never like – a bridal gown the size of a bustled mountain, bridesmaids dresses in apricot and orange, centerpieces the size of armchairs – came together flawlessly and tastefully. But mostly, everything was gorgeous because couple was humble, sweet and staggeringly in love.
This might be the understatement of the season, but I’d almost forgotten that was the point. I’m so scared of showing up that day and hitting myself in the forehead – We forgot to order the challah! Tell the florist to bring extra flowers for the cake! Ask the band to do this and not that version of our song! – and lose even an ounce of a good time to kicking ourselves for forgetting something “obvious or avoidable” (this is like my summer catchphrase), I’ve brilliantly sacrificed metric tons of good times this summer in neurotic anticipation.
And somewhere in it, lost my balance. I’m so glad we still have three weeks left. Three weeks where I can hopefully resume sleeping well and being as excited about our wedding and all the hereafters as I was when we first ushered them in.
Also? Last night's hora, it made me cry.
comments (3)
whats a hora?
1 | jocelyn | August 8, 2005 04:26 PM
it'll be great. i got married a little over a week ago. i put the ring on the wrong hand, and we forgot which of us was supposed to say our vows first (he had to ask which of us went first, in front of everyone). it was still beautiful, and wonderful, and made us both very happy. everyone cried, and then they partied. (also, the wedding was 3 days after the bar exam, so planning and wedding-stress. . . not so much. and we pulled it off.) don't worry! i promise, it'll be fabulous!
2 | m | August 8, 2005 07:43 PM
i have a week and a half, from today. 10 1/2 days. i am both more calm and more freaked-out than i have been ever. good luck to you!
3 | Devlyn | August 10, 2005 03:39 PM