Monday, July 19, 2010

The Angel-ohn Gan-berts Wedding

This weekend, Ben and I flew home for a whopping 26 hours. Why? Well, not only was Aly getting home from Venice, but two of my oldest friends were getting married. Being the Cheez-Nip I am, I couldn't have missed it -- although we almost did. At 48 hours before we were supposed to be at the reception, Ben and I bought tickets home and made all our arrangements. We literally landed in Peoria at 1:30 and raced to the church, where the ceremony was supposed to start an hour later. We made it in the nick of time, thank goodness.

Angie and John, the lovely couple, started dating when we were 16. My friends and I set them up, giving their wedding even more emotional draw for all of us. From the day they started dating, we all called it that they would be the first to tie the knot. We even had bets on what year they would get hitched, but no one remembers now who had 2010. Little to say, seeing Angie in her wedding dress touched my heart. It's nuts that they finally got married! I literally couldn't be happier for them!

The thing about the wedding, too, was that it was the first time in multiple years that most of our friends from high school were in one place. Through various shifts post high school, our once very close knit group of friends grew apart, as is want to do in such situations. But having everyone back together was great. It didn't take long for all of us to gravitate to one table, start goofing around and laughing, generally falling back into the roles we all played back in the day. It was nice, refreshing, and felt great to touch base after so long, particularly in a setting like that.

All in all, it was a wonderful night. We were among the last to leave the reception, after spending the whole night dancing and laughing. As everyone reminded me during the night, barring any major upsets by other couples, Ben and I are next, which is super exciting!

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