Lots to update on. Last week was kind of bad because I only worked one day because my boss and her daughter went out of town. I was at my apartment for the majority of the weekend and got a bunch of stuff done there which was good. Then came back to find I didn't need to work for most of the week, which wasn't so good.
Then, this weekend, which was super busy. It was the greatest idea, but I drove down to VA for Jose's sister's wedding. (The going wasn't the problem, it was just driving my car - it's got over 200,000 miles on it and isn't doing that great - I probably should have found another way. oh well!) It was a packed weekend. I arrived Friday afternoon, Jose and I hung out, then went to the rehearsal and rehearsal dinner. I met a lot of his extended family which was nice and a lot of family friends. It was truely nice to get to know his family better. His uncle is a photographer and we got to talk for a while which was also pretty cool.
Then, Saturday, wedding day. It was busy busy. Jose and I were in charge of getting the flowers from the woman who did them and then bringing them to the hall where the party was and the church. We ended up having to get bows at a nearby florist because someone had forgotten to order them. For 4 bows, little white ribbon bows and went on the first two pews on either side at the church, cost $75. I'm not even joking! Insane! I decided that I'm already going to start saving for my wedding because that's just crazy!!!! Anyways, we got there, helped out, and the ceremony was an hour and a half. They had a full catholic mass with a lot of music which is why it was so long. It wasn't that bad though. I didn't really know what to do/what was going on because I'm not catholic, but, I followed along pretty well. Oh, also, half of it was in Spanish because the grooms family (and most of Jose's family) is from Mexico. So I used a lot of my (not very good) Spanish skills this weekend.
The party afterwards was fun. They had great food (a fajita buffet with other Mexican foods) and there was lots of beer, socializing and dancing. Jose's godmother reminded me SO much of my Grams who passed away almost a year ago. My Grams was kind of crazy with a whacky sense of humor and though his godmother wasn't crazy, I feel they had the same sense of humor. It was nice for me to get to experience that in someone else. There was also lots of dancing at the party, which I was horrible out. I'm not a good dancer AT ALL. Jose made fun of me a little for my dancing and attempted to help me out/teach me, but that didn't go too well. I was embarrassed. Hopefully the videographer didn't get much of me on tape during that portion of the evening.
The whole experience was nice though. Overall it kind of made me sad though because it made me think about my wedding and stuff. It made me think a lot about my mom and how hard it will be without her. I almost cried multiple times from the rehersal to the reception thinking about how much I want my mom to be there and how she won't. It also made me kind of sad because I need my father and my grandparents to be there too, but everyone is getting old and it just scares me. I just hope it all works out is all.
Seriously though, the weekend was great. I feel bad because I was kind of cranky through parts of it (any family time, even with my own family, kind of stresses me out/makes me sad for the above reasons and just because it makes me think of the sad stuff (even though I know I shouldn't think of the sad things, I still do) so being with this huge family that I barley knew was a little stressful/sad). I tried my best to be my best, hopefully it was alright. Most of his family seemed to really like me, which makes me happier then words can describe. I feel like this is a really great step in the right direction for our future. :-)
This week will hopefully be filled with work. I'm not working today because Brooke is away with her dad camping. I am working a FULL day tomorrow though because Amy has work too. I have no clue what I'm going to do with Brooke. I think I'm going to be working full days the whole week since Amy has work all week. At least I'll be making (much needed) money. Next weekend I may be up at school. I have to talk to Jose more and figure out when he's coming up next.
I guess that's all for now, a very long update! I shall write more soon!
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