I finally arrived back home around 2:00 or so after dropping the guys off at Mike's parents' place and had about an hour to relax. The rehearsal dinnah was at 4:00 so I arrived promptly at that time and was introduced to the bridal party along with other friends and family that were present. The rehearsal itself was pretty straight forward and quick and with no hiccups we got through it and started shoveling food in our bellies!
On the menu; pizza and beer!!! Rehearsal dinners are always a great way to meet new people and get to know who is most important in both the bride and groom's lives. Around 7 or so both Mike and Sara had to head off to hang out with her side of the family so I took off soon after that. At this point I was toast! I hadn't really slept at all since I left California and it was finally catching up to me. I got home around 7:30 and went straight to bed. This was almost around the time I'd be taking a quick nap after work. I was sound asleep for a good 6+ hours when I woke up, wide awake with only one thing on my mind...the speech!
I had kept telling myself I'd have time to do it here and there but never got around to it. The good thing is that this is a speech I've been writing in my head for a long time. I wrote what I thought was a pretty decent rough draft at 3:00AM and by 5:00 or so I was back to sleep again. I had told Mike that I would be at his place around noon in time for the 1:00PM limo that was taking the entire wedding party to where we would take pictures. I didn't wake up until maybe 9:30 and of course I had to re-read my speech. I emailed it to my sister to have her read it over and then we made some changes and it was good to go.
By 11:30 I was finally out of bed and had to light a fire under my butt to get ready. I made it over by 12:45, threw my shirt, pants and tie on (ok Matt tied it for me) and was ready to go. We hopped in the limo and went over to the Lowell Historical National Park for pictures. This was a great taste of Lowell as we were in and amongst some old mills and plenty of locals! Pictures took about an hour and a half in the hot sun and thankfully plenty of shade and then we jumped back in the limo, popped open a bottle of champagne, and were now ready for the ceremony!
Next Up: Mikey Linna's Wedding Celebration!
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