Wednesday, November 07, 2007

my mom's surprise wedding

i was mad over the weekend because i found out my mom was getting married on monday and that all of my siblings were going to be there but me.
i was later able to talk to my sister who assured me that i was not being intentionally excluded-- one thing had led to another, ronan decided to drive from las vegas completely unexpectedly, etc--

but it still felt crappy.

(my mom met her then-fiance about a month ago. but he seems nice).

on sunday night i was closing the coffee shop where i work. i left there at midnight and checked my messages.

on my machine was a message from my stepdad-to-be, whom of course i had not yet met, proclaiming that if i could take the day off work on monday he would pay for my plane ticket to san francisco where they were to be married in a courthouse.

on my way home i thought, no way!! that is crazy!! and then i thought, i must go. I SIMPLY MUST GO.

so i got home at 12:30 am, called and woke up my stepdad-to-be, and we purchased tickets online. five hours later i was out the door and on my way to the airport. by 9am i was in san francisco in my sister's studio apartment, with my sister, both brothers, my brother's fiance, my mom, and my stepdad-to-be.

i left the next morning (tuesday) bright and early and went to work straight from the airport. it was CRAZY.

i made this video. it's kind of long (ten minutes) so you don't have to watch the whole thing.

3 comments:

michams said...

megan. Amazing. I don't think I have ever watched 10 minutes of somebody's random wedding video before, but that was truly wonderful. I am tres impressed and very much jealous of your macbook-movie skilz.

Your mom looked really happy! Send her congrats, mazel tov, y felicidades from me.

ptara said...

Yes, that was excellent. I especially liked the sped up pictures of you guys all posing for a photo; the non-musical break involving you guys searching, the photo montage, the cuteness during the ceremony, and the whole video. Especially the whole video most of all.

Herpes de L'amour said...

awwww! thanks guys!