The Recovery

Hey guess what!! I got married yesterday!!! And what a great day it was, everything came together, no big mishaps, and the love of my life woke up next to me this morning. We were so fortunate to get to celebrate with so many people, and even better spend a little more time with them at the morning brunch. 

Yeah, Kat's lucky...?

Getting out of bed though, woof. I went to stand on my feet and instantly fell to the ground. As I went to shout out in pain, no noise came out either. Definitely the sign of a good wedding to have lost your voice and your feet hurt in the morning. Even with that, Kat and I both stood to receive guests for most of the whole brunch. I think both of us worried that we were so tired that if we sat down we'd fall asleep in the chairs. I might have even slept standing for a moment or two.

Countless people showed up talking about different parts of the previous day, and I took solace in the fact that we probably got our monies worth from the all night open bar. JP summed it up best saying "A monumental amount of alcohol was consumed last night", but Lindsey was a close second when she woke up to find her roommate "glowing" since Autumn went to bed in her glow sticks.

Warriors 4ever

Packing up our room to leave was a monumental effort as well. I sat and stared at my belongings for a good 20 mins before finding the strength to get started collecting them. Eventually everything was contained, it almost too many bags to carry at once. Of course, we lacked the energy to make a 2nd trip, and therefore struggled to the elevators with all the belongings dragging behind. In spite of all this, it didn't feel right to leave the city without driving through campus and stopping by the rugby house. 

We arrived home to be greeted by 1 cat and 1 dog, of course Fil was no where to be found. Macs came in to save the day with some delicious dinner, delivered at 3:30. Followed by a sleep that only blesses the extremely tired (obviously something I've been familiar with on a few other, self-inflicted occasions.) 

While we expected to do some honeymoon prep rations this night, the most we could do was sit on the couch and open the gifts. What generosity from everyone! We were happy to have everyone join for the big day, and blessed to receive the love that was shared. It was probably correct to start marriage surrounded by love but in need of a bit of recovery; this way things can only get better, but we have all the tools required.

(^^^groan, cheezy...)