Just before that moment….

Wednesday – My last day of work.  Met up with Stephen and his groomsmen for pizza.  Went home and played yahtzee then scurried off to bed.

Thursday – Tony (Stephens friend from NYC/a groomsman) and I got up and went to get our nails done.  Hes a pretty boy.  I got the delux mani pedi with french on both.  Was quite nice.  I wasnt done yet so Tony went to get his hair cut and came back to get me.  Stephen and Anthony (his other friend and another groomsman from NYC) were off running errands.  We all eventually met up.  It was a nasty day, very yucky weather.  Met my family at the tux place, everyone tried theirs on, found out they ordered the wrong shirts for the grooms men, got that fixed and picked them all up.  We had dinner with the exroommates then went home and played yahtzee.  Eventually Tony and I went to bed and Stephen and Anthony stayed up waiting for his girlfriends plane to arrive.

Friday – I wanted to sleep in since I knew this was my last morning to actually be able to do that for the rest of the weekend.  But at 9 there was pounding on my bedroom door.  Stephens friend Tony, my nephew and then my sister.  I crawled out of bed and left Stephen sleeping.  His other friend, Anthony’s, girlfriends flight was VERY delayed and instead of arriving at 11 on Thursday night she arrived at 5 on Friday morning.  So, I thought Id let Stephen sleep in since he was up all night with that.  He promised he would be at Twin Lakes (the venue) by noon. 

It was nasty outside, rainy.  We loaded up vehicles and Tony and I drove to Twin Lakes.  I had forgot that I had told the caterer I would be at her house around 10 to pick up the flowers and other rental items we were using (candelabras, arches etc).  Just after noon she called to see where I was.  I started to get annoyed because Stephen was going to have to be at the airport at 4:30 to pick up family.  Tony and I drove out to the caterers and picked everything up.  After an hour we finally got in touch with Stephen and I told him to get his ass up.  He finally made it there around 2:00 and had to leave around 2:30 or 3:00.  Tony helped me set up all the tables and was sooooo much help.  He and Stephen left to go pick up Tony’s date and Stephens family from the airport.  I sent my dad and Anthony out to pick up Stephens wedding present.  It had finally stopped raining enough. 

Around 2ish it cleared up and it was a nice day the rest of the day.  My nana and great Aunt Becky were in the guest house baking cakes and working on the flowers.  They ended up being pretty dead looking but we tried to piece them together.  My Aunt K, mom, sister, brothers gf and Anthonys gf Nicole were all working on favors and helping decorate.  My bros gf, Jaclyn, was amazing help as well.  I started getting irritated when Stephen wasnt back yet.  We still had some things that needed to be bought and I was afraid he wouldnt have time for it.  He still had to get by the tux place to pick up the new shirts.  I must say though, I was quite pleased, he ended up completing all of his tasks.  I raced to the hotel where his family was staying to meet up with them and introduce them to dad who was supposed to escort them back to Twin Lakes.  Then, I rushed to meet Stephen at the house to introduce him to his wedding gifts.  2 arcade games, Battle Axe and Pole Position.  I was quite upset at this point because the games were crap.  If I had known that I wouldnt have bought them.  My brother thinks he can fix them so I am keeping my fingers crossed.  Stephen loves them despite appearances. 

We headed back to Twin Lakes.  We had ordered several pizzas from Stephens new fave pizza place, he says it taste just like real NYC pizza, all the New Yorkers agreed.  I get back to Twin Lakes only to find out that his aunts have done a little decorating themselves.  So Im trying to correct all the crap they did, I snapped at his dad for doing something dumb.  The candleabras were placed in a corner by accident and he was putting candles in and trying to set it up.  As Im correcting all the mistakes I realize everyone is in the kitchen eating the pizza already.  So much for some sort of formaility.  So that pissed me off.  After Stephens family ate they all left.  Thank goodness.  Only the bridal party stayed. 

With the weather the way it had been we had decided we would probably be getting married inside, so we rehersed 3 times, inside and set things up for the ceremony inside.  We rehersed without any music, just trying to figure it out on our own.  Everyone was joking around and not paying attention, annoying me yet again.  Eventually we got through it and started finishing up things before we called it a night.  Mom was in the kitchen looking for something and found out someone had thought one of my bags of wedding stuff was trash…..there was actually a bag of wedding stuff and a box of wedding stuff that had nasty pizza crust and crap in it because people used them as trash cans.  I was pissed and told Stephen his people were a bunch of jack asses. 

Shortly after that Stephen requested to speak to me alone……I thought perhaps I was in trouble for being rude to his family and snapping at his dad.  We crawled into his truck and he pulled out a box…….inside was the most gorgeous heart necklace.  My wedding present from him.  I loved it.  We shared a brief moment alone before people came looking for us again.  Eventually about 10 minutes to 12 it was just Stephen, me and Anthony, who was keeping time…..not wanting Stephen and I to be together after midnight.  Litterally 3 minutes before 12 I gave in and said I would leave and finish up in the morning.  Kissed Stephen goodnight and yelled "I’ll see you at 4:30 tomorrow" as I walked out of the reception hall and to my truck.  He and Anthony turned everything off and locked up. 

I went up to the guest house and hung out with mom, nana, aunt Becky, aunt K, John (bro) and Jaclyn.  Made up a final shopping list and about 1:30 headed off to Wal-Mart.  Encountered a girl buying the new HP book who said "Thats an insane amount of Sprite may I ask what its for"  "Im getting married tomorrow, I mean today."  She told her friend and they were excited for me.  It was at that moment that I really finally felt excitement.  When things started piecing together during the day I felt a tinge of excitement but at that moment, I was pure giddyness.  I got back to the guest house at 3:30 called Stephen to tell him of a few things I needed him to do tomorrow and goodnight. 

Crawled in bed and prayed for a wonderful day ahead……………….