Judy's Wedding

Judy's Wedding
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Last Saturday, Vince and I, along with our friends, Barb, Kevin and Notch drove down to Kentucky for Judy's (a friend from Vince's residency program) wedding to Nate. The wedding forecast stated a 30% chance of rain. While we were in Indy, the sky was threatening to pour, but when we got to Henderson, Kentucky, it began to clear. Judy and Nate had a traditional Filipino-Catholic church wedding with the veil, cord, and candle ceremony. The bride wore an elegant mermaid cut gown while the groom wore a barong(the traditional formal Filipino attire for men.) A reception was held immediately after the ceremony at Judy's parents' home. The garden overlooking a lake was just the perfect backdrop. The patio was turned into a dance floor. The wedding was low-key and simple yet fun. Judy seemed very happy, and I wish her and Nate a marriage full of blessings and love.

Dress, Dates, and Dance Lessons

Yesterday, I went to Chicago for what I thought was my last fitting for my dress. It turned out that there are more alterations to be made.Last time we had a fitting, the dress was too tight. The dress is now a little too loose on the waist that I have to keep on pulling the dress up so it will stay where it's supposed to stay and not show my non-existent cleavage. Sula, the seamstress, exclaimed, "Are you not eating anymore?" But I know this is not because I lost weight or by some miraculous intervention, my "bilbil" (tummy fat.) I think it's because she let the dress out too much. I forgot to take pictures.

Cielo, one of my bridesmaids, was too kind to go with me even after she worked the night before. It's been a while since I spent time hanging out with her. After the fitting, we went to Chinatown for some dimsum. I haven't had dimsum since my trip from San Francisco. We enjoyed talking, gossiping and catching up with each other while eating. I miss having girlfriends nearby.

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Vince and I haven't really gone out on dates lately. Trying to prepare for the wedding and working are keeping us busy these days. It sometimes makes me feel like we're becoming an "old couple" even before we get married. I just miss hanging out and spending time with him. Imagine my surprise when Vince called me this afternoon.

Vince: Are you working tomorrow?

Shelly: Yes, why?

Vince: Oh, I supposed you don't want to watch a movie, then. Huh? (I usually don't like going out the night before my workdays.)

Shelly: Are you asking me out on a date? What movie?

Vince: Uh, yes, I guess you could call it that. X-Men

Shelly: How romantic. (Sarcastically, yet inside it made my heart went a fluttler. Yay, we're not an "old couple" yet.)

So this evening we went to the theater, but to our disappointment the 7:45 show was cancelled. The next showing was 9:30pm which was too late for me. Well, next time.

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Because both Vince and I have four left feet, he signed us up for dance lessons to prepare for our first dance. He's more excited than I am about this. He even wants us to continue taking ballroom dance lessons even after the wedding. Now, we'll see about that.