So, I am married. Quite frankly, life has been good but I still feel like I am single. My world has not turned upside down and nothing has gone haywire. I am still enjoying every minute and I definitely view it as a good sign. Well, you could argue that it is probably a little too early to comment.
Anyway, the whole event and everything else associated with it went on just fine. To begin with, I think I used up my quota of anxiety and nervousness during the days leading to the wedding. On the day of the wedding, I woke up feeling completely at peace, and I did feel excited if at all there were any feelings. I walked around in my night clothes way past 10:00am, when most of the others were dressed. As always, I got dressed in a short time, and by 10:30am I was good to go. The prayer at home was small and consisted of only family, which was what I wanted. In a short while after that, we were off to the church.
The bride reached a few minutes after I did. We both tried to catch a glimpse of each other and my buddy paunch was thoughtful enough to go to her car, click her snap and show it to me. That helped. The highlight for me was the march into church. Any guesses which song I walked in to? I had my cousin play the keyboard and the song I walked in to was "November Rain" by Guns N Roses. Now how often does something like that happen in church? Believe it or not, I was very much relaxed through all this and I made it a point to smile at everyone and make eye contact on the way. In a few minutes, in walked the bride.
What happened during the service was a blur. Frankly I hardly paid any attention and Rush and I laughed, cracked jokes and giggled a lot through out the ceremony. Later on someone even asked me how I managed to remain so relaxed and cheerful throughout the ordeal. Personally, I had decided that I was going to be relaxed and always smile, no matter what, and that worked. The reception too went by real fast. We also managed to have a perpetual smile on our faces while photographs were clicked one after the other. Every now and then we kept reminding ourselves that we were actually married.
Overall it was a great day. I was so happy to see so many of my loved ones how up. Quite a few people I did not expect, did show up. A few I expected did not show up, but that's how it always is. We did feel a little tired, but there was more disbelief about the fact that we were really married. Rush's friends and family rigged our room with alarm clocks that was set to ring at one hour intervals, all through the night. We managed to search and deactivate a few, but one untraceable alarm did keep us awake through the night. I got my revenge the next night when I took those alarm clocks and rigged her family's room. What fun.
So how do I feel now? Still the same. We are in the process of setting up our own place, so a lot of moving and lifting and arranging going on, but it has been fun. In a few days, we should be fully set. Like I have always said, we never know how things are going to turn out and where we will be ten years down the line. I am still taking one step at a time like I always have. So cheers to life and here are a few snaps of the event.
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