Catching Up

So we went to the Polish wedding last night, which I mention by its ethnicity because this was an extremely ethnic affair, in many ways. Among other things, the host/emcee/DJ (whatever he was) kept referring to "our guests" and "our American friends," aka, the groom's work friends, of which the Hubs and I were two.

You may recall that we already went to a wedding for this same couple, about a year and a half ago. They got married the day after she arrived from Poland because she came on a bride's visa -- the groom is Polish born, but has been here since he was a child, and is a long-time citizen -- but they still wanted the church wedding and big reception, so it took until now to have that. Her parents and other family not already here came from Poland.

The toasts were in Polish, although the music was a real mix of Polish and American music, as were the dances. The food was not especially ethnic (as it was at the first wedding), but this was new to me: instead of pitchers of beer on the tables, which I've seen before (but not at Jewish weddings), there were unopened bottles of Johnny Walker Red and vodka. (I forget the brand, a good one, but not a Polish vodka.) And an open bar, which is nice at a wedding. (I went to a wedding once where the groom was Italian and the bride from a strict Lutheran sect, and one half of the room was happily buzzed while the other half sat straight up in their chairs, no dancing and certainly no drinking. And no open bar, for sure. It was a strange one.)

Anyway, I hate the noise of a loud party like that, and I hate the shoes I have to wear, but otherwise it was a very nice wedding, and the company at our table was also pleasant. The groom is just a delightful young man, and his bride beautiful and in a gorgeous gown. She spoke almost no English when I last met her, but was pretty fluent last night, also a lovely girl.

Which is why I never got to write last night.

I had also spent Saturday morning with R -- K was at class, and was also tutoring as part of that class -- so we did some looking around for new DVD shelves that she needs, and went to a very nice farmers' market in her town, and out for lunch. I also wanted to commune with the grandcat, but holy cow, that kitty did not stand still for two seconds! She backed away when I approached her, and I wasn't sitting long enough for her to get curious and climb all over me, but she also had a toy mouse that she continually batted back and forth and chased. She is incredibly cute, and has a lovely little personality for a kitty.

I got stuff done around the house today, including opening all the windows and airing things out, because it was just beautiful here today, a perfect day. I finished what was leftover to be done from Friday's workshop, I obsessed over DisneyWorld happily, I got my laundry put away, and then I watched a whole lot of last season's Heroes in anticipation of tomorrow's night second season opener.

And ... back to work tomorrow.

WATCHING REBA :: ENTRY #1588