Animal Magnetism

Roar

This past weekend was incredible. Two of my most wonderful friends, Sandy and Danny, got married. In a zoo. And it was the most fun I've ever had at a wedding. 

Why?
Well a big part of that was because my date didn't suck. The rest was because of the awesome people involved in the wedding. 

Wait, wait, let's start over. After the eye, dog, and Bridezilla stuff, I was feeling quite worn out. (Although, one of my bosses has given me the title Phantom of the Wedding. I rather like it.) Like I said before, I stress myself out so much more than I need to, but I don't know how to not. But when it rains, it pours, right? 
So I was getting all my ducks in order last week for the zoo weekend, and threw in a load of laundry to make sure I had all the stuff I wanted to pack. When I noticed it was done, I naturally started to put the clothes in the dryer. Nope. They were soaking wet and my washing machine just kept flashing lights at me. The good news? I got a really good arm workout wringing all the water out of them. So I made an appointment for a repair person to come out on Monday, tried my best to figure it out, and resigned myself to failure on that. 

On Friday, I frantically ran around getting things together and worrying (of course). I got the dog dropped off, stopped at Tee's house, and we were off. I can't tell you how many times he did his best to soothe my anxiety. It didn't work, but he really tried. 
We checked into the hotel and had enough time to change before it was off to the rehearsal. Which was a waste. The "coordinator" really had no idea what she was doing, and didn't actually coordinate anything. So, in the sweltering heat, we talked about what was going to happen. There was no audio to practice music and timing, and it was outside so the chairs and such weren't set up for spacing. Like I said, a waste. But it was also the temperature of the sun so we were quick to get out of there and move on to dinner and drinking. 

Saturday we woke up and I got half-ready to go to the salon. I only had an appointment to get my makeup done, because I figured my hair's a bit short to do much with. When we walked in, the owner (an older, not-impressive man) asked about the purple in my hair. But a lot of people have been asking about it, so no big. I got my makeup done, and it did look pretty sweet. I was sitting, waiting, and the owner came back. He started to interrogate me about my life and told me that he sold half the salon for some TV thing and they're looking for models. I gave him one of my cards and he said he may call. A few minutes later, I was talking to a few of the girls and the owner asked what my plan was for my hair and, when I said I didn't have one, asked if he could play with it. So, I had my hair and makeup done all wonderfully for the wedding. 

It was not my favorite performance, by a long-shot. But everyone else enjoyed it, so that's the important part. Then we got to settle in and have a good time, and we certainly did. I couldn't have had a better time with Tee and all the others. The best part was that he had a good time with all of them. I didn't have to worry about entertaining him the whole time, or that he'd get belligerent or be a jerk. He had a good time and wanted me to have a good time. It made me appreciate him so much more. 

On Sunday we got up and had breakfast with everyone, then went back to the zoo to actually check it out. It was a lot of fun, I love zoos. Although I still can't decide if they're good or not...I think in some cases they are, but not others. I'm just fascinated with the animals though. Anyway after the zoo and a few hours in the car, I was home. Exhausted, but happy. I may actually be opening up to Tee. I'm excited for our next adventure.