Game Over

Alternatively: Your princess is in this castle.

In many games, once you "save the princess, save the world", the game is then over.

I was in Bedford yesterday and stopped by the church and got myself married to that Robin girl I've been dating for the last several years.  The ceremony was really nice.. everyone got all dressed up, we had the eulogy exchange of vows, the exchange of rings,  and various musical performances.  I even wore uncomfortable shoes for this.  One thing I have learned (for next time) is to get shoes that are a size too large so that I can put pads in.  My best man bought some inserts, but there wasn't enough room for both my foot and the insert in the shoe.

For my side, everyone kept asking me if  I was nervous.  I felt pretty relaxed.  I knew that I had more friends than enemies at the two events, so short of  the primary parties getting injuries, nothing could really go wrong enough to matter.  If something went wrong, we would fix it (or skip it) and carry on with the ceremonies.

At the reception, I observed a few things.  One is that the Hogenmiller/Lewis clan likes to party hardy.  Another is that somewhere along the way, my family became cool.  I'm not sure when that happened.  I mean, growing up, we stopped becoming disgruntled siblings and became friends.  We would visit and hang out like friends do, and generally look out for each other.  I even became friends with my parents.  I've realized that some time ago.  But somewhere along the line, we all became cool people.   I'm not sure how that happened, but it's a bit weird.

After the reception, Robin and I went off to the Barndollar House in Everett to stay the night.  Now, people always have a lot of comments, advice, and innuendo concerning the wedding night.  Many people reference some sort of "marital relations" that take place, others point out that the couple is often too exhausted from the day's activity to do anything more than sleep.  However, never have I imagined that the first thing a married couple does upon reaching their honeymoon room is to.. spend 30+ minutes removing several pounds of metal from the bride's hair.