Wedding weekend

Well the wedding went off without a hitch, pardon the pun!


The 3 of us turned into the 8 of us as the 3 kids plus my brother and his girlfriend were roped into helping, I was the unintentional cause of problems in Friday as when I tried on my bridesmaid dress it didn't fit. it seems I've lost weight since I was fitted for the dress and it had to be taken in, but that was a last resort, my mothers preferred option was putting a padded bra, she couldn't seem to grasp that my chest wasn't the problem but my waist.

But you have to do as mother says even when you know it won't work.

They made some alterations to the dress and to every one's relief it fit, it wasn't the most comfortable of things but then I thought I would only be wearing it for a couple of hours (I ended up wearing it for 14 hours!). So I'm wearing this dress which now fits and Sophie decides to have a tantrum and hurls her drink at me for not giving her enough attention, everyone stood in amazement as we watched in slow motion this plastic cup filled with blackcurrant juice heading right towards me, then at the last minute mum steps into the path of the flying cup and gets plastered and luckily not a drop on me. I couldn't see the look on her face but it was enough to frighten Sophie into running out the room with Laura being commanded to look after her.

Sophie apologised when I saw her later and has behaved ever since, Laura had obviously done a good job of tell her off. I must admit that she looked like an angel walking down the aisle behind the bride with Katherine's boys on either side, I think they were given special orders to give her enough attention to keep her quiet, a trait she gets from me according to my mother.


The rest of the day and the following party went very well. Since I'm the middle daughter the role of given a speech fell on Katherine which went down rather well, the groom's speech was funny and he mentioned that when he met his bride to be she didn't have any children but he was surprised when she turned up at the church with 4 kids and 3 grand kids. There were a few drunken speeches but they were soon forgotten and the party continued. I was seconded to the dance floor by a handsome young fellow from the groom's side, much to the amazement of my mother who nearly fainted at the sight, unfortunately she has plenty of photographs to prove it happened.


By the time I heard the buffet was open everyone in the venue and probably even those passing by had queued up, although I managed to follow the bride as the crowd parted to let us get some food.


I helped tidy up at the end of the evening before being invited by young handsome fellow to join him and a few others going to a nightclub. I'm not sure what shocked my mother the most, the fact I was leaving on the arm of a guy or that I was wearing this expensive dress to a nightclub. I only stayed for about an hour as the dress was really starting to get uncomfortable, the guy was very charming and even got my mobile number out of me, I usually give them Laura's and they don't notice if she meets them.




It wasn't until I got up this morning that I realised I hadn't told him that he wasn't exactly my type, it's usually the first thing I tell a guy who starts hitting on me, could I have just simple forgotten to bring it up?

It's not fair that I have breasts!

Well that was the comment a friend said to me at a house warming party on the weekend.

One of my friends has bought a house with his fiancée and they had a house warming party on the weekend. I wasn't drinking because I was driving and I wasn't in the mood of alcohol but this led to several people thinking I was pregnant, I had to remind them of my sexual preference but now I keep thinking I'm getting fat.

Luckily my fears of getting fat are subdued by the fact that I had to borrow a dress from Laura and she's smaller than me, I was pleasantly surprised that the dress fit perfectly.

Ok so back to the headline, A few of us (about 8) retreated to another room to watch sport on the telle. I was the only female in the room and ended up sitting in the middle. All of a sudden the subject of conversation changed to women and how all the guys were wearing pretty much the same outfits but that each women was different, and then came the moment.

"You know it's not fair, you having breasts I mean!"

How do you respond to that !! ha.

On another note my mum's best friend is getting married this weekend and since she doesn't have any children she's adopting the 3 of us for the day, I'm not quite sure what I have to do yet.

Back to Reality

I've decided not to post specifics about the recent events even though they have had quite a large effect on me. I hope I've made a few friends on this blog and I feel bad by not letting you into this one.

The incident has been swept aside and no official records now exist, as far as everyone else is concerned nothing happened and life goes on. But something did happen and I'm having a hard time fitting back into life as if it didn't.

The events of recent have given me a different outlook on life and how I fit into it as well as an insight into a few other people around me.

I remember as a kid playing on a cruise ship with my siblings and a few friends we made, we had fun and didn't much care about where we were or what we were doing. Then something stupid happens and you realise your a long way from home and suddenly want to get off.
I feel that way now, like the journey is not as fun as it once was and I want to get off and go home, but I'm a grown up now and there's no where for me to run to.

It feels like I've lost the balance and I keep falling over, not literary speaking.

Don't worry I'm not considering doing anything drastic to myself but I'm considering the idea of seeing a phyciatrist for a few sessions.

For those of you worried about the incident, don't worry I wasn't the victim of a crime or anything like that.

Oh and Mike, you'll have to give me a link to your blog, since the one listed on your blogger profile is out of date I had assumed you had given up on blogging.

hectic week

just a quick post to let you all know i'm still about.

it's been a bit hectic since my last post with a few crazy things happening, i need to get my head around what's happened before i feel i can talk about it.

j.x