Marathon of a weekend.....

It's been a week since i blogged. And honestly i can't remember what exactly significant happened worth writing about. I guess i'll write about my marathon of a weekend... The weekend started early on Thurday night for us. After some hesitation, i decided to go with Saji to our friend Lincy's house. It was the night before the wedding. So we drove down to Long Island. The night before the wedding is always so hectic and so this was no exception. Lincy seemed so stressed out, which i can totally relate to. But the night was still fun. A few of the GAG members were there including Saji's friend Jason from Florida. I won't go into the details but it was quite entertaining and there are pictures to prove it :) Anyway we didn't get home until almost 2 in the morning with Jason. We would have crashed there if it wasn't for the fact that i had a morning hair appointment.
So the next day was busier than ever. I got my hair done at Dana Cole's in the morning, nothing too fancy, just big wavy curls. By the time i got back from the salon, the boys were dressed in their finest. So i started panicking cuz i wasn't ready and we had promised that we'd be at Lincy's by 1 in the afternoon (the wedding was at 3). It usually takes me a while to put on a sari but i was fast, or the sari was easy to put on. I wore a black italian crepe sari with golden thread work. I love that sari, it's so pretty. I was initially a little hesitant about wearing black to a wedding. Black dresses are appropriate here but in Indian culture, it's not usually done. Anyway, this sari was pretty fancy for a wedding. And i wasn't the only one wearing a black sari, so it was all good. With friday afternoon traffic, we got to LI by 1:30. All the bridesmaids were still getting ready when we got there. They were running an hour behind. So I helped them get ready. Saji was so busy helping Libu (Lincy's bro) with last minute technical assistance with the Slide-show, and etc. By the time we got to church, it was after 3. And it started raining a little by then. The limo driver took the longest route, thanks to "Mr. Mapquest" to get to church so the wedding didn't begin until 3:30. It was my first CSI wedding that i attended. It was definitely different from Catholic or Jacobite weddings. Although the chorus was great, i still like our catholic weddings better (especially MC). I totally missed the tying of the minnu but i liked the fact that they have vows. Because saji was helping out, I went to the reception hall with my in-laws. It was at Crest Hollow country club, pretty fancy place. The place was packed with about 750 people. That's a lot of heads!! At the cocktail party, i caught up with saji's cousins, peeps from church and Saji's best man, Sunil and his wife Ligy. I love hanging out with them. We all get along so well and it's always a good time :) And the best thing was we were all sitting at the same table.
The night can't be complete without some mishaps. During dinner (while i was still working on the yummy chicken), saji accidentally knocked over my glass of wine and spilled it all over my sari. Thank God it was black so it really wasn't noticeable. By the time i got back from the bathroom, the plates were gone. And I didn't get any dessert! Thanks a lot Saj! Don't worry, it's forgotten, but i had to mention it here :) What else happened? I got hit on the nose with some girl's bangle while dancing. I didn't even realize how bad it was bad until saji pointed out that i was bleeding. So back to the bathroom to clean up my injured nose. I spend most of the time in the bathroom that night. Anyway i still got back on the packed dance floor. By the end of the night, i had a red nose, and a very aching feet. Although we had initally planned to sleep over at Lincy's with the rest of the gang, we ended up driving saji's parents to Yonkers at 1 in the morning. I didn't think i would be driving that night but there i was driving in a not so familiar place. Thank God i was following saji. I was so glad that we got safely to Yonkers. It was definitely a memorable night!
On saturday, we slept in until 11 o'clock, we desperately needed some rest. Then it was back to Lincy's again for the day after wedding Picnic. Although the weather wasn't the best, the picnic was great. It was the first barbeque i had this year. After the picnic, we finally departed LI and drove home to Peekskill. Reji (saji's bro) came with us and he hogged up the front passenger seat. i was stuck in the back with no leg room. So i ended up laying down in the back seat and took a nap. We dumped our clothes and changed in Peekskill and was off to attend the prayer meeting at my Uncle's in New Windsor. It was a special memorial for my aunt's father. It was nice to see most of my family members that i haven't seen in a while. We finally got home around 11, which is acutally kind of early for us. We attended church the next day. Church got out early so we got a chance to have lunch together at home. After that, i went to take a nap before getting ready for work. And saji went to his aunt's place for another barbeque.
Now i'm at work, it's almost 5 in the morning. And i'm glad i had a chance to catch up. I gotta get back to "work" now. Take care!!!