The wedding itself was fun, from a certain point of view. I know of at least one person who focused only on the negative aspects of church, priest and photographer. Although I can see her point with church and priest, the photographer was an absolute saint, if a bit slow. One of the children in the bridal part was a bit on the rambunctious side, thus it kept running off and being called back, etc. I, not being a parent have no right to say what I am about to say but shall say it anyway. I think this young person needs some good, consistent discipline. At one point during pictures, the child stomped on one of my feet...all fun and games if you're bare foot, but the child was not, and I was trying to keep my shoes looking good for the pictures. I reprimanded the child sharply while emphasizing my point with a poke to the head. I then told the child why its actions were inappropriate. The child responded with a simple "ok" and made no more moves to continue. The child's care takers seem to yell a lot but don't seem to have a whole lot of follow through and the reasons for which they yell seem unclear at some times, even to me, other than pure irritation with the child's rambunctious nature. Ah well. I'm betting most of this will come back to haunt me should I ever have children of my own. It is far easier to be a side-line parent than to be a real one.

The reception was also fun, for the most part. The organization of food, etc. was a bit odd, but all was prepared and set out in the fullness of time. The food itself was fair and the entertainment that followed wasn't half bad. The DJ did not make the bridal party do any more than the bride and groom requested so I managed to escape the evil and dreaded Chicken Dance. Oh how I despise that sequence of "music" and movement.

I also had the excellent opportunity to chat with a very pleasant and intelligent bar tender. She seemed quite glad of the company as well as she indicated that the last wedding for which she was a bartender, she sold virtually no drinks and had no one with which to talk. I provided the latter anyway but did not consume even one drop of alcohol. She made me several drinks none-the-less, some of which were pretty darn good. We chatted about this and that through out most of the evening. She seemed quite interested in Taekwondo so I expounded about some of the benefits but made sure to include the truth as well. She was interested in learning something for self defense. I indicated that Taekwondo was a good start, but that she should really take a self defense course. There are too many things our style of Taekwondo leaves out. She seemed quite interested when I informed her that one of the branches of our school taught children. She has three along with spouse.

Later in the evening, after much of the crowd had thinned, I was snagged by the bride for a polka. I need to learn to dance. It can be quite fun. I also need to learn a sense of rhythm, but that with practice, I think. The highly unexpected part was that I was complemented by ALL of my female partners on how well I danced. (The guys were too busy feeling embarrassed...they wouldn't even dance properly with me...I was only slightly offended. ;-) )

Sunday was nice. I spent some time with my nephew and his friend while en route to returning some things (tux, etc.) and procuring some others (UPS, groceries, Harry Potter book). Earlier, I spent some time chatting with a young lady from Slovenia. She seems quite intelligent, speaks at least 5 languages and if English is any example, speaks them well. Other than a few minor vocabulary issues in which I used a $2.00 word or used a word which was an unfamiliar homonym (She didn't realize that a club in golf was the stick with a head used to hit the ball. Instead, she was thinking of a night club.), she kept up very well and her general grammar was better than many college students' for which I've had the misfortune to grade essay exams.

Well, it seems to be time for bed. I must rise early this morning and hand over my car to my spouse for the day while hers is being worked on. Core is Mother, Core is Father. ;-)