The One About the Wedding

The thing about this wedding was that weather is unpredictable. I am sure that neither of my cousins planned to be married on the hottest day, but that was what ended up happening. As a result, it was the fastest wedding.

It was also quite amusing, for a silly reason. There was a little platform under the khuppa, which is a Jewish word for the tent-thing under which the couple stands during a wedding ceremony. As part of the ceremony, the bride has to walk around the groom seven times. There was not enough room on the platform for more than two people in any direction, so Alan had to keep moving to make this possible. I think it is kind of poetic - instead of the bride's life revolving around her husband, they revolve about each other like a binary star.

Anyway, then various readers did a fantastic job reading the Seven Blessings. Because this is Judaism, the first blessing is the blessing over the wine, of which the happy couple partake.

Then Alan stepped on the glass, and everyone quickly rushed back inside to the AC. And food. (They had blueberrytinis. I was so happy!)

Alan had the derpiest smile on the whole time. It was so cute. And now I am related to more people.

I had a chance to talk to my relatives, both new and old. Being in California is hard for keeping up with the family. Aunt E is doing all right. I was worried because her husband died earlier this year, but the only thing about her is that she is old. I saw many of my other cousins as well, and talked a little to each of them. My mother's side of the family, which this was on, kind of sprawls out sideways, so there are lots of cousins.

:D