Today’s the big day. Denny and I are puttering around at home, taking care of last-minute tasks, including memorizing our vows. That was a bit of a surprise–yesterday at the rehearsal, my uncle Jerry (who is the minister officiating our ceremony) indicated that we were to hold hands during the vows, which means no cheat sheets. Yikes!

Last night was really fun. It was so nice to see my best girlfriends, my cousins, and some aunts and uncles. The dinner was great and everybody seemed to be in good spirits. We went out to the piano bar afterward, and the guy at the piano found out we were getting married tomorrow. He made us come out to the center and dance, and he played that terribly vulgar Tenacious D song that sounds romantic but it’s all about f-ing. And right in the middle of that, my parents and aunts and uncles came in! Fortunately they’re a good-humored lot, and it was a fun time. A drunk college guy kept checking out my mom’s butt. My mom has a hot butt, sure, but that’s very bad manners. After all, she was dancing with my uncle at the time, and my dad was right there too.

Overall, it was a great night. I hope tonight is just as good. I imagine it will be, because even more friends and family will be with us, and I get to marry my awesome boyfriend.

Signing off for the last time as a married single woman [editor’s note: weird error!],

Your Aprille,

Aprille