kismetism

So in case it wasn’t obvious, Spark and I headed out to Boston for Vikki’s wedding, for which I was a bridesmaid, with Angelina and three others. Took a red-eye on Thursday night, participating in the wedding rehearsal on Friday afternoon and the wedding and reception was on Saturday.

Friday was definitely difficult, having only had two hours of sleep on the flight and so much crap to do. Though not all of it was taxing… like the mani/pedi appointment with Vikki and the other bridesmaids. But I also had to run to Kinkos and an arts/crafts store for some planned-last-minute wedding reception fun. And then we realized that we forgot to pack Spark’s tie, so we had to locate a department store and pick one up. (that wasn’t even the last of the forgot-to-pack woes either. qq.)

I also learned that feet can drastically change size with the heat. Very unpleasant lesson, mind you, and I have the cuts to prove it. But I went to bed as early as possible on Friday night, which let me recover enough to survive the ceremony, so whatever.

The ceremony was at a chapel located on MIT’s campus. Tiny little thing, but really pretty, if somewhat aesthetically random. Then the reception was at the Museum of Science in Boston. I admit that I thought it was a strange choice of venue (though completely apropos, considering the couple’s interests), but it turned out to be a lovely choice. They had a fantastic view of the Charles River, which could be easily enjoyed by anyone on the dance floor.

We created an epic saga out of the wooden 3D puzzles that were laid out for the guests to enjoy during reception downtime. And all the guests were given free admission to the museum on the following day, as well, which is where most of my very-few photographs are from. I have to say that I wasn’t particularly impressed by the place overall (think we’re generally spoiled by the Exploratorium, which has a lot of similar exhibits, but done a little better) … but they did have a couple neat things to see, like a formal lightning show. (but it didn’t sing. qq.)

At any rate, it was nice to get out of the state and do something other than work, but for the most part, it was really exhausting. ;_; Thank god that today was Labor Day and I got to sleep in, but totally not looking forward to work tomorrow… qq.