The other night I dreamed I was dead. I didn't die in the dream, because when stuff like that happens a person tends to wake up completely. No, I started off the dream knowing I was dead. I could see my coffin, I could see my body in the coffin (although even in my dream I wouldn't get close to it or look at it in detail because it was giving me the serious wiggins) but I could still walk around and interact with people. I guess I was dreaming I was a ghost, which is a new one for me.
I don't remember many details, but I do remember that I understood that I was going to be lying in state three days. I only had those three days to do whatever it was I had to do as a walking dead person. On the third day was my funeral and the minute they closed the coffin lid, I'd go on to wherever it was I was going to go. It was a stressful dream. As I said, I can't remember what I actually did, but one thing I know I was trying to do was look for people I loved so that I could say goodbye, only I couldn't find them all. I was rushing around until my funeral (and I didn't recognize ANYONE who was there. Boo, you guys. Seriously.) and when it was over, I knew they were going close the lid, so I ran up and tried to keep that from happening. I didn't make it.
When the lid closed, I blinked and realized I didn't go to any afterlife that I'd ever heard of. I wasn't in heaven or hell, I was in a library of some sort. It didn't have books, but it did have computers. I finally asked someone what was going on, and they told me I was in the year 3017. I'd been sent to the future! I was horrified, because I knew I was too far gone to ever see anyone I knew again, but I jumped onto a computer and tried looking up information on my friends and family, only I couldn't find it because it was over 1,000 years ago and no one had kept records that long.
It was a sad dream and I didn't like it. I did get to go to the future, though, so that was kind of interesting. Silver lining, I guess.
2) Steve and I went to a very sweet wedding on Saturday! His band director's daughter got married at a place called Hudson Family Barn, which was a lovely, lovely spot.
I wasn't exactly expecting the place to be as nice as it turned out to be. I had designed their wedding invitations and when she told me where she was getting married, she just told me it was in someone's barn. Now, I'm not so far out of the loop that I didn't know that barn weddings are a thing. I have Pinterest, after all! I was literally expecting a barn that had once held animals and farm equipment, but as it turns out, it was a gorgeous spot that (I think) had actually been created to hold events. There were three buildings, all designed to look like old farm buildings, but in a good way. It's kind of hard to explain, so here are a few pictures I took:
It really was a great spot for a wedding and the day was slap your eyes out gorgeous, so everything turned out beautifully!
There was only really two things that bothered me about the whole thing. Let me just get this out of the way first: I personally think that it is absolutely tacky to take pictures with your phone during someone's wedding. I know, I know, that isn't a popular opinion, but people holding out phones ruins a lot of the professional pictures AND since some people haven't figured out how to mute their phones, you hear camera sounds during the ceremony. I'm a big believer of having fun during your wedding ceremony if that's what you want, but still, it's a sacrament and should be treated with at least a little solemnity. When the bride walked down the aisle, at least 5 people in front of us (we were on the third pew, so I have no idea how many people behind us were doing it) held out their phones to take pictures. There was a brass ensemble playing and it was interrupted by camera sounds. Even when the music stopped and the preacher started the ceremony, someone's mawmaw held out her phone and started snapping away, sound on her phone turned all the way up. It literally sounded like:
"Dearly beloved, we are *CAMERASOUND* in the sight of God and *CAMERASOUND* *CAMERASOUND* *CAMERASOUND* and I believe it was the Apostle John who said *CAMERASOUNDCAMERASOUNDCAMERASOUND* bond between two people who...."
It was so annoying and rude! Maybe the bride and groom didn't care and therefore I shouldn't care, but I don't like it when people have no manners! Then there were the people sitting in the seat directly in front of us. Oh. My. Word. These people got on my nerves! When we arrived and sat down, as I said, we were on the third row. We were sitting towards the middle, and the man of the couple was sitting ahead of us, but got up and went someplace. I thought he was one of the photographers, because he had a big DSLR camera around his neck, but he never moved to take any pictures before the wedding started. He came and sat down right in front of me. I mean, he blocked everything. Then his wife (I guess) walked over and he pulled out a big, blue towel and spread it over the pew. Now, the pews were a little splintery (I lost a new pair of hose that day) but they weren't dirty. This lady came wearing a white pants suit, and I guess she figured that the outside was just too filthy for it. Even the mothers of the bride and groom, wearing their fancy dresses, didn't drape a towel over the pew. It didn't really annoy me, exactly, I just thought it was tactless and made the pews look junky, plus it made me feel as if they were making a big deal about having to be outside or something. How about you don't wear a white suit to an outside wedding? (Or at all, but that's just my humble opinion.)
Immediately after the ceremony began, both of these people pulled out cameras. He had his big DSLR and she had her phone, and while she took pictures, the guy was filming on his big ass camera and he didn't care how much he was blocking everyone behind him. I couldn't see the couple get married because his big, damn camera and his big, damn head, kept getting in my way. I made a dramatic recreation so you can see what it was like for everyone behind him:
Today the rude wedding man will be played by Baby Chewbacca.
I did have one moment of embarrassment right before we left the venue. The groomsmen were tearing down the wedding decorations and carrying them back to the storage shed, but I wanted to get a picture of the arch before they got to it. I walked up ahead of them and sort of bent down to get the shot I wanted, when a big gust of wind blew the back of my dress pretty much over my head. I'm just thankful I was wearing a slip and decent underwear!
But everything else was great and I'm glad the wedding went so well. :)
3) I woke up at 2:00 AM with a weird desire to learn how to make edible sequins. I don't know why. Anyway, I looked it up online and those are actually a thing! Who knew?
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