No Wedding Is Complete Without Him...

Thank you so much for your lovely comments from my last post. As several of you suspected, it was terribly difficult to write, what with the tears that kept hitting the keyboard! For right now, we are taking each day as it comes. Pappa is still hanging in there - he has had a good day here or there, but nothing significant enough to make us think that his condition is going to change. I appreciate the continued thoughts and prayers.

Now, as promised, I will move on to some lighter fare! When I wrote my last post, I included a **teensy** amount about my friend Christa's wedding this past weekend, but I left out one of the FUNNIEST aspects of the wedding that is just too bizarre not to share.

The wedding ceremony and reception took place in Covington, which is a city of about, oh, I'd say 50,000 folks, give or take. It sits right on the Ohio River, directly across from Cincinnati.


(A view of the Cincinnati skyline that I just had to throw in - it's one of my favorite memories from living there for the 3 years I was in law school...).

So, the wedding ceremony had ended and we were rip-roaring ready to get to the reception at The Madison , a very nice events center in the heart of Covington. The limo had already taken most of the bridal party to the reception site - I hung back with Christa so I could bustle her dress, remove the veil, etc. After all the pictures were done at the church, the bride, groom, bride's brother, a couple of groomsmen and I all piled into the limo. When we neared The Madison, we saw a throng of people out on the street a couple of doors down, with security everywhere. Now, Covington is not tiny, but this was certainly not the norm. Come to find out, a concert was taking place at The Madison Theatre, featuring none other than...wait for it...


Yes, the one and only SNOOP DOGG!

What on earth he was doing in Covington playing at this relatively small venue beats me. Seriously, though, what are the odds?? Of course, as soon as we all hear this, everyone starts going ballistic. I have a vague memory of hearing Christa say, "Do you think we can get him to come to the reception?" Don't you just love it?! Seriously, it's like a little girl's dream come true....the white dress, the beautiful cake, the handsome groom, and Snoop Dogg rapping your first dance! Supposedly one of the groomsmen spoke with Snoop's head security guard and tried to entice him with the promise of an open bar. For a minute, we thought it might work as the guard seemed to pause for a moment and think it over. Unfortunately, there was no Snoop sighting to be had but it certainly made for an interesting story!

As I told one of the female guests sitting at our table that Snoop Dogg was playing a couple of doors down, she responded, "Really? That's what it was? It figures, I thought I smelled a lot of pot when I was standing outside."

Funniest damn statement of the night...