Our vacation part I was complete today as we woke Kathleen up to say goodbye. We took the cab out of the city to LaGuardia airport to the car rental place. It was probably only 7 miles away, but it took us 45 minutes to get out there! It was ridiculous. People were walking faster than us – we weren’t even moving, just watching the meter tick away. We wanted to leave around 10am- hoping to avoid rush hour but not leave too late. Rehearsal dinner started at 6pm in Ithaca and we weren’t exactly sure how long it would take. Supposedly the drive was about 4 hours, but we didn’t want to get the ringbearer there too late. So after getting the car (with Rhode Island plates) and with the GPS all set up, we were off. It was about 11am. Something seemed to be off with the GPS – we seemed to be going in circles. We had a car rental map that was just the main freeways and a partial view of the city and outskirts. And there was still the traffic to contend with, so it was frustrating. Dave then asked me to check one of the settings – sure enough, it was on “avoid toll roads” setting, so it was sending us in a roundabout way. Once we cancelled the toll roads setting, we were headed in the right direction. Luckily we had small change because the tolls literally nickel and dime you to empty out your wallets. Brandon and I were a little drowsy once we started rolling, so we both took a nap. I woke up and saw the speedometer and warned Dave to slow down. No sooner did I say that did we see a state trooper in the center median as we headed downhill towards him. Dave slowed down and we passed him, thinking everything was all good. Until we saw the dreaded lights. He got us! “License and registration, please.” Then he asked the standard, “Do you know why I pulled you over?” To which Dave replied, “Huh?” After the cop repeated himself, Dave managed to say that he was speeding. The state trooper said, “I clocked you going 88 miles an hour” then pointed to the back seat, “with your kid sleeping in the car? Come on, man.” He then asked us where we were going (Dave said we should have told him we were trying to get Brandon there on time for rehearsal, but I guess he figured to be as quiet as possible and not give the guy any lip). After he took the license to process, he came back and let Dave off the hook with a 75 mph, which would have reduced the fine somewhat. He also told Dave to keep it at or below 70 because there were other state troopers down the road. So with an “I told you so look” from me, we headed off.
We arrived at the Clarion and settled in quickly only to change Brandon and head off to the Thai restaurant to meet up with the rest of the bridal party. When we got there, only Aboma and Sara were there. They had shown up promptly at 6pm! Luckily we got a heads up from Kenny that they were running late, so we showed up at 630pm after killing some time at Wegman’s, the infamous grocery store that we HAD to check out as it came highly recommended. We just needed the staples for now – diapers and wipes. We hung out with Aboma and Sara for the next 1/2 hour (we were running out of good Brandon time). Slowly, people started filtering in and hor d’ourves were being set out. Finally the happy couple showed up! We rushed through dinner because we had to get to the Sage Chapel to run through the ceremony. We didn’t even have a chance to eat dessert (my favorite part), it was packed up in to-go boxes. We caravan-ed over to the Chapel, but Brandon had fallen asleep, which was good since it would help him refresh. He slept the long uphill walk up to the Chapel and even as the adult bridal party was lining up.
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It was so hot in the Chapel! We were hoping it wouldn’t be like that on Sunday for the ceremony. Then the ringbearer woke up, in time for a practice run. When Kenny and Rachel asked Brandon to be the ringbearer, he was not walking yet. So the pressure was on for him to walk-in the few months before the wedding, they would ask us, is he walking yet? And slowly but surely, he became a more confident walker and by June, he could hold his own. But could he do it by himself and down a narrow aisle? Avery, Rachel’s niece, was to go down the aisle first, then Brandon would follow. Only Brandon did not get the memo on that one, and rushed past her towards Kenny. We were worried that he wouldn’t walk down at all, but in fact, now we needed him to slow down! We tried again, this time let Avery get a little more of a head start. Again, Brandon brushed past her! Oh well…whatever happens will happen. After that, we went back to the hotel for the evening, and while I was on baby duty, Dave went out to hang out with those that were in town at a local establishment. I didn’t mind because I had some of the dessert! Mmmm…yum.
