Dave’s Wedding
- November 15, 2004
- 4 comments
I’m back from my trip over the weekend to be in a good friend’s wedding. Dave and I have been friends since we were 12. We kind of lost touch with each other when I left to go to college and travel, but over the last year or so we’ve kept in touch a lot more.
He got married in Austin on Saturday night at the Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin, Texas. He had an outdoors wedding ceremony with the reception in the nearby hall. Unfortunately it was very cold and threatened to rain the whole day. All the groomsmen bought longjohns to wear under their clothing (you can see me to the right), but even that wasn’t enough when the wind would blow through.
The wedding ceremony was thankfully short but well done. I hadn’t eaten anything for several hours before the ceremony and I could feel my blood-sugar dropping, so a couple times up there I felt like I was going to pass out. That would’ve sucked BIG TIME and been the worst thing that could happen at his wedding. If the ceremony would’ve been in a warm place or lasted longer, I most likely would’ve passed out, so the cold was actually a good thing for me.
During the reception, the wedding party took turns going out and messing with Dave’s truck. In the end, there was so much stuff on the inside and outside, it took them nearly five minutes before they finally got the bride into the truck!
I met some nice people and had a good time, but after the wedding I realized how alone I felt again. I had known Dave longer than most of the wedding party, but had lost touch with him over the last decade. During that time he had made other friends and they all knew each other and had a lot in common. I felt almost like an outsider. So the only people I knew at the wedding were Dave and his parents. Thankfully the maid of honor asked me to sit with her and her family at the reception, so I didn’t feel completely left out. After that, I realized how much I need to meet more people and strike up new friendships with people my age.
Anyway, I’m very, very happy for Dave. Andrea is a wonderful woman and they really love each other. They’ve already dated each other for ten freakin’ years, so it’s not like they’re going to discover many, if any, new secrets. I wish them both the best of luck and look forward to keeping in touch with them.
Cool! I’m glad you both had a great time. I figured you would enjoy it down there. It was raining pretty much the entire time you were away, not only in Texas, but here as well. Today we got a LOT of rain.
I know Julie is single. I really enjoyed talking with her at the reception, and was really grateful she had mercy on me and invited me to sit with her. Otherwise I probably would’ve stood by myself the whole time. It sucked not knowing anyone besides you. I was bummed I couldn’t find Julie to thank her after you and Andrea left the reception. I tried looking for her, but couldn’t find her so I left.
I’m not sure when I’ll make it back down there, but you and Andrea are welcome to come up here before the spring, even if it’s just for a quick weekend thing. If I can, I’ll try to get down there before the spring.
David Barrington
November 28, 2004
I’m so sorry you didn’t know more people at the wedding, I know exactly how that feels. I felt exactly the same way at Zach’s wedding. It did make me feel really good that you were there, I just wish that I had had more time to talk to you. That night was insane, I had one person after another come up to me to talk, in a steady stream that lasted 2 or 3 hours.. I’m not sure exactly how long because the whole thing was a blur. I didn’t even get a chance to eat any of my food, or enjoy the chocolate fountain either.
Anyways the point of my rambling is that I am happy that you were there but I understand what you went through and I am sorry, if I had had more time I would have made sure that you had fun but my hands were kind of tied, what with all of the insanity. When you get married I will definitely make it up to you by being there and going throught the same for you 
Except that andrea will likelly be there so it will not be exactly the same but anywayss…
Oh yeah, I spoke with Miss Aultfather yesterday and she made comments to me that she was a little bit down in the dumps about her lovelife.. . I tried to make her feel better by telling her how great mine is but for some reason that did not seem to help . I can’t imagine why not.. must be a girl thing. She said that she was going that evening to get her thingy pierced.. no you sick bastard I know what you were thinking.. a different thingy, that thing below your lip but I can’t remember what it is called. Anyways that is the latest piece of gossip but now I am rambling and I am late to return the U-Haul truck so I better go.
Stay in touch and I will come up for a visit as soon as time permits and when I am less overwhelmed.. I am still trying to recover from the blur of getting married, traveling to mexico, moving andrea in and sorting through all of the boxes and everything else. If nothing else I will try to call you soon so we can catch up on everything.
Dave, there’s no need to apologize for me not knowing anyone at your wedding. I was just happy to be there for your big day. We’ve been friends for a long time, so it was important for me to be there. Plus I enjoyed meeting Eric again. I never knew how funny the guy was. The night before your wedding was hilarious. Smoking cigars and reminiscing about old times. Funny old times. That was a lot of fun.
So your attempts at helping Julie didn’t work too well, huh? 
Bragging about your love life kind of has the opposite effect you wanted. I know it wouldn’t have helped me.
So… if Miss Aultfather wouldn’t mind, send me her email address. Or give my address to her. I had a good time talking with her at your reception, but I didn’t learn all that much about her.
I’m glad you clarified WHAT she was getting pierced, because I WAS thinking something else. I guess that makes me a sick bastard.
Hey dude! Just wanted to let you know that andrea and I are back from our honeymoon in Mexico, which was awesome. Also we were pleased to learn that parts of Texas actually didn’t wash away while we were gone
oh btw dude, andrea told me to let you know that the maid of honor (Miss Julie Aultfather) is single 
anwyays let me know when you can come back down to texas.. otherwise I will make a trip up there to arkansas sometime in the spring to see how you are doing. Stay in touch!
Dave