In one my dad's cousin was getting married in Tlayacapan a magical town here in Mexico about an hour an a half away from my house, it's in another state but we live close to the road that takes you there.
In the other one, my old neighbor was getting married in Lomas Verdes, which is NW out of the city, about a 2-3 hour drive from my house depending on traffic. We lived next to each other for over 10 years, he is like my brother, we would all go out on our bikes or when his two cousins Jessie and Erica were there we would watch movies. They are amazing, they were teens that liked spending time with their kids neighbors.
My day went like this:
I woke up at 7 am to get ready* for the 1st wedding, I wore a manta dress, with pink and purple accessories and sandals. It looked really pretty went with the vibe and place of the wedding and my hair was curly, success on my hair products. We stopped about half way through our driving to eat in a quesadillas place that was next to the road.. Didn't like it much, the coffee was cold and instead of serving me a taco they gave me a half order. The food was not bad, but I wasn't happy with it.
The invite said to be there at 12:30 so we thought the wedding would be at 1 pm, we got there at 11 am ´cause dad was sure the wedding would be at 12:30. We get to the church there was no one and nothing there, the church had no flowers, no one form the family was there. I see a woman that seemed to work for the church, she did, I asked about the wedding it was at 1 pm. With no one there and nothing to do, we headed out to the plaza in front of the church. It was full of people and stands, the people were there mainly for the Chaman gathering that was taking place and the stands were there for the 2011 Feria del Barro (mud? fair). We found a small restaurant and waited there for 1 pm to come, we had some coffee and Cajeta Crepes al Tequila (they were so good)
Dad stopped in a gas station about 30 minutes after we left to get some chips, soda and gas. About an hour after that we stopped at a rest stop in the Cuernavaca-Mexico city road to eat, again it was a quesadillas place. Then we continued driving. Once at Mexico City dad stopped in a McDonald's. Mom and I raced to the bathrooms and changed our dresses. Dad did the same to change his suit. The sis was using the same dress. I wore a strapless latte brown dress with black heart shaped spirals.
The dress is so pretty and I look tall and for anyone that knows me it shows how much weight I've lost, and it covered the muffin tops I have. Back to the car in 10 minutes. We did our make-up in the car.
Then we got lost twice trying to get to the church. We got to see the wedding last 15 minutes. Back to the car and to the party. Newlyweds show up, do their first dance and the father-daughter / mother-son dance, cut the cake, everyone to the dance floor for 20 minutes or so until we are told to return to our table to eat.
The entrée were rolls in a weird green sauce. The filling was not mixed properly and the sauce had a ewe texture. Then there was a potato-turnip creme which was nice, followed by pork tenderloins in a gravy sort of sauce with potatoes filled of mash potatoes and a chocolate cake.
After that back to dancing. I danced with my sis, my mom, my dad, my cousins, aunts and uncles**, there were few songs I didn't danced. I was dancing rock and roll with one of my uncles when my sis showed up to dance again with him, he called one of his nephews which I've never met before (which is weird) and sent me to dance with him. He is a good dancer and he kept twirling me so much I got dizzy.
Then all the lights came up and all the music stopped. Cue for everyone to leave and we did.
The day was so amazing. I got to see family and friends that I hadn't seen in years, I danced a lot and got to see two people I care about get married to someone they love.
* Hair, make-up, necklace, perfume, everything.
**The mom of Abraham and her family as kids were neighbors of my mom as a kid, our families have known each other for over 30 years, so we are their neices and they are our aunts, uncles, cousins...
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