What a whirlwind! I've read that the wedding ceremony can be transcendental. My ceremony was special, but it veered off the transcendental track before I even walked down the aisle.
My mom puts my blusher veil over my face and I follow my bridesmaids down the long hotel corridor toward the outdoor ceremony overlooking the beach. We reach the end and line up behind the door to go outside. Music is playing and I catch a glimpse of everyone seated and waiting. It's 2 seconds to go time. The hotel fire alarm starts blasting.
Really? The ear piercing bell removes any sentimental thoughts I thought I might have. The bridal party proceeds down the aisle. It turns out you could barely hear the alarm at the ceremony site, but nobody told me.
My mom and I step outside. We start to walk toward everyone. The wind swoops up and my blusher is gone. I shout,
"Mom! My blusher!"
"I don't think there's anything I can do."
What she didn't tell me at the time, was that it was so windy my blusher was standing straight up in the air and there was nothing anyone was going to be able to do. Not such a big deal considering Captain has seen my face before.
I walk up to Captain with my sobbing somewhat under control. I slip under the chuppah (Jewish wedding canopy) to join him. It's a chuppah made for 5 feet tall people. I'm 6' and Captain is 6'3". Never mind that the florist upsold us on some chuppah greenery that is hanging down and slapping us in the face every time the wind blows, which is the entire 30 minute ceremony.
Something wet splatters me. There are so many things happening. I'm not processing much. Captain points at my shoulder,
"A seagull pooped on you!"
I look at my arm and shoulder. Yup. Covered in bird poop. I look back at Captain. I tell him,
"It got you too!"
There's bird poop down the front of his suit. I'm clutching my great-grandmother's handkerchief, which until now I've been using to wipe my nose. Do I use this to wipe up bird poop?
"Mom! I need a tissue." Keep in mind the wedding ceremony is still in progress. If you ever need a Rabbi, I highly recommend ours. She was wonderful and hilarious. Plus she spent a good portion of the ceremony promoting my blog.
There were almost 100 people standing/sitting around outside with no cover and Captain and I were under a canopy. The seagull still decided to poop on us.
Five minutes later I glance down. There is bird poop the entire length of my gown. Now I want to cry for real. Someone tells me to let it dry and it'll flick off later. Note to anyone wearing a wedding dress who gets shat on by a seagull. Let it dry; it will flick off later.
We're pronounced husband and wife; Captain kisses me and we're off for 5 minutes by ourselves. We planned on this before the ceremony. We enjoyed it, but good luck finding all the family members and bridal party people you want photos with after you've let them get away.
Between trying to round everyone up and keeping my veil from pulling my head off into the wind, I was over the group photos. The photographer can see my frustration, he asks,
"Do you want to take your veil off?"
NO WAY! When else in my life will it be acceptable to prance around in public in a ball gown and veil? This is it. This was our very special, windy, fire alarm, bird-poop filled day.
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