Making the best of it

Its been raining since this morning and it got harder around about the time we were supposed to go over to the Methodist church for the wedding. We drove over to church and I dropped Cindy and Kate off out front and I wandered through the parking lot trying to find a space that wasn't submerged in the gathering rainwater. I finally made my way back to the rear of the church and pulled the umbrella out, opened it while the rain played a tune on the back of my head, then walked back across the campus to the front.

At this point it looked like they were getting ready to start the wedding processionals as everyone seemed to be waiting in the entry hall (I don't know what Methodists call them) and I sneaked in and finally found Cindy and Kate and sat down. The church was full, about as full as it was for Judge Whalen's funeral. I remember that it was sunny. No rain.

The wedding was nice. The music was beautiful. As a matter of fact the entire wedding, reception and all, was filled with music. The band at the reception was delightful. The food was good too. Barbecue and cheese grits and stewed tomatoes. A nice combination.

But ultimately we had to leave and the tracks of all the cars which had been parked on the lawn had dug deeply into the earth, and the rain had created a miniature swamp in the front yard. Kate and I were walking across the front yard and she had high heels. The muck kept sucking off my shoes. I remembered the Battle of New Market in the Civil War and the VMI keydets had marched up from Lexington and played a key role in the battle, no pun intended, and many had lost their boots in the muck of the battlefield.

We tried to extricate the car out of the mess, but mainly made more mess with the tires, then Ralph Jones led us around the yard to a place where we could get off the mud and on to the asphalt and back to the house to pick up Cindy.

It was a nice evening. I really enjoyed being with everyone. Even in the rain.

It is still raining. It is tomorrow already and it is still raining. It is time to go to bed. But it is still raining.