July 31, 2004

Back from the wedding

I just got back from the wedding, and it was very nice. As I stated earlier, I met my in-laws for the first time, and I must say that my nerves were well founded. My Husband has always had a rocky relationship with his Mother; she was not a very emotional person, and I think he regrets not having a nurturing Mother. His Father was like I thought he'd be, grabbed me up in a hug right away. It is a little strange that my new Nephew is a little less than a year younger than me, but he'll get used to it :) It was a beautiful wedding, and all in all I enjoyed myself. I do, however, think I had a wee bit too much wine. I usually have either half or a full glass, but I had three small glasses.....still a little much for me. If I drink too much alcohol I feel a little sick to my stomach, but I never feel 'drunk'...I guess I don't drink enough to get to that point, and I really don't want to. My husband looked very good in his suit, and I had to steal a few glances every once in a while. I met many other relatives that I've never met before, and some old friends of the family. One lady in particular was a neighbor of my husband's when he was growing up, and a good friend to his Mother. I liked her immediately, but she started talking about diabetes. Her son is diabetic, and she was talking about how 'we' all don't know how hard it is for him, and she is going to find a cure. My husband looked at me, and told her that I was diabetic as well. She gave me a huge hug and said, 'don't you worry, I'm going to find a cure for you'. I was really taken aback by this, although she seemed to be a very nice woman, she literally is 'riding for a cure'. She gathers donations from people, and rides her bike all over the state, donates the money to diabetes research. I later found out she is the number one donator in the state of Oregon for diabetes research. Talk about a small world. On the down side, the winery didn't have any diet soda, or sugar free anything. My blood sugar was already through the roof because of the stress of meeting my new family, but I knew I couldn't insult them by not having a slice of cake. It was small (but verrrrry good), and I did excuse myself to take some extra insulin. It was hot for awhile there, but as the sun went down, I started enjoying myself more, and even posed for some pictures. All in all, it was a nice day.

"I wish they would only take me as I am."
~Vincent Van Gogh

Posted by HeatherLeigh on July 31, 2004 10:06 PM