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September 29, 2008 by Gilbert Leave a Comment

  • Today is the first in the last 3 days I haven’t had to dress up.
  • What is this world coming to?
  • Friday I meet with a pastor friend for breakfast, had a wedding dress rehersal on Friday evening then went to a viewing down in Hagerstown.
  • So much for a day off!  🙂
  • Saturday I had some meetings in the afternoon and then performed the wedding at 6PM.
  • Dan & Sherri Bogle have been attending United now for almost a year and Saturday I had the priviliege of uniting them together as husband and wife.
  • Sunday’s I hardly ever get nervous but for weddings I do because I don’t want to mess up anybody’s big day.
  • Sherri was only nervous because she was afraid I didn’t own a suit and I’d show up in jeans and a t-shirt.
  • Dan & I kept saying we thought that was a great idea but we’d compromise and get those tuxedo t-shirts…she didn’t find it quite as amusing.
  • The ceremony went well except I must have said something strange during the rings part because Dan shot me a look like, “You really want me to repeat that?”
  • I’ll have to ask him after their honeymoon is over.
  • At the reception I arrived late because I had to lock up the church and so Lisa and I sat down where our name placard was. 
  • Apparently the photographer’s assistant thought that was her seat and that’s all I heard the rest of the night…how the pastor had stolen her seat.
  • You could tell she was joking but only partially so.
  • After yesterday’s Experience’s I went to lunch with Aaron and his family as well as Dan & Jan Krull at Red Robin.
  • We stayed pretty late and I got home in plenty of time I thought to get things posted online before heading off to Earl’s mother-in-laws funeral.
  • I thought…I’d better double check the time.
  • Oops it started at 4PM…it was 3:14 and Mapquest said it would take 45 minutes to get there.
  • I quickly changed clothes and started flying down the road.
  • Mapquest had me going over the river and through the woods…the problem was I saw grandma twice.
  • Yep good ole Mapquest at one point gave me directions that resulted in me making a big loop.
  • I just took a chance on another road and luckily it appeared I was back on track.
  • Followed the directions….and it delievered me to someone’s house….yep that’s not a church.
  • As I pull back out onto the road (by the way…this is up in the mountains), I spot a liquor store and a man about to enter.
  • I pull up and ask if he knows where the church is at.
  • Let’s just say this wasn’t his first trip to the store that day…he was lit up pretty good.
  • “Oh yeah I know where that’s at…” and he proceeds to give me a series of directions.
  • Oh my…directions from a drunk guy…who knows where I’ll end up?
  • Turns out he was at least close enough I was able to figure it out.
  • Which means Mapquests new marketing slogan should be…Count on us for directions unless you can find a drunk man…he’ll be much more accurate.
  • In any case, the service was nice…continue to pray for Earl and Kim as they transition to life without Kim’s mom.
  • Went home then and watched on the DVR the Redskins stomp Dallas…yes!  Earl is a big Cowboys fan and I thought for sure I’d be hearing about it today, but alas I have bragging rights for awhile.
  • We’re both huge University of Maryland supporters so at least we’re both happy about the Terps putting a hurt’in on Clemson.
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