the wedding blog

In a previous blog I wrote about the engagement of my cousin Luke and his fiance Drew Watkins. Since their engagement, their engagment video on youtube has received over 100,000 views. Pretty impressive. This last weekend Luke and Drew got married in middle Georgia in a beautiful outdoor wedding. Minus the million gnats buzzing around my face as I stood with other groomsmen watching them recite their vows. But for Luke and Drew, I can deal with gnats and the heat for thirty minutes.

On Thursday night I headed down to Warner Robbins, Ga to help Luke and his family get ready for the wedding stuff. While Luke was writing stuff for the wedding I wrote a quick joke email to a girl I'm walking down the aisle with in a few weeks. She knows me and knows my sense of humor. Well Luke being Luke sent it to the bridesmaid I was supposed to walk down with in his wedding. This girl and I had never met before. She had no clue who I was or what my sense of humor was like. From the letter I knew she would think I was a total Psycho......the letter is below:

Dear bridesmaid walking down the aisle with me,

Here are a few things you should take note of before walking with me on our friends wedding day.

1. Always start off with your left foot, I'm OCD and I absolutely hate starting with the right foot first. And in my opinion the left foot is always more attractive than the right.

2. Please bring some ritz crackers and a juice box for me while walking down the aisle. Sometimes excercise causes an increase in my appetite.

3. Don't breathe with your nose, I don't wear any deodorant because of the iron that it puts in your body.

4. Don't mention anything to do with Sesame Street. I was abducted by a man dressed like big bird when I was 4 years old and have never gotten over it.

5. If you choose to hum..please hum a song by the band "Toto"...if you hum Abba I will promptly tell everyone that you used to date the groom and still have feelings for him

6. Don't tell me who won the WNBA game, I'm an avid fan and will flip out if I find out the score before watching it on Tivo.

7. Don't get emotional and start talking about "The Notebook"...its not like it was "Smoky and the Bandit" or anything...

8. I graduated with an Associates Degree from Phoenix University Online..so....I'm kind of a big deal...people know me.....your quite lucky...

Look forward to celebrating this special day with you

Now After knowing Luke sent this, my heart went out to this girl and I feared the moment I met her..she was going to think I was absolutely insane and prob wouldn't even want to be in the wedding...then later that day I received and email..and at that point I knew that my wit had been matched for the first time in my life...Miss Brittany's reply is as follows....

To the groomsmen....Mitch

My name is Brittany and I am twenty-one. My son Ethan is 15 months old. I attend college majoring in nursing.

1) I am also OCD and I have to start walking with the right foot. So this might become a huge problem.

2)Will not have the pockets to place the ritz crackers and juice boxes for walking down the aisle.

3) In my purse will be a huge bottle of Axe..just in case I need it!

4) Well, my son's favorite show is Sesame Street. And by the way, Elmo is my idol.

5) Currently, I am practicing my lovely humming of ABBA. So be prepared!

6) No worries about the WNBA, I only watch NFL and MLB.

7) I'm not a fan of "The Notebook" and "Smoky and the Bandit" is one of my favorite movies!

8) I will try to make you look good, especially since you are so important!



Touche Brittany....Touche, Touche, Touche...