Important lessons from multiple receptions

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To my future self:

1. You can survive detours from the planned path. Mark and I were supposed to meet my parents for lunch, but before we left we followed up on the low tire pressure signal light on my car...and found that both the back left and the spare tires were at 12psi--less than half of what they should be. Once we fixed that, we got on the tollway to get quickly up to the NW exit to Cypress. And found out on the exit ramp that the NW exit was completely closed, and that we were forced into the NE exit. Not where we wanted to go at all. Yay for Texas feeder road U-turns.

2. Some pictures are better than none.
Not sure why I took this pic. But it's from the last reception!

Mark. And part of Mark's parents


3. it's fine to go to someone's wedding reception even if you don't know them that well [but you should be invited. don't overlook that part]. The best time to get free food is when the hosting people are so happy that they want everyone else to be happy, too. So eat their cake, drink that punch, and go up to say hi. It's just really nice to remember old connections, different times, and then share in the new happiness of marriage.

4. Embarrassing the bride and groom at receptions is mildly okay, as long as it's not super public, nor super embarrassing. Those stories of "I knew ___ from when he/she was this big" are not as tiresome because of afore-mentioned wedding bliss.

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