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Wedding Blog: BD**2 - 23

#1 Post by gsabc » Fri Jul 18, 2008 8:53 am

Semi-calm edition

GW sent FSIL a long e-mail telling him what we're doing or planning, asking for details and giving him every phone number and e-mail address we have for a response. I love her dearly, but I don't think she'll ever make a game show. Somehow her brain said that there's a four-hour time difference between CA and MA. I will not point this out to her. I will also not point out that we know he's still in the field for at least the next day or two, and has no access to his e-mail until his return to base.

Today, I will be calling the rabbi performing the ceremony and the chaplain of FSIL's unit, in an attempt to have the "men of the cloth" unite to put these two lovebirds together. The unit's website gives phone numbers for the various officials but no names, so I'll have to get that before calling the rabbi.

Even without details, all indications are that this is real. His mother told GW last night that he was considering going AWOL to get to the ceremony. My immediate response was, of course, "NO!" as was everyone else's. If this truly falls through, I will be frantically looking up the laws on webcam weddings. Is physical presence required in MA, or just witnesses at the other location to prove that there's not a shotgun or some other coercion just off camera?

BD is off after work to a bridesmaid's home for the night, then to NYC for the bachelorette shindig. The events will be a surprise to her, though the MoH told GW the basic plans for the weekend. I hope it will be fun, and that she can at least push the leave approval issue to the back of her mind for a couple of days.
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#2 Post by ulysses5019 » Fri Jul 18, 2008 10:43 am

Hmmmm, Las Vegas is only a couple of hours away from Ft. Irwin. And it's even in the same time zone though a different state.
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#3 Post by gsabc » Fri Jul 18, 2008 10:50 am

ulysses5019 wrote:Hmmmm, Las Vegas is only a couple of hours away from Ft. Irwin. And it's even in the same time zone though a different state.
Yes, but irrelevant. You're AWOL whether you're 180 miles away or 3000. This event has the possibility of being merely an incredibly expensive dress-up party with no central reason for existing.
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#4 Post by tlynn78 » Fri Jul 18, 2008 10:52 am

wedding-by-proxy? It's legal in MT


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#5 Post by peacock2121 » Fri Jul 18, 2008 11:36 am

Just keep on intending. Keep on doing stuff to have him get the time off.

If all fails, have a great party and then have them get married when he gets back.

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#6 Post by MarleysGh0st » Fri Jul 18, 2008 11:39 am

gsabc wrote: Even without details, all indications are that this is real.
But you say FSIL is in the field, so you're making this determination by further discussion of the second and third-hand reports? I'll try to extend the semi-calm by suggesting that the colonel really can't be so unreasonable as to actually deny leave for a genuine wedding, so the chaplain ought to be able to cut through the red tape.

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#7 Post by peacock2121 » Fri Jul 18, 2008 11:42 am

MarleysGh0st wrote:
gsabc wrote: Even without details, all indications are that this is real.
But you say FSIL is in the field, so you're making this determination by further discussion of the second and third-hand reports? I'll try to extend the semi-calm by suggesting that the colonel really can't be so unreasonable as to actually deny leave for a genuine wedding, so the chaplain ought to be able to cut through the red tape.
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#8 Post by ulysses5019 » Fri Jul 18, 2008 11:58 am

peacock2121 wrote:
MarleysGh0st wrote:
gsabc wrote: Even without details, all indications are that this is real.
But you say FSIL is in the field, so you're making this determination by further discussion of the second and third-hand reports? I'll try to extend the semi-calm by suggesting that the colonel really can't be so unreasonable as to actually deny leave for a genuine wedding, so the chaplain ought to be able to cut through the red tape.
Blame Bush

It's his fault.
I'm blaming the fooddude. Nothing's the same since he's been gone.
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#9 Post by kayrharris » Fri Jul 18, 2008 12:31 pm

Nope, it's definitely Evil Squirrel's fault. Definitely.
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#10 Post by Evil Squirrel » Fri Jul 18, 2008 12:35 pm

kayrharris wrote:Nope, it's definitely Evil Squirrel's fault. Definitely.
I love you too, Kay! I'm still waiting for some scritches.....
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#11 Post by kayrharris » Fri Jul 18, 2008 12:49 pm

Just keep lookin' at that ES e-card. I'm not much on squirrel scritches.
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#12 Post by Evil Squirrel » Fri Jul 18, 2008 12:55 pm

kayrharris wrote:Just keep lookin' at that ES e-card. I'm not much on squirrel scritches.
Sorry.
I can't look at that anymore. I'm afraid I'll get a seizure.
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