Still alive

Many thanks to everyone for the wedding well-wishes!!! I promise to respond individually as soon as we're all the way back from Hawaii - at the moment we're ine the last night of our stay on Kauai, and "looking forward" to a long pair of flights home tomorrow.

The big and little highlights:

We're married! The wedding went off without a hitch, despite leaving the iPad with all the music at the hotel (groom and his buddies had to run back to retrieve it, blessedly leaving me none the wiser since I'd already hidden myself and my girls upstairs), the food was good and everyone seemed to have fun, and I even managed to hit my entrance with my dad at exactly the moment in "The Shape of Things to Come" that I had pegged as the perfect entrance cue. I had a beautiful shawl, three beautiful bridesmaids, and I actually managed to remember my vows so I didn't have to read them. Win! The venue staff even praised our taste in dance music, particularly after the Portal Song. XD

In Hawaii: a beautiful little striped gray dove landed right on my hand to steal a bit of my toast, we went kayaking and busted the asses of everyone else on our tour except a sweet couple from SF, we drove around and saw pretty much the whole island, we indulged mutual passions for shaved ice, ate barbecued wild boar bought at a mini farmer's market in a guy's yard and starfruit straight off a tree, went on a catamaran cruise and sat on the bow with our feet hanging off, saw dolphins and sea turtles and flying fish... And lots of other stuff, including a fairly awesome luau, but now we're pretty much ready to be coming home. Which, considering our flight is tomorrow, is a good thing. I'll try to hit more detail day after tomorrow when I'm on a proper keyboard, bit for now, that's about what I've got. There's some pineapple wine in the fridge that I want to finish before we leave, and it's getting late (for here). Love to all, be back soon! ♥