Quadruple Wedding

 

Today was the big public hearing for the M uni route changes that my project is proposing. The meeting started at 2, and we knew that it would go into the evening, and I was prepared to miss my Chorus's monthly potluck/meeting/rehearsal to coordinate the behind the scenes stuff.

Or, that was the plan. I found out on Sunday that a visiting couple from Chile affiliated that the chorus knew but I didn't (because I wasn't in the chorus when they went to Chile) was going to be getting married at the potluck. Monday, I found out that another couple in the chorus that I knew was getting married as well - and Jack was officiating. This morning, I was torn between staying at public hearing and watching Betsy and Diana get married, when I checked my e-mail and got the whole agenda for the chorus potluck... it wasn't just a double wedding. It was a quadruple wedding! Jack was going to be marrying four couples from the chorus. This made my decision easy - duh, do I stay and watch countless people bash the project that I've been working so hard on for the past year, or do I take a break and watch my friends get married? Hmm... let me think about that one....

So, after five hours of public comment, I snuck away and went to the quadruple wedding. It was a blast. The chilean visitors wanted to take advantage of California's same-sex marriages, and inspired 3 others to join in the wedding. They had all been together a total of 100 years, exactly! But, it didn't feel so much like a political statement, but a celebration of their commitment for each other. It was a great ending to a not-so-great day.