Michigan: Mother Knows Best

My mother in her infinite wisdom situation the halls we were to tour in order from worst to the best, from the one she thought I would hate the most to the one I would want, and all this without telling me so therefore by the time we got to the last one I would be sufficiently awed into signing on the dotted line right then rather than going home to think about it and then making her come out to the one she knows I will choose. Crafty, sneaky, manipulative woman my mother is and you wonder where I get it. And I love the hall she wants me to choose, I love it and I sign the papers. She wins round 654. I think I won once and even then I think was a sympathy win (as in she purposefully let me win) so I would not quit our little tug of war game and I would keep playing (thanks MOM!).

So I signed on the dotted line but without a set date as we have three dates in mind. One I am on a waiting list for, there is a lovely bride by the name of Ms. You Took My Date who already pre-booked the day October 18th but she has yet to pay the deposit and only has a limited time to do so. If I knew where she lived I would tie her up until the day after the time limit, that way I would know for sure that I could get the day I wanted, I am tying her up in my mind. But don’t worry I would let her go after and everything would be fine. I am sure she lives in Michigan; sure the wedding planning process would be easier for her living in the state she is giving the wedding in unlike me, poor me living all the way on the other side of the country, living in the land of eternal sunshine, sigh yea poor me. So my other options are January 17th OR February 28th both dates which are in the dead of winter. And anyone who lives in Michigan knows you PLAN NOTHING in the dead of winter. Planes could be grounded; a bad storm could mean no guests. So I will wait and pray patiently that either Ms. You Took My Date changes her mind about the date or something else magically happens so I can please please please get the October 18th date.