(Hugs and Kisses) Thank you, Everyone, to all that responded to this thread. I was pleased to see it...thank you so much!
So many of you know me so well, that was shown by your observations, you were so correct.
The reception was over at 11:30, and so we shooed everyone out. I had had a great time, I danced until my feet were sore, and slowed down on the wine around 10:00. The kids liked Country/Western Music, and we did some line dancing, and other things. I did get the DJ to play some waltzes, and got Hubby, my son, and a couple of other young men to squire me around the dance floor...I was a better waltzer and dancer than so many of the young men.
I had made the centerpieces for the tables. They were Gorean. A simple glass bowl, about a foot across, was half filled with green rocks. The bowl was Gor, and the rocks were the plains, and the jungles where my characters have been. The bowls were partially filled with water, representing the Thassa, a favorite vacation spot of one of my characters, and then topped with three floating white candles, representing the three moons of Gor. So, the occupants of 30 tables were faced with our home, but I was probably the only one who saw the significance.
At midnight, I was a little tipsy, no big problem, our rooms were within walking distance. I was still sipping a bit of wine, and was busy recovering the centerpieces. The water had to be drained off into a pitcher, the candles had burned down and so I threw then away. I keep the pebbles in the bowls, and put the bowls back into the boxes they came in. I also grabbed up all of the party favors that some guests had left behind. They were...surprise, surprise...little boxes of really nice chocolate. I ended up with about 10 of them. Then after hugging and kissing my new 'In-Laws'...(The kids were long gone)...and clutching the top level of the cake, we walked to our rooms. I placed the cake into the fridge, and then had another glass of wine while I was undressing. After putting on my nightgown, Hubby and I...well...probably did what my son and new daughter in law were engaging in...at least I hope so...<satisfied smile>.
Thank you all for thinking of me, I did have all of you in my thoughts, r/t does have it's wonderful moments...we should always embrace then when they happen, that is what life is so about.
Be well, all of you, you are always in my mind.
Medi
(New Mother in Law)
