Insights into a Bimbo's Mind

What's the Worst that can Happen?

Tuesday, January 17, 2006

Of late, Narrrling and I have been playing this new game of ours, “What’s the worse thing that can happen on our wedding?”

Some weeks ago, I started off with, “I will trip over my dress and fall down the staircase during the Bride & Groom’s grand entrance”..

Narrrling then topped me with saying, “Halfway through the night it starts to rain and everyone gets soaked in the rain running for shelter ”

To that I said, “Your ex comes riding into the garden with her newly bought superbike and asks you to Hop in!”

Narrrling says, “All our guests have to leave halfway due to food poisoning!”

“Lightning strikes during our garden wedding and all our guests die except us!”

And we go on and on and on trying to outdo each other with our 1001 ways of how our wedding can go wrong. And maybe because of all these excess competition, I dream of them at night too. Last night, I dreamt of snakes slithering around our lovely garden wedding.. Last week, I dreamt of walking into my wedding and was totally shocked when I saw that instead of roundtables, the hotel staff arranged all the tables and chairs in theatre style and I had to drag around that elaborate wedding dress of mine, chasing down hotel staff, screaming at them to put things right.

Halfway sleeping last night, Narrrling shook me awake and told me to sleep on my side. I must have been screaming at the hotel staffs too loudly. Either that or I was snoring too loudly. Haven’t asked him which one it is yet, but this wedding thing is finally getting to me.

I woke up this morning with a format in my head. The format of how the reception’s guest list should look like. It’s crazy I know but I think sometimes my mind continues to work when I’m sleeping because many times I find myself waking up with ideas and a list of ‘to do’ items that I’ve previously overlooked. I remember I use to go to sleep and wake up with ideas on how to solve Maths problems. It’s true, huh, what some people say about sleeping on your problems. Nowadays my mind even continues to work on the non-problems and the overlooked items. Sometimes I think behind this bimbotic wake mind of mine, there is a guru sitting in the back, solving problems for me secretly because I am totally unaware of the problem solving process. Strange isn’t it?

Back to the wedding, I can’t wait for the honeymoon when life’s normal again and I don’t dream about snakes and rainfall every night. People say brides often get cold feet before their wedding. Honestly, I have no doubts marrying Narrrling, but I am getting REALLY worried that a major screw up will happen and it’s not funny. I still remember once I was the emcee for my best friends wedding. At the end of the dinner, instead of saying goodbye, I started inviting the bride & groom to come on stage to cut the cake.. My co-emcee nudged me and I stopped halfway realizing that it’s time to say goodbye. What the hell overcame me? Wedding screw ups, I even took part in them myself some time ago…

So I really wonder, what kind of screw up awaits me?

posted by Miki-C @ 1:50 PM