January 23, 2005
My Weekend
I still haven't come to a decision about the Amish. I suppose I should let it rest.
Friday was Greek school, where I gave a pretty good imitation of my teacher saying "The Greeks invented everything. Greeks invented Oxygen" Luckily, he laughed.
He shared a funny saying that the Turks say about the Greeks: "After you shake hands with a Greek, count your fingers." Hah!
Saturday was working, and training, and making the almond favors for the wedding. Mediterranean weddings feature Jordan Almonds (which taste just like, and are likely composed of, sugar and blackboard chalk) wrapped in netting. The symbolism is cool: The candied almonds are bitter and sweet, like a marriage, and come in odd numbers so as to be indivisible, like a marriage should be.
However, stuffing, wrapping, tagging, and counting 160 sets of the buggers with your future mother-in-law would try the patience of Job. It was at times funny and most of the time exhausting. We started at 8 and were done by 12. I'm tired just remembering it.
The finished product looks like moss on the desk (note the Union Supervisor below the desk):
The highlight of the evening was when Sophie made Dim try on his tux from college. It looks a little dated, but I think he's just the cutest son of a gun wearing it.
The (hopefully) last shift of invitations goes out Monday.
That is all.
Posted by Jen at January 23, 2005 11:24 PM