dear dana: you're embarrassing.

so i'm not really into discussing the "wedding details" for a variety of reasons - including my belief that it's really boring to anyone besides me and roberto..and sometimes it's really boring to us, too.  maybe that's what happens when you have a 23 month engagement after a decade of dating...i can't be sure....but that's a completely different discussion.

at the risk of sharing details of wedding planning that may bore you, i feel this story really hits home how awkward my life can be.  i've started contacting hotels to ask about blocking rooms for the weekend of the wedding.  i was feeling really proud of myself for being "ahead of the game" - until 10 out of 10 hotels told us they had no availability because there is a TWENTY THOUSAND person convention the same weekend.  not a 2,000 person convention...or even a 12,000 person convention.  no: 20,000 people are converging in philadelphia a few blocks from my church and reception sites.  neat.

i was on hotel #11 and sort of blanked out when leaving a voicemail for the individual responsible for booking rooms.  the message went something like this:

"hi, my name is dana, i'm calling in regards to booking a block of rooms for a wedding weekend.  i, uh, have heard that there might be a convention that weekend, so i'm not positive if you'll have anything available, but, um, i thought i'd give it a shot anyway.  the wedding is the weekend of november 11, 2011 through november 13, 2011.  so if you could give me a call at your earliest convenience, i would really appreciate it.  okay, i love you bye.................oh my god........i'm so sorry." (click)

i haven't yet heard back.  i can't understand why.

womp.

womp.