i have a gigantic family

yesterday was odd.

yesterday my cousin Ben got married, he is 34. i got up at eight. - these are not things you need to know, but i would want to know them if i were you.
anyway, we arrived at the registry office at about 11, and were chatting to the groom, my uncles, my aunts and my cousins; one of which i haven't seen in about four years, he got tall.
the ceremony took place, and it was all very simple and beautiful and people were crying and whatnot. the thing is, i don't find registry offices all that overwhelmingly wonderful, and the woman in front of me had a small spider in her hair, so i really didn't cry. i was a little pre-occupied if anything. then we had to take like a bazillion photos, which took forever. by now it was like 12:3o, and our family isn't exactly on the small side, and we are rather ruled by our stomachs, and my cousin Hannah and i could smell chips (when i get hungry, i have the nose of a bloodhound).

then we went to the pub for our lunch. the food was awful. however, there were free glasses of champagne and wine. so after the toasts some people went home to get changed and come back later for the party, there was about a three hour gap between the lunch and the party. where my mum wasn't drinking, she had rather carelessly left her champagne behind when she went home for a bit, i finished that off. and upon hearing that i had never been drunk, Hannah - who has just turned 17 - made it her personal mission to get me ever so slightly intoxicated. two champagnes and two white wines later, i had the attention span of a gnat. however apart from that i was fine. no stumbling about on my four inch heels just yet.

by seven, the pub was filled with so many relatives. a lot of people were congratulating me on my gcse results, due to either hearing me on the radio or my super proud aunt telling everyone.
and yesterday was the first time i had seen The Cousin, Kayleigh, in over a week. it doesn't sound like a lot, but i used to see her six days a week. i miss her everyday, she's like my little sister.
and her sister Letty is like my older sister. she was there too. i love her so much. we are so disastrous, hilarious and completely alike. if i ever end up half as successful as her, i will be perfectly happy.

when we finally got home, i had sobered up completely and so tired i could have cried. i'd had a rubbish nights sleep the night before anyway, and i was really sick of doing twelve hour days. it was nice that my parents bared this in mind, and decided to go home nice and early at midnight... i really hated them last night.

overall yesterday was really lovely. especially getting to spend time with Hannah, who i hardly ever see, and i loved chatting to George (her brother) about university. he really seemed to like it, i'm still undecided.
i really like spending time with extended family. i just wish my nuclear family wouldn't spoil it.