Be Sure To Drink Your Ovaltine

I can honestly say that up until I walked out of the sanctuary of the church, heading towards the altar where I would await my bride, I had little to no anxiety or nervousness. My feet were warm and comfortable. Many asked, "Are you nervous?" I replied with honesty and truthiness that I was not nervous, I was cool, calm and collected. That all changed quite rapidly upon walking out and standing in front of the many guests, family, and friends gathered in the church. Another person told me prior to the wedding, "Don't worry about standing in front of everyone because nobody will be looking at you, their eyes will be on the bride." Whoever told me that was a Liar Liar pants on fire. Yes, once the doors swung wide open and my bride was walking down the aisle, heads did turn and the focus of 150 plus pairs of eyes were no longer on me. However, prior to that, there was a period of time when all 300 plus eyes were on me. In all the weeks prior to the wedding, in all my life I had never felt so much anxiety. It cannot explain why I was anxious, all I can say is that I think that I nearly had a panic attack. Thank god for Peeps.









Standing at the front of the church, at the front of the altar, the wedding party began the procession. The first person to come down the aisle was one of my best friends, Jay. I don't know what led me to look into his hand, but somehow I could see that his hand wasn't empty. Immediately I knew that whatever rested in his hand was meant for me. As it turned out, with my two brothers already standing next to me, each of my remaining groomsmen handed me a Peep that spelled out the message," BE- SURE-TO-DRINK-YOUR-OVALTINE." As I received each peep in a covert handshake from each groom, I discreetly placed each sugar encrusted, marshmallow treat in my rented tuxedo pockets (so much for that security deposit). With each groom came smaller and smaller pocket space. Luckily the peeps came in an even number and I was able to place three in each pocket. Although this was quite embarassing it helped take my focus off of being nervous and allowed me to calm down and remember to have fun. So I would like to thank everyone who was behind this brilliant, for lack of a better term, prank. I would especially like to thank Matt who showed courage and diligance in the face of the Nazi wedding director by not letting her take his peep. Not that he will ever see this post because he believes that computers are evil and I don't think he knows what the internet is...

I'll leave you with a picture that says it all...