I felt as if I had just shut my eyes when I was so rudely awoken on the Thursday morning--my first morning in Vegas. Going to sleep at around 12:30, I was hoping to sleep in until at least 10 or so, and try to really get my body on the right time. I had to meet Lisa at around 1 to go to the dress shop to get my dress hemmed and fixed and whatever else it might need (considering that until 2 days before the wedding, I have never been able to try this sucker on). Well, my ideal day would have been getting a full nights rest and being up and ready to go, grab some lunch at noon or so then off to meet Lisa. Well ladies and gents, Suzy Bear Osgood had other plans in mind. I remember as if it were yesterday--in fact, it still haunts my nightmares. I was lying in a deep delicious sleep when I hear my mother in the other large bed in the room start to mumble some things. I start to stir a little when, in FULL booming voice, I hear--and I quote VERBATIM, "I'm SOOO awake right now!!!" My eyes this fly open and I grab the phone off the side table next to my head. The time? 6:55 in the A freakin' M. I look at my mom and I believe give her a death stare and try to turn back over to try and maybe fall back asleep. The problem with me, is once I am initially woken up, I'm awake. There's no turning back for me. So this special 7am wake-up call was not lookin' to be something I could ignore. As if there were any hope left to try and catch up on sleep, Sue Ellen quickly took that hope by the balls and as she would say, "gave it a squeeze" (have I told you my is ridiculous/hilarious yet?). She then begins to have a full on conversation with Bob, who at this point is also awake--and bless his heart, I am convinced that Bob Bucher physically doesn't know how to whisper. The two of them were like peas in a pod just having a full on conversation about being awake without a care in the world. My mom then, announces to the room "does anyone mind if I turn on the Today?" And before anyone could answer, ZAP! On comes the extra large flat-screen at, again, full volume. I then throw the covers off me and proceed to get out of bed. Let me just tell you, Suzy B is a force to be reckoned with, not too mention the fact that my body has no idea what time it is, I am running on empty, and also the adrenalin is pumping from the sheer excitement of the coming wedding of my brother. Mix that all together and you get a 'just face facts, you're not getting any sleep while you are here' cocktail. And guess what? At that point, I just chugged the sh*t out of that concoction. I get out of bed and head for the bathroom to get ready for the day. Six. Oh. Four. A. M. Fannnntastic.
Now that everyone was awake in the morning, we all change and get ready for the day. We decide to walk over to the Luxor Hotel which is next door to find some place to get some breakfast. We ended up going to the Pyramid Cafe which is practically in the center of the Luxor casino level. It was also the same exact place that my mom, Travis, Eric and I all had a very late dinner our first night in Vegas all those years ago. We had to wait to be seated for a quick 5 minutes or so, and while waiting in the line to be sat, I looked at Emily and said "let's go gamble for a second and win tons of money". We headed to the nearby slot machine and I put in a 10 dollar bill. After about 3 spins on 'max bet' I was out of money. Cool. Gambling is sooooo fun. You put you're money in. Hit a button a few times, and 20 seconds later it's over. Awesome. We went back up to my mom, Bob and Lindsey and let them know, nope, we didn't win. Damnit. We got seated and start looking through the menu. Everyone knew what they wanted pretty quickly, and we ordered. Let me just tell you, this was pretty much the best breakfast I have ever had. I am sitting here now writing this, and unfortunately I am hungry and just thinking about this is making me mouth water. I got some southwest breakfast wrap with eggs and all I know is that it was the best 'spot-hitter' I have ever had. Yum. After we all stuffed our faces and filled our bellies, it was time to make our way back to Mandalay Bay. I was supposed to meet Lisa in the lobby with my bridesmaid dress and shoes at 1, where then the two of us would get in the towncar Lisa's family rented for the week and head over to Couture Bride--about a 15 minute drive from the Strip. After getting back to the Mandalay Bay, I was starting to run out of time, so I went up to the room to collect my things and parted ways with everyone for the day. Now, I seriously can not even BEGIN to tell you how jealous I was of everyone on most of this trip. Because I was, duh, living in Germany, I was unable to ever try the dress on, get it altered, hemmed, anything. So of course, this needed to be done in the 2 days before the wedding. So as I left to go get all the things I would need to meet up with Lisa and then later go take care of my dress, my mom and Bob would go gamble or hang out with the other people there, and Emma Bear, aka the luckiest girl alive, would have her daily routine of lounging, going to the gym, follow it up with a luxurious steam room trip, get some food, and the of course, lounge around the amazing Four Seasons pool and drink with all the groomsmen, and top it off with getting spritzed in the face with Evian (yeah, they do that there, and it is incredible). Meanwhile, I'm off in tears at a dress shop in the middle of the desert. What's wrong with this picture???
Lisa and I went and took care of our dresses (hers was still in the process of being altered and fitted while mine was just beginning) and were finally able to head back to the hotel about 2 hours later. Let me just say now, that as much as it was a hassle to go deal with this dress while everyone else was enjoying the pool, I'm actually glad for it also--it was a really great time for me to be able to hang out with Lisa alone where she wouldn't be pulled and pushed in 8 different directions for the upcoming big day, and not to mention, the sneak peek at the wedding dress. And while we're on it. OH MY GOD THE DRESS! Lisa is already so beautiful and has the BEST taste for everything, and so I knew that whatever she ended up choosing for her wedding would of course be breath-taking. And man, it really, really was. And once she was in that thing, she was simply stunning. It made the anticipation for the wedding that much more exciting. Dawn, the crazy Korean woman with one of the biggest personalities I have ever met, had a lot of work to do to finish our two dresses that night, so we left and agreed that we would be back the following day (Friday) to double check everything. As soon as we got back to the hotel Lisa immediately had to go take care of other things. I then head back to the room, even more exhausted then I thought possible, from still suffering from the long flight, to the 7am Sue Osgood wake-up call, and just the emotional roller coaster that this wedding stress turned out to be. (I'm not even kidding, I thought I would be a barrel full of laughs, all excited for my brother and Lisa's wedding, but didn't anticipate the sheer emotion from just being happy. Case in point: Lisa in the car ride back to the hotel from the dress fitting tells me what song her and Travis had chosen for their first dance; Green Eyes by Coldplay. Just hearing that, and thinking of how beautiful the song is and how much I love Trav and Lis, turned on the waterworks. Oh great. Thanks emotions). I get to the room and put some of my stuff away when Lisa calls me to see if I wanted to go with her to check out her new 'room' with her and her mom and her wedding planner Dennis, (you'll see why I have the word room in quotations soon..). I say of course. I met up with them at the elevators and we take it UP. We get out and, that's right ladies and gentlemen, we proceed to room 39001, AKA The Four Seasons Las Vegas Presidential Suite. Ballin'! Apparently, the suite that Travis and Lisa had previously (which had the most amazing view of the Strip) was requested by some big high roller or something. So the hotel called Dennis (their wedding planner, who works at the Four Seasons) and asked him if Travis and Lisa could please move to a new room. Dennis then stuck up for them and said something along the lines of 'if you're going to be making them move rooms on their wedding weekend, you better be giving them an upgrade!' Well, the hotel was booked full that weekend as it were, so I guess later that day someone at the front desk called Dennis back and informed him that the only room available that they could be upgraded to was the freaking 5,000 a night Presidential Suite, and asked if they would be okay with that? Take a wild guess at what they said...
..to be continued, sorry this is taking forever :(
..to be continued
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