Monday, July 7, 2008

The Sweeney family melting pot gets an infusion of Ginger

We returned from our blissful vacation to terrible, er, um, wonderful news. My sister and Mike became engaged to be married. Great. Do I have to be nice to Mike now? Can I keep giving him hugs from behind? Does this mean they will have babies one day? Crap. I think B and I need to take Mike for a long drive out into the desert.

All kidding aside, we are so happy for Megan and Mike. I can't imagine a better person to marry my sister and join our family. I have always been very protective of Megan, but Mike has always been a gentleman and treated her with respect and never made me consider throwing him off a bridge for longer than a minute or so. I think the only way I could approve of Mike more is if I could beat him in a race. My dad has already made the joke, but with Mike and Emily joining the Sweeney family, our collective GPA and athletic talent has skyrocketed. I hope that one day Mike will get a good job to pay for the physical therapy Megan will require from lugging around the huge rock on her finger.

Young Eleanor congratulating Megan and Mike on their engagement. Eleanor followed her congratulations by showing Mike a mole on her butt.


By no means does the excitement stop there. Megan has already selected a Maid of Honor and Matron of Honor...Brian and me. She said we were her best friends and when she was thinking of who she wanted to make a toast at the wedding, she kept thinking of us. I have never been so touched in all my life. I'm not kidding, I got a little misty. I did a little research and found that our formal title is Bridal Honor Attendant. Most people seem to think the idea of Brian and I standing up for Megan is really cool. The only exception is my dad. I think he's worried we're going to wear bridesmaid dresses and try to sleep with the groomsmen or something. There is also a small concern that Brian and I will make a scene during the toast. I respond to these accusations by saying, yeah, we probably will.

Brian and Andy as Maid and Matron of Honor. This could be a problem.

Engaging question of the day - Any ideas for our toast?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Clearly, I am deeply, deeply upset by this development. I take back those flowers I brought to Thanksgiving 2006