My Sister got Hitched!

So the big day has finally come and gone. My younger sisters wedding/mehndi(mehndi is a party for the girl before the big wedding day..at least that’s what I think it is). Well let me just tell you a couple of things I learned from this whole shin-dig.
1)
Who really is family…now yes family show up to weddings and other parties but, real family help with these events. I had cousins who I didn’t even think about calling for help who actually showed up ready to do whatever. Uncles and Aunts who always helped your parents whenever they needed to be helped. Dance practices, cleaning up, coming over just to chill and talk , whatever you name it these family members are there. Then there are the ones who actually didn’t do much, barely even anything even when asked!. If you folks know me, which you probably don't, but one thing I hate doing is asking people to do things for me. When I ask people to do a task, it probably means I really need it done! We even had a close cousin and his wife not show up, so they could spend the day in Niagara falls?!?? But then had cousins in New Jersey drive down to make the event. I think this was a big eye opener for me on who really is family.
2) Don’t stress when things aren't going so well. The mehndi, for the most part went well, we had some minor gliches, but the wedding day for the first part was a nightmare. The waiters/waitresses weren't doing their jobs and my slide presentation wouldn’t work because the idiots wouldn’t let me use my laptop with the projector. Well we had to persuade them and finally in the end it worked out. Oh and 500 ppl and food is a hard thing to control, so do not ever get overwhelmed when people start running towards the buffet before the announcement.
3)In laws- I was actually thoroughly impressed by my brother in laws family. The relatives and immediate family were all well diverse, educated and pretty good looking. What I noticed the most was that, there definitely was a barrier between the families, but that barrier was easily broken down for one common theme "my sisters wedding." I noticed when we started talking about the wedding folks got along much better, but when it was about "what do you do?","where did you study?" the families kind of went back to their corners.
4)How much sleep you lose. I don’t think I need to explain this.
5) OH and tempers, I think my sister handled her temper pretty well for the most part, it was my aunts and uncles and parents who had the anger. Poor dad lol
So I hope this little rant shed some light, most of my posts are rants, I assume you already noticed!.