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SPEAKING OF UNCERTAINTY... A fun, bonus article about my own wedding! It was the time of my life (as you can see from the photos). I wouldn’t change a thing, but rather than talking through the little details, a more interesting story to share is one about the biggest, unexpected struggle we faced along the way.
We did everything right.
With less than two weeks to go, I was getting my hair done and telling my stylist how oddly calm I felt about it all. Then, on my walk home, I got a text from my dad. "Did you see this?" Attached was an article about the Mexican Army capturing El Mencho, one of the most wanted people in Mexico and the United States. I stopped walking and read the article twice. The events had taken place nowhere near Tulum, and Mexico is a very large country, so my initial reaction wasn't panic. I knew enough to understand this wasn't an ordinary news story, though, and that there would be ripple effects.
We built what was quite possibly the world's most detailed wedding website. Looking back, I think writing it was almost therapeutic. Every question I could possibly
think of, I answered. We even included a taxi negotiation
simulator (shoutout to my web app developer husband), where guests could practice their Spanish and pretend they were haggling with taxi drivers in Tulum. We created a WhatsApp group with all 60 guests so we could share updates and answer questions in real time. We arranged transportation throughout the entire weekend. We overcommunicated. We planned backup plans. We thought through every detail we could think of.
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