Part 2- The Wedding

The Wedding

To be honest there isnt much I remember about my wedding day... I know that I didnt get a good night sleep...probably because of the nerves and excitement. I also remember that the weather was a bit cool and windy.

One thing I do remember clearly though is walking down the aisle towards David. Everyone stood up as I walked into the church...I hear the organ playing the traditional wedding bells melody in the backround, I also see my grandmother standing close to the aisle with tears rolling down her face, looking so proud of me. The funny thing I also remember about my grandmother was that she had bought with her a small voice recorder to record our ceremony.

As David and I were saying our vows to each other we both heard my gradmother press play on her recorder instead of hitting record, I think the whole church heard her recorder play some sort of music for a couple of seconds until my father turned it off for her. There was a bit of laughter there for a second...

Back to reality... as David was saying his vows to me, he was looking at the preist the whole time. He didnt even look at me when he said his vow. We were holding hands at the time, so I gently squeezed his hands to get his attention. In my mind I was saying 'Daavvee, im over here, look at me, not the priest'. Why wasnt he looking at me I thought?...maybe it was the nerves...

He eventually looked at me and I had a sigh of relief. We were then announced husband and wife. I cried of course. Luckily I had some tissues rolled into my white gloves that I was wearing.

Other little things I remember was walking into our reception room. It was just beautiful... Fresh flowers on the tables, candles lit, The DJ playing dance music in the backround, the guests enjoying dancing on the floor, little chocolate hearts on the table and half eaten slice of cake on my plate.
I know I wasnt really hungry, I was just exhausted from the big day. All I wanted to do was to leave with David to our motel room and enjoy our night together as husband and wife.

Finally our reception was over and noticed a few drunk people walk out of the reception room. 'Well at least they had a good time!' I said to Dave.

David and I finally said our goodbyes to all the other guests and then we made our way to Star City Casino where we were going to stay the night before going away to QLD on our honeymoon, 'Now we can enjoy the night alone!' I thought to myself.

We settled in our room and the next thing I remember now was David telling me that he was interested in doing a bit of gambling downstairs in the Casino and asked me to go along with him. 'Oh great' I was thinking to myself again, 'Just when I thought we could stay in the room to have some quiet time to ourselves and he wants to gamble.'
I said to him"Yeah ok, why not, but can we do it only for a little while and then come up to the room to enjoy ourselves?" He agreed that it was a good idea. So we both got changed out of our wedding attire and made our way downstairs into the casino.

All I can remember now is David playing on the pokies while having alot to drink, Jim Beam and coke after Jeam Beam and coke. The night dragged on for more than a few hours in the Casino and I was getting really tired now and was ready to hit the sack. "David, I am really tired, can we please go upstairs now?" David was actually quite annoyed at this point. He walked outside of the casino and I followed him. He lit a cigarette, took a few puffs and sat down. "Whats wrong?" I asked, he said "Well this is our time together and all you want to do is go upstairs and go to sleep! I want to enjoy more of the night down here, why can't you enjoy it with me?"
I said to him "We just had a big day and I'm getting tired and thought we could spend some quality time upstairs".

Now that wasnt too much to ask...was it?

After our argument I was very upset and walked upstairs into our room. David came with me of course because I obviously ruined his night. All I could hear was him just yelling and shouting and at this point I really didnt like the sound of my new husband.
I decided to take a shower to get ready for bed. I knew that David had a bit to drink so I was hoping that he'd follow my example and get ready for bed himself.

I was still in the shower when David came into the bathroom still yelling at me. I was crying and shouting back at him for him to stop shouting, "You are such a slut!" he said.

I couldnt believe what I was hearing. On our wedding night...did he just call me a slut?... I cried and cried. I didnt know what to say. I just stood in the shower frozen and already had doubts about our marriage and we had only been married less than a day....then again, I knew he had a bit too much to drink.

I cant remember anymore after that night except I know that I just contined to cry and cry and in my bed I then cried myself to sleep. I believe that David decided to go back downstairs to gamble a little more.

The next morning I saw David sleeping beside me. Well thank goodness that he finally did come into bed, I thought...
I decided to take another shower to freshen up as we needed to get ready to catch our flight to QLD for our honeymoon. I heard David getting out of bed and then came into the bathroom again. He opened the shower door and took my hand, "Im sorry for what I said to you last night Tess".

I clearly remembered what he had said and the thought if it just sent tears rolling down my face again.
I think my eyes were about to explode they looked so puffy! "Thats ok Dave, I know you had a bit to drink, lets just go away and enjoy our honeymoon". I easily forgave him and he gave me a hug.

The Honeymoon

Well the honeymoon was better! The weather was perfect and warm. We took pictures of each other at the airport and then again walking into the reception area of the new motel we were staying at. We stayed at the Marriot at Surfers Paradise. The entrance was beautiful. Our room was on the very top floor and on the verandah we were overlooking the pool that looked like a small beach because of the sand around it and beside the pool was another pool where people were snorkelling to look at the tropical fish swimming.

At that instant we decided to get into our swim gear and went down to the pool. We even tried snorkelling and it was beautiful looking at all the colours of the fish. That night we decided to go to the Teppanyaki restaurant that was located in the motel. It was so much fun, just watching the Japanese chef do all his tricks. We even met a nice older couple who were were sitting next to around our table and they were visiting from America. We chatted to them all night and they were such a loving couple.

After dinner we all decided to go downstairs to the lobby to shoot a few games at pool. Then David and I sat and relaxed on a lounge while sipping on a cocktail. We were watching this American couple as they just kept smiling at each other and holding each other. We even watched them dance together to the music that was playing in the backround.

"I hope that when we are old like them, we can still be in love like that" David said to me.
I wasnt sure how to take that comment but I said "Yes, I hope so too, they look very happy together".

The next morning David and I went to Dream World, Wet n wild and Movie world, all in the one day. It was alot of fun, I even get a henna tattoo of a rose on my arm.

"Oh wow, I actually like that David, maybe I should get a real tattoo there!"
David said "Yeah it looks really good on you, why dont we visit a tattoo place tomorrow and I'll help you pick one out?"
I agreed with excitement! I already had a tattoo of a tiger on my left buttock and liked the thought of another to remember the good time we were having our honeymoon.

So the next day we visited a tattoo place and David and I looked at some designs from a book. "That one I really like" I said to David. He agreed and yes I got it done! It took only 20 min for this chick to do her thing, it didnt really hurt and it only cost $60. It was so cool I thought! It was just pure black and looked like a symbol of a bird.

The tattooist said I couldn't swim or sunbathe until it was completely healed, but that didnt stop me, I was on my honeymoon and just did it anyway!

That night we ate at the Teppanyaki place again. We just loved it so much that we decided to eat there every single night we were there. We weren't sick of it at all! We ate other variety of foods at lunch time but we made sure that we ate Japanese every night!

We were reaching the tail end of our honeymoon and it was the last day to do anything before catching the plane back home. So we both decided to do a bit of jet skiing. We had our own jet ski that we hired and we jet skiied for hours. It was so much fun!

The next day it was time to go back home to NSW. We packed all of our gear and headed to the airport. "Well that was fun" I said. "I had a great time, thank you Dave.

Part 3- Our life together as husband and wife. (Coming soon)