wet tent
Sometimes I see photos like this and wish we were having a tented wedding:
Today is offering me a good glimpse at all the reasons we decided against this kind of wedding. Tomorrow night there is a big celebration at the school where I work to commemorate the conclusion of our capital campaign. We are expecting 750 people for dinner and dancing under a giant tent that is set up in the middle of the quad.This is what the forecast for tomorrow looks like:
See that? Hot! Thunderstorms! Hot! Augh.
Even better, this morning it has been pouring rain-- it started to clear during lunch, and now it's windy and chilly (but perhaps the sun is on its way- the sky looks brighter). The ground is soggy around and underneath the tent. Set up is rushed because of the delay. It's less than ideal.
If we were having a tented wedding and were faced with these circumstances I'd probably be in an absolute panic. Luckily, we have caterers, an event crew, a grounds crew, our entire office, and a campus full of helpers on hand to make things work this weekend. There are people working to dry the ground beneath the tent, there is the nicest (and most expensive, definitely not smelly or soggy) porta-potty trailer I've ever seen, and there are giant fans standing by to cool the tent tomorrow night. The situation makes me relieved that we decided not to go the tented wedding route- even if I do love those lanterns hanging in the peaks of the tent and the idea of an after dinner game of bocce on the lawn. We certainly would not have these kinds of troops on hand, we would have few resources to keep the tent cool on a 100-degree day (water guns?) and for sure our porta-potties would be nowhere near as nice (soggy and smelly, for sure).
I'll try to snag a picture of the bathroom trailer tomorrow. It has marble sinks. No joke.
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