Just a "Little" Family Party

Last night just before 8:00 we had a knock at our door. We looked at each other with the "Who could that be?" expressions. We live in a gated apartment building and were not expecting anyone. It was the building owner letting us know our car needed to be moved as they were making preparations for a "little family party". In order to get out in the morning it needed to be moved then. 

We looked out a little later to see an event tent being set up directly in front of our building, which completely blocked the little road where we live. We watched as they used our car as part of a barricade to block traffic going down the road. We walked down the stairs, looking out from the balcony on each level as we descended. 

In the parking garage there was a group working on the floral sign for the event. This "little party" seemed to have a lot of intense work to prepare. We saw the owner's wife who told us this was for a little engagement event. All of it just so the owner's cousin could put a ring on his fiancee's finger in a formal setting. They said it would all be over by noon.

When we got up this morning and headed out we found that the tent had doubled in size overnight. There were a large number of police as the crowd control for the street, and another large group of men in tuxedos around the corner. We were escorted by the owner through a side flap of the tent and out the far end on our way down the street to our car. There were a couple of large generators and several air conditioning units for the tent. Wow! Some little party! We learned the wedding will be next month, and we couldn't help but think we were grateful we will have moved by then.

After a full day at the office and errands on the way home, and even stopping at Mama's for dinner, we arrived back to our apartment about 6:30. Crews were still taking down the tents, and the road was still blocked to traffic. We indicated we needed get to the apartment and were allowed to drive past the last of the workers and into the garage. And the more amazing thing is we see these tents go up all over the city. Many hours of set up and take down all for a "little family party"!