СВАДБА!!! (wedding)

Okay, so first off, i finally figured out how to switch the computer into russian here, so i might try to use some of my класная слова (my cool new words). hopefully it will work, not really sure.
So, anyways, I only have 3 weeks left of straying, о боже (oh god) time has gone by very quickly. In the next 2 weeks I have to finish our community project where we are teaching a seminar to Ukranian teachers of English on how to use the interenet as a more effective resource; i have to teach a test class in front of observers and finally have to take my langaguage proficiency test, which should be very interesting. but, i am still able to get out and enjoy what Rokytne has to offer.
This past weekend I was invited by my host family to go to a wedding of one of their good friend's daughters. The bride was 23 and the groom was 21. I spent much of the night attempting to explain how in America many people don't get married till they are 27 or older.
When I first got there I was introduced to the bridesmaid who spoke fluent english, and who brought me over to a table to put on a white flower to show that I was an 'eligible' male. (unmarried) then about 20 minutes later we all went upstairs and sat down at talbes literally COVERED with food. (it was slightly redicoulous, as they just kept bringing more food out, even if there wasn't any room to put in on the table.) I early on decided that I wasn't going to be drinking vodka, and it was a wise decisioun, as the women across from me put down about 15 shots over the course of the night (i.e. i would have been passed out on the floor) I stuck to wine, and it was pretty good stuff.
So we ate for a long time, with ocassionally speeches and chants of Gorka, Gorka (kiss, kiss) to the bride and groom and the bestman and bridesmaid (a big tradition here), and then the really fun began! we went downstairs, and the one-man band began to play fast paced Ukranian music. Let me tell you, these people can dance! even the guys who i thought would be way to cool to be seen doing a fast-paced waltz were flying all over the place. It took me a while, but i finally got into it, and spent much of the night either dancing with the 'eligible girls' (who my host mother basically yeld at me for not dancing with them at first, because a young man must ask a lady to dance when the man/woman song comes on... interesting...) or doing a typical russian circle with people dancing in the middle. I will have to explain everything else in person, it was just to much fun. The party ended at about 12, and i got home and immidiately fell asleep. I was exhausted!

hope all is well with you! take care,
Love,
Seth