This is what happened/current plan.
Before Thursday: preparations (bachelor party took up a lot of time up until Sunday, then speech writing--for two speeches, which I never actually got around to finishing--and other logistical planning)
Thursday: Dinner with one of the families (very informal, since good friends and all, but a chance to meet incoming family). Got home around midnight.
Friday: Rehearsal/Rehearsal Dinner. Give speech, off the cuff. Get home around 1am.
Saturday: Wedding. Give speech at reception, again off the cuff. Post-reception party. Get home at 3am.
Sunday: Entertain guests who drove/flew into town from afar (most of them leave Sunday night).
Monday-later, but at random intervals: Entertain guests who flew in from Ireland, since they're here for much longer.
The ceremony isn't all that goes into it. That part lasted under an hour, I think.
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