Getting the Church on time

So, today was our first meeting with Deacon Pat (the elder) to get the ball rolling on marriage prep. After a bit of discussion, Matt agreed to June 5 as the tentative date. Here's my rationale:

• Originally, I wanted to get married on the Sunday of Labor Day weekend, 2010 because I'm considerate of my friends and family's time. Then I decided I didn't want to wait until the end of summer after Matt and I graduate so I moved it to...
• Sunday of Memorial Day weekend, 2010. Yay! Much earlier! But then I found out my lovely home parish doesn't do weddings on Sunday. Nevermind that I could get married at 5pm because there's no Mass, or that Sundays are a way more inexpensive time to throw a wedding.
• So I had to chose between a week earlier or later. This narrowed it down to May 22 and June 4, since I didn't want it too soon after graduation or too close to my birthday. (We're within a month here, and that's kind of something I didn't want. *sigh*) So, considering my younger cousins schedules and everyone who is in school in general that would have to travel to my wedding, I figured the 5th of June is a pretty good date, oh and it's a Saturday.

So we're at the church and we're asked to be penciled in for a date. I blurt out "June 5, 2010!" and Deacon Pat looks at me like I'm possessed. He very measuredly tells me that I can't have that date just yet - they won't make the 2010 calendar until April. Well, sheesh, I was told to come to the church before doing anything wedding related and all of a sudden I have to wait until April? So there will just be "soft" planning from here, no commitments until we get our date.

Liturgically speaking, May 22nd would coincide with Pentecost weekend, and June 4th is the first weekend of Ordinary Time. My faaaavorite liturgical time is that right after Easter, because the whole place is draped in white and gold, but all that goes away on May 15th - two weeks after my graduation and the very same weekend as Texas A&M's Graduation. Well, two of Matt's men standing up next to him are 2010 Aggies, so that's just too much to ask.

Ordinary time it is. Next up: Meet with Fr. Joe Bui