About a dozen of us volunteered to set the stage for MNX’s wedding. First we hung gold and black decorations around the hall. Then we manoeuvred the huge white whale skeleton into the window display.

When everything was ready I invited everyone to gather for a photo in front of the whale. It was really tricky to find an angle that would capture both the length of the skeleton and all our happy faces: I fell into the stream in my efforts to do so.

The long lilac gown that I had planned to wear to the wedding was ruined, but fortunately I had a back-up dress in my room.