Day-of IQ

The 11 questions

• My sister will run the day — She’s calm in a crisis. She already said yes. You’re skipping the coordinator.
• Thunder at cocktail hour — Everyone’s inside. Someone with a drink wants to go back out. Slide to when they may.
• Who takes the card box? — It’s 11:40pm. Cards, gifts, leftover cake, your grandmother’s knife.
• Rounding up the family — “We’ll just grab everyone when it’s time.” Uncle Ray is at the bar.
• Six heads, one chair — Six people getting hair done, one stylist, a four o’clock ceremony. Slide to the minutes per head.
• The earlier the better — The florist asks when they can start. The tables aren’t set, the linens come at two, and the arbor is a big install.
• It’ll do a few runs — One shuttle, a hundred and fifty guests, the hotel twenty-five minutes away.
• The sparkler exit — A hundred and twenty guests in two lines, thirty-six-inch sparklers, a photographer who needs you to walk slowly. Slide to the minutes.
• Three-fifty. Which hand? — The ceremony is at four. Your engagement ring is sitting exactly where the band goes in ten minutes.
• Eight hours, starting at ten — The coordinator’s package is eight hours. They arrive at ten for setup. Do the math before they do.
• The two-hour gap — Ceremony done at two, reception at four-thirty. Out-of-town guests, good clothes, no plan.