The routine for the month's activities leading up to the wedding became established. Maarja took over kitchen duties in the main, although both Vivian and Erica took turns to occasionally cook a meal. Maarja took responsibility for the general cleaning of the Tarvas farmhouse, as Erica and Vivian looked after the Kangur farmhouse. Vivian had started constructing her wedding dress, but Erica finished sewing it after she had arrived. Erica also sewed dresses for herself and for Angela Peterson, the latter who had supplied Erica with her measurements for that purpose. Angela was wealthy enough to afford the most expensive clothing, but she admitted clothes sewn by the Laaning sisters seemed better, and certainly were more comfortable to wear. On the occasion of Angela's wedding, her sister upon examining Vivian's dress she had sewn for herself, quipped that Vivian could surely earn a lucrative income as a freelance seamstress.
The division of labor freed Vivian to handle her farm duties plus plan for the wedding. Since they had agreed to have the wedding take place in Tallinn, Vivian booked the most luxurious suite at the Schlôssle Hotel for herself and Angela and Erica for the two nights Thursday and Friday. Then she booked a room Saturday and Sunday, nights for Erica and Angela, although Angela would have the room to herself on Sunday as she would not leave to return to the United States until Monday morning. Erica would be returning to the Tarvas farmhouse on Sunday with Maarja to look after Maia while Vivian and Eino were on their honeymoon.
Vivian also booked another separate room for Eino for two nights Friday and Saturday night. On Friday night, Eino had a bachelor's night planned with some of his closest buddies, so he would be staying in the room alone. This would keep the agreed moratorium of no sex until the wedding night intact. Naturally Vivian would be joining him on Saturday night. Eino then would be driving with Maarja to Tallinn on Friday and would drop his mother off at the Läänemets residence where she would be staying for the two days. Maarja would pick up Erica on Sunday to return to the Tarvas farm.
With the wedding being held in Tallinn, meant that Angela Peterson would not have the opportunity to see the Tarvas farm. Since she was returning to the States on Monday, it made more logistical sense to just stay in Tallinn until her departure. It would be awkward in any case to be at the farm without Vivian's presence. Since Vivian's first wedding, a year prior, had been held at the Laaning farm in Wisconsin Angela did not feel deprived on this occasion. As she quipped, "Once you've seen one dairy farm there's no real impetus to see another."
Angela, then did arrive from San Diego on the Thursday before the wedding and had the similar stopover in Amsterdam as Erica had. Thus, she arrived in the afternoon as well. The flight, including stop over time was just over twenty hours, but because of the time zone differences between California and Europe, the time of departure to time of arrival was thirty hours apart by the respective local times. However, unlike Erica, Angela was able to acquire adequate sleep during the long arduous flight. Thus, when she arrived, she was wide awake and ready to party.
Angela Peterson had been Vivian's best friend at the University of Wisconsin. It was Vivian who was responsible for introducing Ralph Peterson to Angela, and thereby became the maid of honor at their wedding. That was the wedding where Vivian first met Jed Baxter and got it on with him. Angela and her husband led a swingers lifestyle type of marriage. Or as Angela would put it, she pursued a Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde kind of sexual experience in her matrimony.
Angela was a high school teacher in San Diego, and her husband was a professor of mathematics at San Diego State University (SDSU). By day they appeared like a respectable, if not mundane, boring middle class couple attracting not much notice from their acquaintances nor even strangers, who they might come into contact with. However, by night they transformed into a Mr Hyde type, licentious if not outright dissolute sexual fiends. No doubt were their non sexual friends and acquaintances privy to their sexual conduct, they would deem them as depraved. And of course, Angela and Ralph were members of the TLR, as well, as a result of the wedding present bestowed by Jed Baxter, who was Angela's cousin. In addition, they attended group orgies and wife swapping occasions throughout southern California, but naturally mainly in San Diego.
Given the prevalence of several published reports of female high school teachers caught having sex with their underage male students, Angela chose to be carefully circumspect. Recognizing her sexual proclivities, she wisely took steps to avoid such temptation. She went out of her way to dress properly but in the drabbest style possible. She also ensured that her facial appearance was as plain as possible to dissuade any propositions or even flirting of any kind. Thus, she was considered by her students and by her co-workers as well, as the least attractive woman on staff at her school; a remarkable achievement considering in reality, she was quite a good-looking woman.
In addition to being friends, Vivian and Angela had indulged in lesbian sex when they first met. Then when Angela met Ralph and subsequently married him, Vivian was available for a "throuple" get-together. In fact, Vivian accompanied them on their honeymoon, and whenever Vivian visited them, they were sure to have some three-way sex. Naturally, when Angela accepted the invitation to the wedding, the foremost idea in her find was to take advantage of having sex in a strange land. Foreign nookie was definitely a turn-on for the sexually insatiable Angela Peterson.
After Angela was picked up at the airport, the three of them with their babies headed to the Läänemets' residence. Marika Läänemets had offered to baby-sit the babies for the three days as well as provide accommodation for Maarja. Since Hele Mölder, also a wedding guest, lived nearby she would be available to provide wet nursing service, as needed. Such offer was greatly appreciated and accepted. The three mothers had breast pumps with them and indicated they would provide their own supplies as feasibly as possible. Then, after each mother finished feeding their offspring, the three of them headed to the Schlössle Hotel. When they arrived at their suite, they settled in for their stay as they unpacked their luggage. They then duly dressed for dinner, to dine at a nearby restaurant which was highly recommended.
As they were eating heartily, Angela grilled Vivian as to all the circumstances of her whirlwind courtship and short engagement. At the end of Vivian's account, Angela quipped, "And here I thought I'd held the record for the shortest engagement ever. I mean the first time I set eyes on Ralph was in February, and we married on the third Saturday of August that year; so at least our anniversary dates won't clash. I seem to remember that you were shocked when I announced to you, my engagement. You went so far as to question the rashness of my decision to agree to marry, considering that I wasn't aware of the existence of my fiancé at the start of that calendar year. But here you are doing one better, in that you did not know of the existence of Eino at the start of June this year, and here you are getting married on Saturday. And you said he proposed to you on your third date. I think I had at least six dates before Ralph popped the question."
Vivian pointed out, "I really didn't have orthodox dates in the normal way dating is conducted. It really was just three consecutive nights of fucking."
Angela responded, "Well my six prior 'dates'* (*air quote) weren't exactly like traditional dates either. A couple of times Ralph did treat me beforehand to a dinner at a restaurant, but mostly he came to my apartment, or I went to his apartment, and we fucked like rabbits or minks, whichever metaphor applies best."
Erica sniffed and pointed out, "I may have the longest period between the time I first met my husband to the time we officially married. And my first two 'dates'* (*air quote) weren't exactly orthodox dates either. The first time was a group sex orgy, and we didn't meet again until four years later when he dined at the restaurant where I was employed as the general manager. He then came to my apartment which I was sharing with Vivian who luckily was absent for the evening. We fucked that night, and although we were not officially engaged, that we were going to marry was already a foregone conclusion in our minds. So there! I say I got you both beat."
Vivian and Angela together raised their hands in a surrender gesture, and proclaimed, "Whatever Erica!"
At this point, they had settled up the dinner tab, as Angela insisted on paying. Then she said, "Why don't we go to the bar at the hotel, and we can get wasted without worrying about getting home safely."
As the three of them were heavy drinkers compared to their female peers, the suggestion was met with enthusiastic acceptance. The bar was not overly large, which provided a quiet setting without any blaring loud music to spoil the intimate ambiance. There were spacious tables with comfortable chairs, allowing for easy conversation while imbibing alcoholic drinks. Angela settled for a scotch on the rocks, Erica went for a gin and tonic and Vivian was content with a vodka martini.
