Lesson #1: Makeup, Lockpicking & Hot Wiring (yes, that's right)

I am always prepared. On the day of a wedding I am up way earlier than I need to be, my hair and makeup are done, my car is packed. This changed after a wedding one hot summer day in 2008. It was a beautiful Saturday morning, everything was going as planned per my 4 page detailed timeline. This wedding didn't start until 5pm and we were running right on schedule. The ceremony and reception site were about 1/2 mile from each other and the reception site was open to the public until 5pm - which meant that myself and my assistant were on foot between the two sites during setup because driving a car would mean that I would have to be extra careful watching out for pedestrians!!
As the clock neared 3pm I anxiously waited for my rental trucks to arrive. At one minute after their scheduled delivery time, I began calling the after hours emergency line to find out where my trucks were. While waiting for a call back, I begin jogging around the venue searching for these trucks - this is not a small venue by the way (but what planner doesn't like to burn a few extra calories?). My phone rings, the after hours manager tells me that his drivers have arrived - dispatch has talked to them via radio about 20 minutes ago. They do not have cell phones. It is now 3:20 pm. 200 guests are due to arrive at 4:30pm. We finally find the trucks, they are 1/4 mile away from the ceremony site, parked down a side street that is blocked of and they are locked with no drivers in sight. I know they are locked because I tried to get into the cabs of each truck. Planners this is why I think we should all unite and get a lock-picking conference planned! Had I been able to get into the cab I would have needed to hot-wire the vehicle - planners, again I say a class would be great! Since I couldn't do this, I started yanking on the padlocks on the backs of the trucks. As luck would have it (at 3:45pm) the 3rd lock was not closed all they way. I and my assistant along with the florist and her assistant got 200 chairs off-loaded in increments of 25 (this is all that would fit in my SUV at one time) and driven over to the ceremony location. We would jump out of the car and then throw the chairs onto the lawn and drive back for more (7 times more to be exact). Thanks to the great bar staff that was setting up for post ceremony cocktails outside we had all 200 chairs setup by 425pm. It was 92 degrees that Saturday afternoon and I was literally drenched in sweat. My makeup had run completely off of my face. I no longer put my makeup on until after setup is complete. I actually build 10 minutes into every timeline for my makeup and hair. Planners what do you do for your hair and makeup?