Not All Ladies Who Lunch

Yes, third day in a row, third lunch out with the ladies. Today was a group of friends who all have a new college freshman. Well, that was the rouse. It was actually a surprise birthday lunch for our friend Lynn, whose actual birthday is Tuesday.  
All but one of these friends had our kids start Pre-k together so it is quite momentous that we got them all off to college. As my friend Anne calls me, the perpetual room mother, it is my job to get us together regularly, and we did want to hear how everyone’s kid was doing.  
The mothers of freshman lunch was the perfect cover to surprise Lynn. Of course I should have told her about it , because she was twenty minutes late because she was at work at Pure Barre checking people in. Oh, those crazy workout girls!
It was a lovely lunch on the absolutely most perfect day. Before you think all I do is go to lunch with friends let me tell you what the second half of my day was about. I got a call this morning from a friend of a friend who wanted me to make three meals for a co-worker in Cary who had surgery. Since this friend lives in Boston and had no other local contacts, I could not say no.  
So after lunch I went grocery shopping and picked up the ingredients for three meals and two homemade snacks. Thankfully the co-workers wife, who called me after I had shopped liked the menu I had designed. I spent the afternoon and evening cooking two thirds of the items. Tomorrow morning I will get up and finish the others and deliver the food to Cary.
I had planned all these ladies lunches for this week so that I would be busy in these first few weeks of Carter being gone. Everyone said, “Have a full calendar so you don’t have time to miss your child.” Well, this is insane. I am more busy with her gone than I ever was with her home. I can’t keep up this pace or I am going to wear myself out.  
I guess I should give up anything that resembles work and just go out to lunch with friends. That certainly is the highlight of everyday.