If You Were Not Invited

Posted: September 16, 2013 | Author: | Filed under: Diet- comedy | Tags: | Leave a comment

Today I had lunch with my friend Amy.  Amy used to be my workout partner until her work life got too crazy.  Today was a belated celebration for her birthday but we spent an extra long time lingering over lunch to catch each other up since we don’t have those workout talks anymore.

Amy has two girls just younger than Carter so we are always comparing the stages we are dealing with.  I loved something that Amy said today, “I’m tired of kids who want to be invited to something, but don’t want to enjoy it when they get there.”

She was talking about adolescents who are often dealing with personal insecurities and trouble with expectations, but the more I thought about her peeve the more I thought how many adults that also applies to.  So many times I hear about people who want to be in a certain club or organization, but once then get in they do not actually participate.

I know a person who is constantly questioning people about what their weekend plans are to find out if she is not invited to things.  When I ask her what her plans are, she is always fully booked so why would she care what else is going on, she could not attend anyway?

No matter your age, if you want to be included you need to be nice, be active, be thankful and reciprocate.  Sitting around moping that you are excluded is a waste of your life.  Plan your own fun and invite others.  Most parties don’t have an unlimited amount of people they can hold and lines are drawn for various reason, but usually it is not to purposely exclude you!

Those kids who don’t think much of a party they were dying to get invited to need to try and throw a party.  It is not the host’s sole responsibility to ensure your happiness.  The guest has to put a little into trying to enjoy the gift they were given by being invited.  As the song goes, “Don’t worry, be happy.”

May, The Busiest Month

Posted: May 1, 2013 | Author: | Filed under: Diet- comedy | Tags: , | Leave a comment

 

December used to be the most jammed packed month of the year, but sometime after I had Carter May took over as the craziest month.  Actually, before I had Carter May was a big month for me since it is my birthday and wedding anniversary month.  Mother’s day was always in May, but when Carter came along it changed from a month I do something for my mother to a month that something was being done for me too.

 

So far all those events are mostly celebrations for me which makes May a horrible month for my husband.  But now let’s add my father’s birthday and Memorial Day, made even bigger by our club’s new pool opening and the calendar is getting fairly full.

 

Now throw in the end of year stuff at school.  The parties for teachers, the thank you gifts, end of term performances, appreciation lunches, final exams and this year we have 8th grade graduation and the celebrations that goes with that.

 

May Garden Club dinner party, and Derby Day Parties, going away parties for friends who are moving.  The amount of celebrating makes Christmas seem like a regular ‘ole time of year.  The worst part about this all is that most of these events involve eating of some kind.  How in the world am I going to survive May?  Perhaps with so many parties already on the books I could change my whole eating plan to just eat at parties and skip eating altogether between them.