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This weekend starts two straight months that I have somewhere to be or something big to do EVERY WEEKEND. I am going out of state almost every weekend for various family obligations. Weddings, birthdays, hey-we’re-going-to-be-in-town-for-the-first-time-in-a-year visits, several reunions, etc.
*sigh*
Now, I don’t mean to complain. I am glad we are able to go to all these things now that we live close enough, but really, EVERY WEEKEND?!?!?! ARGH! I am trying not to stress out about it. But I am exhausted just thinking about it. Having to be everywhere at certain times and days and not having any time to relax is not a good combination. Besides, it’ll be just too much time with the in-laws!
I am really looking forward to one event – a family member’s wedding. There is just one little glitch: we got the invite this week and there isn’t anything I’m going to be able to eat at the reception (not that I was expecting there to be, but I was kinda hoping a little tiny teeny bit that I would be able to eat something…) We get to chose from a standard beef, chicken, and fish dish – none of which I can eat (red meat’s out in general, the chicken is cheesy and the fish is stuffed with mystery ingredients). I can’t eat anything on the kids menu either (it’s fried and cheesy…) So I am going to have to eat before the wedding and hope there are rolls or something I can swipe during lunch. At least I think it’s lunch. It’s a early afternoon wedding, so I guess I assume it will be a little bit of a late lunch and not a dinner. eh, that will really be a problem if it’s dinner. argh! How exactly do I go about eating without causing any trouble? I don’t want to draw any attention to the fact that I can’t eat the food. Do I not even order a dish? It seems wasteful to me to have them pay for something when I know before hand that I can’t eat it. But would it be worse to be the only person at the table to not have a meal in front of them?? And I don’t want to make my family member feel bad either. argh! At least it is an excuse to go shopping for a new dress. I’ll even get to buy it a size smaller (yay point counting!!). I can’t wait to go shopping! 
There’s a big party up north that I’ll be missing today. While my Hubby and the Kid are eating yummy BBQ, swimming and playing in the sun, I’ll be laying here on my couch trying not to feel sorry for myself. *sniffle*
I know when not to travel. I know the signs and when I ignore them I get stuck like I was last time we went north. I don’t feel like repeating that 3 hour nightmare trip so this weekend I’m not ignoring it and I know I’ll have a better weekend because of it.
But it really sucked watching them drive away.
