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!