Saturday

Although I often feel that there's not much in my life that's consistent (other than laundry, dishes and pet hair everywhere). Yet certain things seem to happen regularly. Today is a perfect example.

We don't usually have a lot of weekend plans. The kid's sports, errands, maybe a dinner or lunch with friends, and occasionally something fun to celebrate. But if there's two or things that are coming up, it seems to be that they all fall on the same day. I am posting this as I mentally go through my closet to figure out what I am going to wear to the Bar and Bat Mitzvah today. My friend's kids are becoming Jewish adults and I go to temple infrequently enough to enjoy going on special occasions. But of course the kids were invited to a birthday party for the son of another really good friend, so we're splitting up for the day. No big deal, but I'd love to do both. It's so typical.

And tomorrow is a graduation party for three of my first cousins - two are graduating college and one just become a dental hygienist. Not sure I spelled that right. I'm excited for all of them, and I love celebrating things with my mom's side of the family. But I had to say no to other a few other end of the year invitations I got - of course! - all for the exact same time of day.

And of course there are softball games on both days, one Halle won't be able to attend and one she'll make it to if we leave the party early. That comes as no surpise to anyone - due to all of the rain we've had, the make up games are scheduled during the most inconvenient times ever.

Another consistency in my life is that the universe can always tell if I've managed to save any money - and something goes wrong. My dad told me to keep the tuition reimbursement check from my school, yay! And I get two flat tires on the brand new van. That's always the way. There's a suspicious looking water stain in the bay window - probably from an ice dam this winter. I doubt it will be cheap to fix...

But I'm not complaining! Really. I am lucky to have a house, I am lucky to have family that invites us to parties along with friends whose kids invite my kids to their parties. I'm lucky to have kids healthy enough to play sports, and I'm lucky to have a closet full of clothes.. but I really have to go get dressed for temple.

Happy Weekend!