To Party Or Not To Party

     I have never liked hosting parties. You put all sorts of effort into planning, inviting people, cleaning house, making food and all the other stuff that goes with giving a party. Then on the day of the party you sit and wait for guest to arrive, this is the part I hate the most. There are always those few friends that you know, if they said they would be there, will be there barring exceptional circumstances. But with the rest of the guest you’re left sitting there thinking will they arrive and what if they don’t, how should you feel about that… I have had way too many experiences of people not showing up, so much in fact that I rarely bother to throw parties anymore. In recent years I have limited the parties I have hosted to birthday parties for my daughter, people are usually a little bit more consistent when RSVPing and showing up to a child’s party.

     I was recently convinced to be break my general rule against hosting parties, my sister recently became a Pure Romance consultant and I agreed to host her first party. So I set about planning, inviting, and generally preparing. I went around talking to people and seemed to have a good amount of interest. Going into the weekend I was hopeful and being hopeful I set about baking brownies and cakes. I bought cookies, wine, and fruit in anticipation. I was expecting around ten people what I got was three. Normally I would have let this depress me and prevent me from enjoying myself; however, this time I had prepared myself and I was determined to have a good time no matter what happened. And that’s exactly what I did, in the end it didn’t matter that only three guest came because I didn’t let it bother me. My sister gave a great presentation and we all just had fun with it, it turns out that the people who didn’t come were the ones who lost out not me. Does this mean I am chomping at the bit to have another party…no not really but I find I am also not as opposed to the idea.

     Which is probably a good thing because my daughter’s 3rd birthday is coming up.