Party Time!

I used to laugh at people like me. I used to think that I would never be one of those people who let their kids all encompass and define them. And now, low and behold, I’ve become exactly that!

When friends ask what’s new, my answer has been that I’ve been planning my kids’ party. How could I have such a small life that a topic that should be as small as my almost four and two year olds, are instead larger than life. Perhaps I could attribute it to the fact that I’m anal retentive and over the top. Or perhaps somewhere around the time that I abandoned my career for mommyhood I lost all sense of normalcy and became totally and utterly engulfed in a world of children. Whatever it is, I may need some serious help.

It doesn’t help that I have taken on my first ever party at my own house. I have wanted to live in a place where I could entertain a party of this nature. But now that I do, I find myself in a sea of details. In some ways, I love it. I really do love entertaining. And clearly if I wanted an easy party, I could find ways of downgrading it to be less overwhelming. If you have ever read my blog or know me well, you probably know that that is clearly not my style. So instead I will find a way to make this stressful and exciting all rolled up in one.

Recently I have been under the weather and my doctor suggested I take some time off from the gym. The result of this is excess steam that seems to be channeled through planning this party. Maybe if I could kick some butt in kickboxing or run a couple of miles on the treadmill, I could lose some of this obsession. However, the extra time on my hands allows for me to run all the errands I could possibly dream of. Someone take the credit card away from me!

The jist of it is that I do like this. As much as I let it become overwhelming or too much, as much as my life is rather small being mostly wrapped up in my kids, and as much as I should be focusing on a variety of other things…I’m not. And frankly I feel like it could be worse…right?