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OK, I'll admit it. Abby is having her birthday party on Saturday and I am exhausted thinking about it. Ten 6 and 7 year-old's running, screaming, swimming.  Just how every parent wants to spend a Saturday afternoon right?  I suppose that make me a terrible mommy for even beginning to complain but let's be real here.  Parties are a lot of work. 

Here is my checklist of things that need to be done:

1.     Fix the pool sweep.  Of course this happens 10 days before the party.  If you see my husband looking dazed, it's because I have nagged him to death for several days about this.  It still isn't fixed and there was something said about calling someone out to blow something out of something.  OK, don't panic.  It will get fixed before Saturday, right?

2.     Dust off the patio.  We've been using the patio quite a lot recently but I haven't bothered to really clean it off.  No doubt, I walked around Saturday evening with cobb webs on the back of my shorts as I lounged this past weekend on my undusted chaise.  In my defense, I'm training for a marathon and had run 20 miles on Saturday.  Dusting no, napping yes!

3.     Bake cupcakes.  I'm not a baker nor do I pretend to be but cupcakes seemed a natural for the party so I committed to Abby that I'd make them.  The request is white cake with chocolate icing.  Seems doable right?  That's before I remembered we have dinner with a friend that night and softball in the morning.  So, I'm guessing that I'll be up until well past my bedtime dealing with this.

4.     Goody bags.  I have nothing witty to say about these.  I hate them.  Does that make me a bad mom?  It is another money drain plus most of what gets put into them is junk that gets lost within the first day of ownership. 

5.     Food.  What the heck am I going to feed this bottomless pits?  Pizza, PB&J, hot dogs?  Probably Pizza.  Seems easy and less work for me and that's what it's all about right?

Well, I've got my list, which in theory should decrease my stress but in reality increases it.  And after looking at the calendar, I forgot that we have a 9:30 softball game Saturday morning which will get us home 30 minutes before party time.  Yikes, this is going to be a challenge.

Note to self: Go to Chuck E. Cheese next year so I don't have to clean my house.