disappointment
November 25th, 2006 by Liss
I was really hoping that for Abby’s first birthday party, we would actually have the whole family in one place. For a good while, I thought that it would happen - I’d changed the party time to accommodate half of the family, and had strong promises from everyone that they’d be there. Until yesterday, it was all going to work.
Then I got the phone call from my sister-in-law letting me know that she, my brother and their three kids weren’t going to make it. For once, though, I figure that their reason is good enough. My niece - who turns four years old on Monday - has the chicken pox. She really feels miserable, and the risk of Abby getting it at her age is just a little too high for anyone’s comfort, even though the contagious period has probably passed.
With three birthdays in two days - my nephew will be five on Monday when his sister turns four, and Abby’s birthday on Tuesday - the last week of November is always going to be a slightly crazy time in our family. We’ll just have to delay that craziness a week or two until everyone is feeling better!