Congrats to me

Despite my whining, I have a fair number of people planning to attend my graduation. My inlaws, SIL, and her hubby are flying in tomorrow night. Other SIL, her hubby and kids are already in the area (he's an insurance guy and goes where disaster strikes), so they will be here. My aunt is coming in and attending with my uncle who lives in the area. DH went behind my back and invited my dad and grandparents. That led to a big fight, but my dad is coming and my grandparents are not. I don't know if my dad is coming of his own volition or because DH guilted him into it. My mom called and said that she wanted to come and that she would need us to pick her up from the airport and she wanted to say a few days. (Remember, this is the woman I barely speak to.) I told her that I really did not want her here, I thought that she only wanted to be here to keep up appearances in front of her family and my inlaws, and that my house was already full because my inlaws are staying here.

So, since most of these people are coming in from out of town, I sort of felt like we needed some sort of get-together besides the graduation. (And I was getting phone calls asking if we had anything planned.) We considered just going to dinner afterward, but my graduation is at 6:30 and it would get pretty late. So, we are having a lunch/party here before graduation.

I am a little irritated with DH because he has done nothing to plan this little event. So in addition to cleaning house today, I am ordering the food, making the shopping list, and ordering a cake. It just feels wrong to order your own graduation cake. I let him off the hook on Mother's Day telling him that all I wanted was to have portraits done of the girls. Has he booked that--no, he'll leave it to me. I don't think he realizes that relieving me of the planning and details is part of the gift. Nor does he realize that you can't wait until the last minute to do these things.

On top of all this (and probably the reason I sound so bitchy), I still feel like crap. I felt better the last two days, and then I woke again today full of snot. My body hurts and it's hard to breathe. Do you feel sorry for me yet? Yes I am a big baby.