OMG WTF!!!! 51 people are coming to my house on Saturday? Holy heck. What have I done to myself? Cripes Cripes Cripes!
Or it could be 80? 16 people haven’t RSVP’d yet. With partners and kids, that could be like another 45!
Except it probably won’t be. Because the laws of invitation go like this:
Of the total number of guests invited, 50% will respond yes.
Of those who said yes, 70% will actually show up. Possibly less if it rains that day.
If this year goes as every other year has gone. I’ll probably make 20-25 lbs of potatoes into latkes. I may or may not actually purchase and hang any sort of decorations. Who has time??? And with a toddler? Oy.
Don’t panic.
Breathe in, breathe out. Repeat. Keep repeating.
And you can soooo do this. And it will be fun. Really.
And if things don’t go quite right, well, then you’ll have stories to share
Not to worry. I expect you’ve done this before and it came off okay.
Meantime, I’m a retired cafeteria manager and feeding fifty or a hundred people is no big deal.
Email me the details and I will be glad to figure quantities and make suggestions. You need to remember two things:
First, they aren’t paying for it, you are. So anything they get (or don’t) is no skin off their noses.
Second, when the event is over, if there is nothing left, that doesn’t mean you failed. It means you planned correctly not to waste a bunch of stuff. (Of course you don’t want to run out in the middle of the event, but that’s not a problem if you have Plan B for one or two items that can be tossed together at a moments notice and won’t spoil if not used until another occasion.
See? It’s easier already.
John Ballard’s last blog post..Dr. Ann Dunham (1942-1995)
All I could think reading this was that YAY – I’m not a total loser! Other people have parties where everyone doesn’t attend too!!
Good luck:)
eva’s last blog post..MINE!