Mirrorball

I'm seriously thinking about Saturday and how it will all work out. The people for the Talent Showdown phoned me this morning and just confirmed everything. I'm supposed to be there at 7:00, and the actual performances start at 8:00 and run to about 10:00. I don't know if I have to stay for the entire thing or not, but I get the feeling I do. I also don't know the time that I'm going to be on, I think they'll tell us all when we're actually there.

I thought about it... okay, worst case scenario is this: I finish at 10:00. Depending on whether or not my mom will be there to help transport my keyboard, let's just say she isn't there. Bekki and I will have to carry it either back to my house or back to her apartment, which will probably take about a half hour, depending on how fast/slow we move (it's really heavy) (10:30). Let's say we move it to her place; it will take me about 20-ish minutes to get home (10:50) and about 10 minutes to get everything I need and then get ready (11:00) From my house, it'll probably take me half an hour to get to Chelsea's house (it's late, so there will be less people) (11:30) I still have to walk up the seven blocks to her house, which won't take that long, but since I'm carrying stuff, maybe a bit longer; let's say another 10 minutes. (11:10) I don't know when y'all are planning on going to bed (or in Ann's fantasy, not going to bed at all would be funny) but say we went to bed at... 1:00. So that's about 2 hours of doing birthday stuff with Lily and people.

Next morning: I don't know when we're going to get kicked out, but I'm teaching piano at 12:00, so I should leave at around 11:15 (buses run less frequently on Sundays), which means I should get up at 10:30 -ish by the latest.

Okay, so when I thought about all of this, I wondered, "Well, because it seems to me that I'm already skipping out on the potluck, possibly the present openings, and other things, leaving early-ish (well, not really) the next morning... is it worth running around like a crazy fox that night? Don't get me wrong, i really, really, want to hang out with you guys and especially celebrate Lily's birthday, but I just feel like I'll have missed out on so many things already.

How about having a second birthday party? And another sleepover? I thought we all agreed August was the best time to do things, what with people finishing school. I don't know... can i get your thoughts on things?

~~Aaron