Distractions

Fancy a big house / Some kids and a horse/I can not quite, but nearly /Guarantee, a divorce- Zero7 "Distractions"

So, I come home today and find a wedding invitation in my mailbox. No, not just any wedding, but I wedding I can absolutely, positively, NOT get behind. Did you read the song lyric? That's how I feel. And before you even go there let me assure you that it is not because of my somewhat severe commitment phobia.

So, what is a girl to do? Jules says I should keep my mouth shut and go, but I don't want to (not to mention the fact that I have not really had alot of interaction with these folks in a year). Also, the wedding is on a Friday afternoon, which poses a whole new set of challenges.

Please don't get me wrong, I am not asking whether or not you think it is OK for me to skip the wedding. I am asking for viable excuses I can give for not attending, since I am guessing saying something like, "a Friday night wedding really does not jive with my usual plans of chinese food and Battlestar Galactica", won't go over too well. Then again, neither does "you have absolutely no business getting married"; which is what I want to say (after the McDreamy fiasco of 1999 I have taken on a campaign of brutal honesty......sometimes folks tell me I am being too honest and I need to tone it down).

What I am reading: The FAPE (Free Appropriate Education) laws. It is ON and POPPING between me and my school district and it just got really nasty.
What I am listening to: Rick James. Nothing motivates like the train wreck that was Rick James. Also, for many years I thought that the song Mary Jane was about Rick being in love with a girl named Mary Jane and today I found out that it was......not (de ja vu to "Passage to Bangkok"...sometimes I am so naive. I need to start thinking out of the box).