I'm asking this because I found myself in an bad spot Monday night. My daughter is almost three and goes to a little preschool thing each day. They were to have a Valentine's Day party on Tuesday, for which I was to bring fruit, etc. Her teacher included a list of all the children and teachers names, which probably should've been my first clue, but I had nothing to base this on.
So, at 9:30 pm, I'm on the phone with my sister-in-law who asks what kind of cards Katie picked out for her classmates. I said, "Huh?" Cards? Cchhwwhhaatt? She then explained the whole ritual to me, of which I had been oblivious as I was always whisked out of classrooms at this point as a child. Holy cripes, I was up 'til 1am with my scrapbooking stuff, making 36 cards out of construction paper, glue and stickers. I was exhausted Tuesday, but quite pleased that I didn't let the JW's get the best of me! Unfortunately, my daughter then puked all over the floor five minutes into her party and had to go home early, but dang it! She had the best looking Valentines Cards! :-)
The point is, I constantly seem to find myself disenchanted or just plain forgetful of significant holidays throughout the year. My husband totally gets annoyed with me as he's a Christmas (raised Catholic) junky, but I don't know how to explain this to him, and other relatives of whom obviously unintentionally dissed over the years. My sister-in-law says I'm hopeless. Has anyone else experienced this? What do you tell your friends or relatives?
Thanks in advance!