It's a Taco night.

Every so often I have this desire to throw a party… well not really a party, if you put dinner before it, and make it less stuffy, and invite people, and family, that is what I like throwing. So I guess it’s… let’s call it supper with people who are not strangers.

One talent I have is I schedule these suppers at bad times. Last year I scheduled one and I must have not given enough notice because no one could come, So I switched it to this day, then to that day, and moved it over here, tried to fit it in there, and surprise, surprise, all I did was confuse people.

This year, I picked out a day in May, about two thirds of the way down. I saw Memorial Day was the following week, but my supper was the previous week, on the Saturday. Memorial Day, it was in the next week, you know two days away. I didn’t think about it too much.I sent out my invitations. Nastia answered first, a rousing “I’m down”.When it comes to Nastia, and tacos, she’ll come. Kristen to my surprise replied the next day with, “I think I can make it.” Things were looking good at that point.

A few days later Karl points out that it is Memorial Day Weekend, and he has plans. And a couple of days later, Kristen texts again saying,’I didn’t know it was Memorial Day, it’s a crazy time at work, I won’t be able to make it. After that, nothing. I went around for the next several weeks telling anyone I talked to about the taco supper, “Well, it’s Nastia, and I so far. If you want to join us, there'll be three.” Dinner on Saturday is at 6PM. Eventually Eric, Lynn, Billy, and Denis show up for tacos. Billy, and Denis must be adopted because they do not eat tacos, but they stayed and socialized. Elena, and Sean both come after work. Nastia helps me prepare the food, and the whole night is one of those nights you have to sit back, and take in to remember how good the good times can be.