St. Patty's Day Dinner

Well, here we go. Tonight we're going to my husband's first big charity dinner for work. Some sort of fund raiser for St. Patrick's day. I'm a bit nervous. I've never been to one of these events before, and although my dad is a professor, and would often take us to dress up type gatherings, it has been so long that I can't possibly imagine what I should wear. . . especially when they put 'casual' dress on the invite. What does casual dress mean anyway, with relation to a semi-fancy-shmancy benefit dinner?! Is it business casual? Khakis and high end blouses? Is it make up and skirts? I can't see myself showing up in jeans. . . even if the atmosphere is sort of toned down, and they are brand new. . . Hmm. What to do. . . plus I'm leaving the baby with someone besides a family member for the first time ever! And she's a great girl, but she lives on a busy street. What am I to do?! Sniffle sob. Where's that blinking Prozac? : ) Just kidding. Sigh. I always get nervous when we leave the kids. I suppose there's a point at which this gets easier, say when they're 15 and you can't stand them anyway. . . Hee hee chuckle. . Well, we'll see how it goes. Should be great fun driving downtown in rush hour traffic. . . A small joke. Most everyone will be going the other way. Anyway, here we go. We'll let you know how it turns out. I have one small request: All you mommies out there, please shlep down a diet Coke and say a prayer for me. : ) Many thanks.