Why should I feel bad?

I ask this question today because I realized over the weekend that our calendar has started to fill up again as it normally does after a nice couple of weekends with nothing. I enjoy the invites, and plans - getting together with family and friends. It is exciting, and gives us something to look forward to in the coming months. It is about this time, that some of the plans begin to overlap on the calendar and it is hard to try to figure out which to do.

I always try to compromise and do both - however, I know that that is not always possible. We all know that we have plans/commitments in which one is more important / or higher on the priority list than the other. That is the one that usually takes the cake. The one that gets the most time in the compromise, or wins out totally.

Before I go any further, let me preface this post by saying that I am very blessed! I am not complaining that our calendar is filled, but that there is not enough time in the day to do it all, and that we can't please everyone. It is unfortunate, but it is reality.

And this is why I end up feeling bad - because I cannot please everybody. And trust me, I want to... But again, it is not realistic and I need to come to terms with that. I have had to decline invites and rearrange plans on MANY occasions due to conflicts, location, or other personal reasons - but I have had to do this with many of my friends and family.

I am an equal opportunity decliner people!

It is nothing personal, it is just how our life goes. And sometimes that means missing something I really wanted to do just because we already had something on the calendar for that day.

Yes, again I say it, it is unfortunate but it is reality.

And I shouldn't feel bad, and I shouldn't be made to feel bad! Because the truth is, I am trying - I know I could do better with juggling the plans and distributing them evenly - and I am trying. But don't judge and don't make me feel bad! I cannot manufacture time (believe me, if I could I would!!).

I am looking forward to a few free weekends after I get home from Virginia ... Oh wait, just got the mail...