I know I’ve been AWOL from the blogging world for a bit, one of the main reasons is that I have a family reunion coming up in July. The thing about this reunion that is different from other reunions is that it’s going to be for both my mom and my dad’s side of the family. The way this happened is that after their initial reunions both families decided that the next one should be held here in Vegas, and since my family is the only one that lives here it fell on us - when I say us, I mean mostly me to plan the event. If you know me at all you know that I’m not a great planner and I hate to do anything like this. I guess the main reason I hate this sort of stuff is because a part of me feels like I may fail at it - it’s like what if I plan this whole huge event and then no one shows up. I fear that the night of the main dinner I’ll end up sitting in a huge banquet room with my friends Dave, Tamika, my mom, dad, sister, brother and their families and the banquet organizer who will look at me and think, “Wow, nobody showed up for his reunion. It must suck not to be loved by your own family.”

He may even come up to me and say, “This is really awkward, and I feel bad for you since no one showed up for your reunion - I really do, but you will still have to pay for all this food.”

I’ll respond with a dazed, confused look on my face, “just wrap it up. I’ll eat it for lunch.”

“Sir, you know this is enough food for 100 to 150 people?”

I’ll take another swallow from my drink and say, “I’ll eat that for the rest of the week.” I’ll point to my drink, “keep these coming until I pass out or the tab reaches the minimum five hundred dollar mark we need to reach so there won’t be an additional fee.”

“Sir, you know you’re drinking straight Dr. Pepper. It’s highly unlikely that you’ll pass out drinking Dr. Pepper.”

“Just thinking of drinking five hundred dollars worth of Dr. Pepper makes me want to pass out.”

Ok, ok I know it’s unlikely that things will turn out that way, especially since some people already have told me they were going to come, but I still worry - what will I do if no one shows up?