1. “Save the Date!” proclaimed the professionally-produced card that was mailed to me. It still hangs on my refrigerator, even though the event allegedly happened almost three months ago. Did the event happen? Or was I high enough on the B-list to get a Save the Date card but did not eventually qualify for an invitation. I kind of wish that I knew enough about what might or might not have happened so that I could send a card, if appropriate. I have seen no photographs on Facebook. Really I don’t mind not having to give up a weekend to travel to a social event, but I also do want to know if everyone is OK.

  2. I am terrible at social events. Several months ago there was another social event. I was clearly invited. I even RSVP’d. I put it on my calendar. And then I forgot to go. And that is too bad because I expect that there would have been people there who I would have liked to meet.

  3. A significant number of weeks ago (maybe by now it is better measured in months?), one of my colleagues ran into someone who I used to work for. This is not entirely a coincidence because this connection is primarily responsible for me having the job that I have now. The people from my past told my colleague that they are having some sort of fancy to-do sometime in June, and everyone should be there! All the people from my past should go; it will be like old times. We will worship the Sun God and re-enact old rituals. Or something like that. More of June is in the past than is in the future. Did this thing already happen in June? Will it happen in June? The internet suggests that this event is happening on Saturday. A terrible book that came out during my senior year of college said, “Don’t Accept a Saturday Night Date after Wednesday.” It’s currently Wednesday. Do The Rules apply for quasi-professional events? Do The Rules still apply 23 years after the publication of the book? Am I even invited? I suspect that my line in the sand is parking: If they invite me and if I have to pay to park, then I am not going.