I'm sorry I skipped blogging yesterday! Just too much going on.
Today I took the girls to get their nails done and felt downright nauseous afterward. I was convinced I was coming down with the dreaded stomach bug just in time for our big weekend, but I feel fine now, so I think it was just the toxic fumes in the salon.
Later we had our "walk through" with the rabbi, or as he describes it, "a very important meeting about very unimportant stuff." He says that everyone gets very worked up about where they'll stand, and who will say or do what, and they get so preoccupied with these meaningless details that they forget the big picture. He said, "It doesn't really matter who stands where, but I find that if I give all these guidelines, people relax and are able to focus on the what is really important." So we did. And it was very calming and exciting at the same time.
I told Andy that if I could look into a crystal ball and see that nothing really awful happened (like one of us does indeed get the dreaded stomach bug, or my parents' flight gets canceled, or something else big), I really wouldn't worry anymore. Well, maybe just a little.
Mazel Tov Karen. We're supposed to go to Baltimore for my nephew's BM this weekend and we may miss it because of the blizzard headed there. Be VERY thankful that you won't have to deal with that! Enjoy!
Posted by: Margie | February 04, 2010 at 10:48 PM
Mazel tov, Karen! It's such a proud and emotional time, watching your child take his or her place in the chain of Jewish tradition. Enjoy every moment!!!
Lisa Adler Goldstein
Posted by: Lisa Goldstein | February 04, 2010 at 11:13 PM
How lucky you are to have the rabbi you have, instead of, say, the rabbis in "A Serious Man."
Mazel tov all around!
Posted by: Nancy | February 05, 2010 at 12:46 AM
I am so excited for you all. Arinn's Bat Mitzvah was three weeks ago and it was fantastic. I'm still feeling wonderful from it! I hope your whole weekend is super. Remember, you get to a point where you just have to let go and enjoy. Mazel tov!
Posted by: karen polinsky | February 05, 2010 at 03:12 AM
Karen, it will be wonderful. Steph will shine and you will be so overflowing with pride that there won't be room for much else. Mazel tov!!
Posted by: Mir | February 05, 2010 at 06:23 AM
Good luck!!!!! I can't believe it is here.
BTW, for my BM, my younger brother woke up feeling ill on the day of MY BM. My mom told him he was nervous (I don't know about what, but whatever). Well, turns out the next day he was feeling worse - he had chicken pox . . . . the good thing was that only ONE person at my BM got Chicken Pox 3 weeks later. . . . ME! I had over 300 of them, but the BIG day was part of the past, and no one else got them.
Good luck to Steph.
Will you post a photo or two next week?
Posted by: Stephanie | February 05, 2010 at 08:15 AM
Congratulations & good luck! I can't believe the big day is finally (almost) here!
Posted by: Elena | February 05, 2010 at 08:27 AM
Mazel Tov, Karen -- to you and Steph and the whole family. What a happy milestone. Enjoy!
Posted by: Sandy | February 05, 2010 at 08:27 AM
Mazel Tov! Look forward to your next blog posting to hear how it went!
Posted by: Rachel K | February 05, 2010 at 09:01 AM
And I was looking forward to hearing about the great ice storm of 2010! It looks like you dodged that bullet - Yay!
Posted by: kate | February 05, 2010 at 12:01 PM
Seems like yesterday you were given the date—two years out! And now it's here! Enjoy yourselves!
Posted by: Tonya | February 05, 2010 at 01:53 PM
I hope it all goes swimmingly. I'll be at one myself, next weekend, for my son's good pal Abby. Her mom seems quite serene about all the hoopla, but perhaps that's just an act.
Posted by: Wendy | February 05, 2010 at 05:52 PM
Much, much mazal to you and Andy for reaching this amazing milestone in your parenting journey. Try to enjoy every moment!!!
Posted by: Rivster | February 05, 2010 at 06:02 PM
Mazel tov, Karen... it will be a wonderful day.
Posted by: Sheila | February 05, 2010 at 06:52 PM
Hooray for Steph and for all of you. Have a great time.
Posted by: nina | February 05, 2010 at 08:07 PM