“Saturday should work.”

You’ll probably power through even if you can barely lift your head off the pillow Saturday morning.

“Can I let you know later in the week? I may have to work.”

You know you don’t have work that day, but you’ll need an out if your lupus symptoms are bothering you.

“What invitation?”

You don’t get invited out anymore because you’ve had to cancel plans at the last minute so many times due to lupus.

“That sounds great! See you at noon on Saturday.”

Lupus doesn’t even enter your mind before you answer.