Problem: Article: Lilacs, tulips, forsythia, or small succulents are inexpensive options and will make cute invitations. Use card stock to write the party details (time, location, date), then attach it to the flowers with some twine.  Depending on how often you see your guests, you may need to plan ahead and start handing out invitations a few weeks ahead of time to make sure you have enough time to see everybody. If you can’t hand-deliver the invitations, that is okay! You could always make invitations on floral-themed paper and mail them out to everyone instead. Or, to keep things really simple, just send a text to everyone to let them know the details. It can be as detailed or a simple as you’d like. You can use your own yard if that is accessible to you, or you could plan to have the party at a local park. Have a tablecloth or blanket to put the food on, and ask friends to bring blankets or chairs to sit on. If you have to be indoors, brighten the space with fresh flowers. Clear away all the clutter you can, open the blinds to let in any natural sunlight, and enjoy spending time with your friends. Use your slow cooker to let the buns bake overnight, and then host a morning May Day brunch with the buns, coffee, tea, and fresh fruit. Or, if your gathering is later in the day, they’ll make a nice afternoon treat, too. Of course, if you don’t want to bake your own sticky buns, you could stop at a bakery to pick some up, too. Make snacks that will be easy to carry outside and that travel well, especially if you’re planning on having a picnic. Cut up several different kinds of cheese, like cheddar, brie, and gouda, and pair them with crackers. Cut up fresh vegetables and serve them with homemade dips. Fresh fruit, muffins, bread, olives, and pickles also make great May Day snacks. Use a hand press or an electric juicer to juice 2 to 4 oranges for each cup of juice you’d like to make. Serve the juice in cute glasses with decorative straws for an extra festive touch. For mimosas, fill a glass 1/4 to 1/2 way full of champagne. Top off the rest of the glass with fresh juice. Add some blueberries or diced strawberries to the glass for a fun garnish.  If you have other fruits and an electric juicer, don’t hesitate to mix and match different flavors. Strawberry, banana, pineapple, and other fruits mix with orange juice to make delicious fruity beverages. You could also create a mimosa bar. Provide different kinds of juices, several bottles of champagne, and lots of fresh fruit so people can mix their own favorite drink. Decorate a Maypole, braid flower crowns, paint, make May Day baskets, go shopping for flowers and then plant them, or think up something else that you think everyone would like to do. Even if you just spend time together outdoors and play games, that is a great way to celebrate the holiday. If you’re feeling lost and want some input, ask your friends what kinds of activities they’d be interested in. They probably have some great ideas!
Summary: Make invitations, attach flowers to them, and hand-deliver them. Host your friends outdoors if the weather is nice. Make overnight sticky buns for a sweet and crunchy treat. Prepare easy snacks, like cheese and crackers and veggies and dips. Serve fresh beverages like orange juice or mimosas. Plan a few festive activities for your guests to enjoy.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: There is some evidence that soft and soothing sounds or music played quietly in the background can help you to get to sleep and ease you towards more peaceful dreams. Be sure that anything you play is quiet and calming, such as the sound of gentle ocean waves.  If you find soft music helps you get to sleep more peacefully, you can set your music player to go off after around half an hour.  Noises and sounds can disrupt your sleep too. Wear ear plugs if you are disturbed at night by sound. There is some evidence to suggest that the position you sleep in can have an impact on how you sleep and the kind of dreams you have. The most important thing is to be relaxed and comfortable, but try to be aware of the position you fall asleep and wake up in. You can try to alter this and see if it helps you have nice dreams and avoid nightmares.  Sleeping on your right side is associated with more pleasant and relaxing dreams. Sleeping on your left side is thought to be connected with strange dreams and nightmares. Sleeping on your stomach may promote more erotic dreams. Research has shown that there is a link between depression and frequently disturbed sleep and nightmares. Nightmares may be closely connected to how we feel about ourselves and our lives. One way to try to address them is to think more about your life and try to improve your mental and physical health.  A negative attitude towards yourself may increase your susceptibility to nightmares.  Try to think more positively about yourself, especially just before you go to bed.  Relaxation techniques, such as meditation and deep breathing may help. Nightmares are often thought to reflect stressful and fearful experiences in life. An emotionally difficult event, or a trauma of any kind, may return in a dream.  If you have a recurring nightmare that you think is related to something you have experienced, you need to take steps to address the traumatic event in order to work through it.  You can talk to a therapist about the event to try and understand it more clearly. If you have a recurring nightmare, spend some time trying to write a new and positive or neutral ending for the dream. Each night before you go to bed try to re-imagine and visualise the dream in your head with this new positive ending. Occasionally everybody has difficulty sleeping and experiences nightmares that disrupt their sleep. If you often have difficulty sleeping, and it is having an impact on your life and what you can do during the day, you should make an appointment to talk to your doctor. The same applies for frequent disturbing nightmares. Talk to your doctor if:  You or your child have nightmares that recur often and persist over time. The nightmares regularly disrupt sleep or cause a fear of going to sleep. They cause daytime behaviour problems.

SUMMARY: Play soothing sounds in the background. Alter your sleeping position. Address other causative issues. Deal with traumatic experiences. Know when to talk to a doctor.

In one sentence, describe what the following article is about: Your body needs water to kick-start the healing process. As you are recovering from a chafing wound, it’s even more important that you drink at least 8 glasses of water each day. If you exercise or do other strenuous activity, then you may need to drink even more to recover. Run a nice, cold bath. Pour in 2 cups of salts and wait for them to fully dissolve. Sit in the bath for around 15 minutes. The salts will help to clean and dry out your chafing wounds. They will also help you to relax and take your mind off the pain. A breathable fabric, such as cotton, will allow your skin to get enough air to stay dry and heal. Cotton also does not hold moisture against your skin, which will limit bacterial growth. You’ll want your clothing to be loose, so that it won’t stick to any injured areas. For example, instead of wearing a synthetic-fabric nightgown, try out cotton pajamas. If you notice that your skin is chafing and moist, get a towel and gently pat it dry. This is particularly important when caring for folded areas of skin, as moisture in these areas will promote skin breakdown. You can also dry your skin by aiming a blow dryer at it. If you are worried about your damaged skin chafing even further, either tape or roll a non-stick bandage over the skin. Keep the bandage fairly loose and change it every 2 hours or so. Giving your chafed skin the most air time possible is the best option, but a bandage will keep it cleaner.
Summary:
Drink lots of water. Bathe in Epsom salts. Wear loose, cotton clothing. Keep your skin dry. Apply bandages over any open skin.