I may be the weird one then - lol!

I've been cooking and cleaning all afternoon and am finally in the home stretch and need to run change out of my flour-coated clothes, brush my hair, etc., and am not where I can be directing a 14 year old girl who is really lacking in the social skills department.

All of the others show up no earlier than about three minutes 'til 6:00. And since we don't eat until 6:15 (some work until 6:00 and can't get here until shortly after, something everyone is aware of, so it's just generally known that we say it starts at 6:00 but there's no eating until 6:15ish)... there just isn't a really great reason to be here early. I appreciate that the others get here at a time that... well... if I wanted people to come at 5:45 I'd say it started at 5:45! lol

Probably a lot of the reason I get antsy about this situation has to do with the fact that the girl has behavior problems (she's on a lot of meds, etc.) and I have to be 'on duty' when she arrives. For instance, last night she asked if she could get a drink of water. I said sure. She got a cup, got a drink, and then put the cup back in the cabinet - unwashed! So... I have to be 'aware' when she's here... and I'm too occupied to do that.

ETA: We're a three-stoplight town, so it's not that anyone is worried about traffic and is trying to play it safe by leaving early...