Save without calling the after_create

I have an observer class called AttendanceObserver which sends an email everytime a record is inserted into the Attendance table. But there are several other actions when I also save into that table but I don't want to send an e-mail. Does anybody knows is there a way to do this and maybe specify a save into an attendance table without calling the after_create method below? Thanks,

Elioncho

[code] AttendanceObserver < ActiveRecord::Observer   def after_create(attendance)      attendance.user.send_message(attendance.user, 'text', 'You have been invited to an event')

UserMailer.deliver_event_notification(attendance.user,attendance.event)   end end [/code]