Half a Year

So we've officially passed the half way point for this year, here at the end of April. And I've posted half a year's worth of entries. I know that more people are reading this than following it, mostly for a lot of reasons relating to firewalls and other security stuff. Let me know if you enjoy it so far. Coming to the half year point also means that a lot of things that were oh so far in the future are going to be upon me before I even realize it. I am collecting the responses from my spring letter and in August will have to actually start looking for the dress/outfit/fabric or whatever it ends up being so I can get ideas and make a selection in time to reveal it in July 2011. So far I've gotten about thirty responses to my questions on the Worthy Matron dress stuff, so I hope I get more before I have to start looking and choosing. The workshop for my girls that was forever in the future is now only four and a half months away and the registration materials need to go out the first week of June so everyone can get signed up and we can get a final count by the beginning of August to finalize the food and packet plans. Some of those will be able to go by e-mail, thanks to those who have let me know that e-mail communication is okay, but the rest get to go into lovely white business envelopes that I have learned to buy in the big, economy size boxes because if 200 envelopes is good then 500 envelopes is better. Gee, maybe I should buy some stock in Office Max or something. I am also reminding myself a lot that panic is bad and breathing is good because in just a couple of months, I should get next year's calendar and have to start doing all that stuff that my big sister had to do last year of arranging Transitionals all over the state for my girls and their new little sisters, including finding places and dates and time and doing an agenda and everything. I was spared all that last year, but now it is my turn. Hey, when did the little elf with the paint brush come by and put this bullseye on my forehead? Help! This year so far has been a truly great learning process and I admit that sometimes I think I will burst with all the information that has come to me. Sometimes I feel like I am trying to eat a Dagwood and I've taken too big a bite. :-) The hardest part is when I get completely different information from two different reliable sources and have to reconcile the two stories. And then I wonder why a bunch of this stuff isn't written down somewhere, darn it! Oral traditions are great, but I like paper. We are also coming up on the deadline for legislation items to go in for any changes that we want to see voted on for our governing documents at the next annual session, so which items go in and which should wait or not go is also a hot topic right now. Of course, I am trying my best to set a new record for sleep deprivation, so working on legislative items should really help me get over the top on that. :-) Sometimes I wake up in the morning and worry about what I am forgetting to worry about. I am sure that there is something and I am also sure that any day now, someone is going to come to me and ask me a question that they are sure I have been working on for months and have the answer all ready to go because of course I knew I needed to do that, right? AAAHHH! Okay, let's look at the checklist of things to do. I did my taxes and I got the car smogged yesterday. There's no milk in the fridge and no fruit or vegetable either, but those things are highly overrated. When people ask me how I am doing at events, I have taken to telling them that if I am in the right place, on time and dressed correctly, that's all I am asking of myself these days. Who would have thought that three years was such a short time. Next weekend, I will be in Whittier, Yorba Linda, San Pedro and San Marino.