Plenty of Paperwork

Last weekend I was home and I am still trying to understand how I can be busier when I am home than I am when I am on the road.  How is that possible?  Nevertheless, it appears to be true.

This month is the month of Paperwork!  Letters, Flyers, Handouts, Agendas, Information Sheets, Registration Forms, Lions and Tigers and Bears Oh MY!  There just seem to be so many things to be drafted, proofed, prepared and sent out that my head is spinning.  And then there are the domino projects.  For example, I have to get a certain packet out, but to get that out, the price sheet has to be done.  To do the price sheet, the paper has to be found and the printing has to be tested.  To test the printing, I have to design the artwork and take it to the printer and to design the artwork, I have to get files from someone else.  So for want of a nail, the kingdom was lost.  Sigh!

Usually, a fair amount of this stuff is carryover, by which I mean that you just use the stuff from the year before.  But when I looked at the forms and stuff, it just seemed like some of the contents wasn't really useful any more and that there were other things that needed clarifying or adding or modifying, etc.  So for better or for worse, I am revising the various forms.  I am sure that those who come after me will want to do the same, but hopefully some of what I change will be useful to them.  Otherwise, their spring may be full of paperwork also.

After I got all of last week's stuff done, I had to re-write my to do list because I had half the things crossed off of several different lists and I needed to get all of that consolidated into one list of things for this month and all the things that are May and later's problem.  When time gets tight, it's triage time and some things that I would like to work on can wait so they are going to have to wait while things that are less fun but more urgent get done.  I think I will get everything that needs doing done on time, but even though objectively, I know I am on schedule, it keeps feeling like I am behind.  Maybe that helps me stick with it?

I did take some time on Sunday to go to the gem show.  I used to go three times a year, April, June and November, but usually we are busy and I cannot go.  However, this time the show fell on Easter, so not only was I able to go, but it wasn't too crowded until afternoon, when people were done with church and their Easter brunch.  I got some nice bling but didn't find some charms I was looking for, so that will have to wait until my next free weekend, which I think is in May.

Next weekend, I will be in Bishop and Victorville.