Charity Begins At Home

Eleven weeks down, forty-one left to make a difference.

This past weekend was all about meetings.  Now in my work, I sometimes have meetings, but not too often.  My Worthy Grand Patron, on the other hand, is used to days in a row packed with meetings, so I think it is easier for him.

Of course I am always reminding myself about the scene in the West Wing (loved the early seasons of that show!) when one of the ladies says something and it percolates up through the ranks and the next thing she knows, her idea is going to happen and she is confused and is told that we play with live ammunition here.  There's also a scene where the President says that if he opens his mouth, the result will be seen on Wall Street and that he is a human starting gun.  Sometimes it feels that way a little bit and I have learned that there is no such thing as idle speculation when the Worthy Grand Matron says it, so be careful! :-)

We are very excited about a new plan for charitable giving to increase awareness of our charities and hopefully our giving.  We are going to hire a Director of Charitable Giving to work with both our Home and our Foundation.  We've had people in the past who served in this role on a part time basis, but to get real results, you need a real, full time person.  So we are going to set some milestones and performance standards and give it a try.  We should be advertising the job soon and hope we get some great applicants.  I have my fingers crossed and my toes too.

This week has also been spent on ramping up for our Deputy Schools coming up this weekend and in two weeks.  There is so much to learn and teach and so little time it seems to cover everything.  I have no doubt that we will run into late nights again.

And of course, I still have a day job that I would like to keep.  Good thing that sleep is optional.  Unfortunately, cutting the candle in half so I can burn four ends doesn't help me watch my food or my weight, so I really need to get a handle on that before none of my clothes fit as we start our Official Visits.  I am starting to get flyers for those and they look really awesome!  We have lots of fun events coming up too!  That will be nice because the all meetings all the time part is necessary, but not so fun.

This weekend, we have our Northern Deputy Brush Up School in Palo Alto.