Today, we beg…

The Gala is a little more than six weeks away and it is a non-stop job from this point on.  I have great co-workers who help in so many ways and I have great volunteers who step up, but some of the jobs just need to be handled by me.

For anyone who has put together a major event, you know the many details that are often just “in your head!”  This is not necessarily a good thing, but it is a reality.  I’m working hard to delegate and to get that information into other places besides my head, but it isn’t easy.

Perhaps the toughest part of the next few weeks will be the waking up in the middle of the night for no reason, or dreaming about something terrible happening to cause the Gala to be a bust.  Now, honestly, these are not dreams that I would ever consider vivid or even remote possibilities…for example, I’m fairly certain there won’t be a zombie invasion or an earthquake that will hold up the delivery of the items needed for The Gala.  I hope and pray that I won't show up at the planned arrival time, only to realize that the date was wrong in the invitation and no one was there...except me!  I'm also fairly certain that if I tell the caterer that we have 300 people coming, they won't prepare food for 30.  YIKES!  The struggle is real my friends...these are samples of my dreams!   

Then, there are the moments of waking up and wondering if I have everyone assigned to a seat or if I missed anyone’s reservation.  These are things that do happen. Questions that just startle me awake!  The positive spin on those things is that they are easily managed, although they may cause a slight wrinkle. 

I guess my question is if I am doing my job, to the best of my ability, why do these things occur in my head?  If you have an answer, please share, but I honestly believe it just is what it is.

We are busy following up with businesses, basically begging them to donate once again to the event.  It's hard...I don't like rejection!  I'd love to have a dream that there was a truckload of donations waiting outside of Mt. Notre Dame when I pulled in for work...and I'd love it even more if that dream came true!!

Amidst these moments of worry or terror, there are the moments of excitement when something unexpected shows up...or a big check for sponsorship arrives...or that long awaited YES to a request for Disney tickets!  These are the things that get me through!

Ahhhhhh...Today, there is more followup and prepping for some logistics meetings at Kings Island next week.  I'll keep things in perspective and remember to breathe.  

In the meantime, thanks for sending good vibes and lots of love as I enter crunch time!  

I have a fun, extended weekend to look forward to so I'm going to get lots done in the next day and a half, then let myself enjoy the weekend!!  More on that next week!!