Tonight's picture was taken in September of 2003. Mattie was about a year and a half old and what I learned quickly about Mattie was he always wanted me as his play companion. Self entertainment wasn't his forte. Instead, he always felt better doing things together. We occasionally did computer time and went to educational sites to play games, sing songs, and learn letters and numbers. Mattie had a good old time sitting on my lap and taking it all in.
Quote of the day: Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind than the one where they sprang up. ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes
I think anytime you start up something new, there is a major learning curve. Or at least that is what I have found for practically every Foundation thing I have tried to tackle..... annual Walks, hosting round tables, talking at conferences and planning presentations, annual fundraising drives, our free snack cart, working with hospital development offices and the list goes on! Now to add to this never ending list... is how to host an evening event.
Things aligned this year, so hosting our Bourbon and Bites Bash will be possible. We have the beautiful space and we have the bourbon distillery providing samples. Of course now we need all the other logistics.... food, music, invitations, and the worst yet is WHO TO INVITE!!!!??
I had plans to get certain things accomplished today, but instead I was involved in calls about this evening event in November. How I could spend an entire day brainstorming this, I don't know. But I have and tonight I am exhausted. I feel like I am juggling a ton with the candy drive, this evening event, and beginning annual Walk preparations. Mind you we have also been invited to two national conferences and I have no idea where this will fit in!
In the midst of this, I am reminded that I still have a major hip problem that requires surgery! A surgery that will take a month of rehab and crutches. To me this is a nightmare and there is no good time to do this. What also don't help is this non-stop rain. Rain for almost two weeks now!!! I feel like we live in Seattle and I have become so used to seeing gray skies now. Not a good commentary for a Monday.
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