Unfortunately, somewhere in the midst of 16 concerts with 13,000 elementary children and several hundred community members, I've gotten a cold and feel like crap on my day off...but it's a day off nonetheless. These last couple 60 hour work weeks were probably the busiest I'll be at work all year, and now it will go back to normal until this time next year.
My event planning skills were put to the test when I was asked to plan a reception for 400 people in addition to the concerts, and although it was a lot of fun, I've never sweat so much in my life. I have a few student employees who helped me the night of the concert/reception, but even with them I was literally running from room to room like a mad woman. All of the concerts and reception were a success, and there were only a few minor crises:
- Day 1: Student gets into the auditorium, and throws up all over the newly remodeled crushed velvet seating and carpet.
- Day 2: Student has an "accident"...of which I will spare you the details.
- Day 7: A stray cat runs into the venue literally minutes before the concert was to start. We all chase the cat through the aisles, unsuccessfully, for about five minutes. Finally, one of my employees catches the cat and runs out of the building with it. Before he got to the door, the cat had completely mauled his arm with scratches and several bites. We got the concert started then spent the rest of the afternoon in the Emergency room getting his wounds cleaned and making sure he doesn't have Rabies. The jury is still out on the Rabies...hopefully the health department will have info in the next couple days.
Regardless of how much complaining I did about being exhausted...I love what I do, and I love my job!
Today I slept in until almost 11:00, stayed in my PJ's until 2:00, got a manicure, spent too much money on new makeup at Ulta, got some great clearance deals at Hobby Lobby, and am back in my sweats for a lazy night in that will probably involve some sort of delivery dinner. Tomorrow, I expect to be equally as lazy, and I'm perfectly content with that!
