So tonight I’m doing my last “cruise director” bit for the summer. I got together some friends for Twelfth Night last weekend – second only to the Iraq war in failure to meet strategic goals. I haven’t had a campaign break that bad in a long while. Traffic blew up. We couldn’t make it to the nice restaurant I had planned for the meet up and dinner. We had to eat Sonic burgers in the car (I say that like it’s a bad thing). People got lost on the way to the theater. Dis-assed-her.
I had already committed to ringleading this little foray, but it’s my last official act as cruise director. No more capers for me this season. BUT, since things went so wrong last weekend, I’m over analyzing every little thing. I’ve printed out 3 alternate routes. I’ve given the physical address to the person with GPS. I’ve put out several e-mails detailing what picnic items each person should definitely bring. I have a crib list to make sure that I bring the things I’m supposed to. I’ve gone to the bad place. The OCD-overdrive place. If I don’t stop now, they’re going to have to medicate me.
Okay, Julie. Focus. It’s a play. There will be wine. How bad could things possibly go?
Did I mention that it will be hotter than the surface of the sun today? Oh, boy.
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Hot weather, hot friends, cold beverages -- LOL, it will be just fine, promise!
Promise?
LOL my one garden club was just emailing back & forth about picnic plans for August and you are not even CLOSE To being as anal as a bunch to a 50+ year old broads who want things perfect and have LOTS oftime on their hands. I TOO had to jump in when the subject of RSVPs came up -- my pet peeve - folks who say they show and don't and of course THEY were the ones asked to bring the ice!
Oh, you can't bail without notice is you have one of the essentials like ice. That is not cool. Potato salad you can do without. But no ice screws the whole deal.
It's just as bad when the person bringing the ice shows up an hour late. The ice needs to be there FIRST.
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