work, work, work

so, i finally had the meetings that were cancelled due to snow. i can't believe it's only been two weeks since then. it feels like forever, but it also feels like no time has passed. how these two contradictions co-exist, i do not know.

met with my literacy program boss yesterday for an hour. it was a fruitful discussion and his head was spinning with all the details we discussed and that i've been working through. the minutia has only just begun.

so, i am rolling again. spent the morning drafting emails and trying to track people down. it's not easy when there is no budget for expenses. i read on the grant website that the grant is seed money, and fundraising will broaden your outreach. yeah right. maybe if i signed on months ago. this has to happen now.

and as we get closer, the stakes go up. i'm just trying to meet the grant verbiage at the barest level. any flourishes will be appreciated but not expected at this point. the trouble is, when they drafted this grant they made it very pie in the sky. they never checked to see if we could have an exhibit at the museum. i called to set it up and was met with a

we're booked until 2011.

but fortunately, people like me and i don't know how to take no for an answer, very pisecean that way, and so my will prevailed and we're going to have a small exhibition space. whew.

i keep saying, to fulfill the requirements of the grant. and to promote literacy, how can they argue with these things. though, we are drawing on their resources and utilizing their staff, i am grateful for the offer, and i am scheduling according to their availability--it's nice to have complete control of this thing.

so, if it goes off well, i will be commended.

if it flops, i will have done my best. it's tough, making something out of nothing.

so, i await the flurry of responses and prepare to have a whole weekend off. i'm so excited. officially done at my old store, permanently at my new store. and loving it.

i work in a few hours, until then, i'll just try to rest or get some schoolwork done. i've got two critical papers to write and absolutely nothing to say. (what else is new).

so, the wheel keeps turning and i endeavor to keep up.

it's all good. i'm forty now. and loving it.