Hmmm, I am not sure I can wait. The ARC and its bureaucracy is bugging me a little more than usual today. I have had a volunteer who was assigned to leave yesterday and she has spent most of the night and part of this morning on the phone with the venerable ARC travel agency. I use all of those terms lightly!! She actually sat on the phone here for 50 minutes to find out if they had her confirmed and no one picked up...when someone finally did they said they had been sitting at their desk for a half an hour with no phone calls.....Huh?? What are we going to do if we have to deploy hundreds of people not just two or three? All 3 that are going to Minnesota have had nothing but issues. Last deployment was no different. People had such an issue but they blamed it on the 4th of July..well what is the problem now?
Meanwhile I keep doing busy work like shelter surveys,...and thats another bureaucracy, but its getting done...s-l-o-w-l-y. Health status reports are basically done except people the "system" archived or lost or whatever!! You see, I have to wonder if the right hand of the ARC knows what the left hand is doing sometimes. I think if it wasn't for the individuals and the small chapters the real work would not get done. So there's my soap box for the day.
Caroline missed an appointment that she had for two months...I kept reminding her for days to call and check on it...GRRRRRRR. She needed that appointment before returning to school. I had to beg for another time for next week. NOt at great start to my day either.
So is there anything else I can complain about...nope I guess thats it. Still have a headache. I thi nk the low pressure system is doing that...not giving blood like I thought. So you can see I do need some time off, I am cranky. Just found out my volunteer is approved to go..Hello.. its 2pm and her flight is at 5:30!!!! She is a little P--sed off at the whole system..can't blame her there!
I would be frantic by now. Airlines in some citys expect ;you to be there an hour and 1/2 ahead.
Honestly what does the Red Cross think??
Only one more hour here....I can make it!! ON call though...having dinner at a friends tonight have to take the beeper. Well enough of my rambling..ARC soon to be on VAcation GIrl signing off.
e premte, 24 gusht 2007
e mërkurë, 22 gusht 2007
The phone....ANSWER the phone!!!!!
What is wrong with this picture...I go to work, I give a pint of O+, come home deal with dinner etc and decide to go to bed around 9 to read and sleep. I shut my bedroom door because we have a tv room with computer upstairs that the kids use as well as tv downstairs. Ten o clock I am just about asleep and the phone rings...there is one in the TV/computer room, one downstairs and one in our bedroom. Does anyone who is supposedly concious answer it??? NOOOOOOOOOO! I get out of bed and answer the one in my room as the answering machine kicks in...its some guy from NY that wants to talk to Caroline (the next boyfriend probably).
I have to leave my room and go tell her the phone is for her...now the household is all still up..two tvs are on three people are floating through this lovely, all lit up home...I mean really!!! So I hand her the phone from my room and she happily goes off to talk to "mr. next boyfriend."
Story is not over...she does not put phone back in my room. She keeps it in her room. At 1:00am I awake to the answering machine going off in my bedroom telling someone that we are not available. I fly out of bed..I am on call this week for ARC..and run downstairs because I cant find a phone, check my beeper and call the answering service. It was not them. Now if someone calls in the middle of the night something is usually wrong. Well I go back up stairs and tell Don who by now is somewhat awake, and he says oh you can check caller ID on the phone in the TV/Computer room...so I go to get that phone...when diva daughter comes down the hall holding my bedroom phone...She says "it was in my room" apparently even when a phone rings in her own bedroom she can't answer it!!!!!!!!!! After that my husband takes the portable and figures out that someone "private name private number" called us. Greaaaat. I lay there awakened for the second time on one night..wondering how do these people I live with do this?
So I have a little headache today...now its either lack of sleep or the fact that I had wine after giving blood..or both...take your pick I really don't care. I just want it to go away.
My little ERV is not back..I hope it comes soon, I want to know just what they think they need to do to make it road worthy.
Other than that things are just peachy. Weather is nice a little too cool for me. Not ready for summer to end yet. A few hot days yet would be nice. I have had a sweater everyday this week. Have some days off next week YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not really vacation but earned time. At least some of it, probably some without pay I have to add up what I have. So thats all from where I sit..disaster queen signing off.
I have to leave my room and go tell her the phone is for her...now the household is all still up..two tvs are on three people are floating through this lovely, all lit up home...I mean really!!! So I hand her the phone from my room and she happily goes off to talk to "mr. next boyfriend."
Story is not over...she does not put phone back in my room. She keeps it in her room. At 1:00am I awake to the answering machine going off in my bedroom telling someone that we are not available. I fly out of bed..I am on call this week for ARC..and run downstairs because I cant find a phone, check my beeper and call the answering service. It was not them. Now if someone calls in the middle of the night something is usually wrong. Well I go back up stairs and tell Don who by now is somewhat awake, and he says oh you can check caller ID on the phone in the TV/Computer room...so I go to get that phone...when diva daughter comes down the hall holding my bedroom phone...She says "it was in my room" apparently even when a phone rings in her own bedroom she can't answer it!!!!!!!!!! After that my husband takes the portable and figures out that someone "private name private number" called us. Greaaaat. I lay there awakened for the second time on one night..wondering how do these people I live with do this?
So I have a little headache today...now its either lack of sleep or the fact that I had wine after giving blood..or both...take your pick I really don't care. I just want it to go away.
My little ERV is not back..I hope it comes soon, I want to know just what they think they need to do to make it road worthy.
Other than that things are just peachy. Weather is nice a little too cool for me. Not ready for summer to end yet. A few hot days yet would be nice. I have had a sweater everyday this week. Have some days off next week YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not really vacation but earned time. At least some of it, probably some without pay I have to add up what I have. So thats all from where I sit..disaster queen signing off.
e martë, 21 gusht 2007
He stood me up...!
Yep spent the day at home on Saturday waiting to get called to go to the office to deploy people to Hurricane central...no calls no emails no nothing. Well. I was not impressed..checked my email from office..nothing...Hillary said she did the same...guess they just didn't need PineTree assistance. So Sunday Caroline and I went off to Bangor..to heck with Dean I was done waiting around for him!
Friday night I went over to Center Harbor had dinner with some summer people then went to the Yacht club where the annual square dance was happening...that was a sweaty good time..had all I could do to keep my sandals on my feet and follow the directions. Told Don he should not miss that one next year..even for his family. I guess they played golf so I didnt miss anything. Ty saw Olivia....whatever a 14 yr old date is..at Starbucks.
Caroline who had hoped I would be gone had some friends over Saturday night ..I went upstairs and watched a movie..they stayed down stairs and and I heard the blender going, as well as the counter covered with beer..No surprise there. I wasn't going to spoil the evening and everyone was from the neigborhood except Lucy. They are all leaving soon..Caroline is one of the last ones to go. She can not wait to get back to DC..I remember how that felt at the end of the summer..I don't blame her.
Quiet week so far..lots of paperwork getting done though. Tommorow I will sweet talk the Legion into a shelter agreement. Hopefully. That will take care of Ellsworth in a small crisis if we get that squared away. John took the little ERV to get the thing looked at for tires and other
necessities to get it road worthy..they are keeping it overnight..and he will return it in the am.
They did a double take on it..it has "mongrel" tires (tires that have to be special ordered they don't make that size any more!) and who knows what else. John said its old enough to carry antique car plates. Ha Ha. Oh well at least he knows someone in the business and we may get a nice deal out of this.
ARC girl going home.
Friday night I went over to Center Harbor had dinner with some summer people then went to the Yacht club where the annual square dance was happening...that was a sweaty good time..had all I could do to keep my sandals on my feet and follow the directions. Told Don he should not miss that one next year..even for his family. I guess they played golf so I didnt miss anything. Ty saw Olivia....whatever a 14 yr old date is..at Starbucks.
Caroline who had hoped I would be gone had some friends over Saturday night ..I went upstairs and watched a movie..they stayed down stairs and and I heard the blender going, as well as the counter covered with beer..No surprise there. I wasn't going to spoil the evening and everyone was from the neigborhood except Lucy. They are all leaving soon..Caroline is one of the last ones to go. She can not wait to get back to DC..I remember how that felt at the end of the summer..I don't blame her.
Quiet week so far..lots of paperwork getting done though. Tommorow I will sweet talk the Legion into a shelter agreement. Hopefully. That will take care of Ellsworth in a small crisis if we get that squared away. John took the little ERV to get the thing looked at for tires and other
necessities to get it road worthy..they are keeping it overnight..and he will return it in the am.
They did a double take on it..it has "mongrel" tires (tires that have to be special ordered they don't make that size any more!) and who knows what else. John said its old enough to carry antique car plates. Ha Ha. Oh well at least he knows someone in the business and we may get a nice deal out of this.
ARC girl going home.
e premte, 17 gusht 2007
New Man in my life
Hurricane Dean...thats right. He is in our service area believe it or not...the Northeast covers the US virgin Islands and Puerto Rico because you can't give them to the southern States they have enough to worry about! So he is swirling around the Caribbean and we have to have people ready to go so I am cancelling a trip to Portland this weekend, much to my daughters dismay,.,she was hoping for the house to her self and probably 20 of her closest friends!! Don and Ty will go to a family gathering in Portland.
Finished up Grant writing last night with an oral presentation and the Prof had emailed my final paper back to me before the class started..A-! I guess that was ok. Three down one to go.
I don't know whats wrong with this blog site but the other day I blogged and you have to hit my library of blogs to get it it doesnt automatically come up. Weird. Hope this one posts.
So I really don't have much else to report..hopefully everyone has a good weekend my plans are in the wind...get it?? Ha ha. ARC girl
Finished up Grant writing last night with an oral presentation and the Prof had emailed my final paper back to me before the class started..A-! I guess that was ok. Three down one to go.
I don't know whats wrong with this blog site but the other day I blogged and you have to hit my library of blogs to get it it doesnt automatically come up. Weird. Hope this one posts.
So I really don't have much else to report..hopefully everyone has a good weekend my plans are in the wind...get it?? Ha ha. ARC girl
e hënë, 13 gusht 2007
The sliiiiide into home....
That's what August feels like right now. Or how to cram the rest of summer into the next 3 weeks. I am not sure I have had much of a summer with this grant writing class, painting and fixing up the apartment, and work. Have to take Caroline back starting on the 30th so maybe a few days off that week. The rest of course will be spent driving. The "labor day weekend" of college parents!
Saturday I finished getting the apartment ready for Sharon, then we took 3 teenage boys minature golfing and to dinner in Bar Harbor. Caroline met us over there. Tyler Henry and Ian have known each other soo long its comical. They were sitting in the car and Henry said remember when we all went up to Ty's camp in this van? "Those were the good ole days" I cracked up...it was two summers ago and they are only 14 and 15! Ian said to me...Gretchen, you talk like it was yesterday! Good God!
My class ends this week but I have to get my final proposal done..its almost there. I am definitely not taking one next semester...I am so sick of writing. I want to do something fun..like sew or knit this fall..no papers.
Sunday was spent in Rockland at the Maine Boats Homes and Harbors show. It was warm but fun. Lots of old Hinckley people there..a 40 and a 29 for picnic boats. Brooklin boat was a no show for some reason...they were supposed to have the new 50 daysailer. Walked to the end of the docks there was an old OC ocean cruising by Hank Hinckley...basically a B-40 without the talaria on the transom. It was for sale, in great shape hull number one. (1979) If only I had more money than time...or whatever the saying is, because she was a steal. Not too many sailboats on my wish list but she would do just fine. The Homes part of the show was well done, and the exhibitors were of high quality. Getting the booth down and out of there was the hard part.
So back to work, or at least holding down this fort...ARC Girl
Saturday I finished getting the apartment ready for Sharon, then we took 3 teenage boys minature golfing and to dinner in Bar Harbor. Caroline met us over there. Tyler Henry and Ian have known each other soo long its comical. They were sitting in the car and Henry said remember when we all went up to Ty's camp in this van? "Those were the good ole days" I cracked up...it was two summers ago and they are only 14 and 15! Ian said to me...Gretchen, you talk like it was yesterday! Good God!
My class ends this week but I have to get my final proposal done..its almost there. I am definitely not taking one next semester...I am so sick of writing. I want to do something fun..like sew or knit this fall..no papers.
Sunday was spent in Rockland at the Maine Boats Homes and Harbors show. It was warm but fun. Lots of old Hinckley people there..a 40 and a 29 for picnic boats. Brooklin boat was a no show for some reason...they were supposed to have the new 50 daysailer. Walked to the end of the docks there was an old OC ocean cruising by Hank Hinckley...basically a B-40 without the talaria on the transom. It was for sale, in great shape hull number one. (1979) If only I had more money than time...or whatever the saying is, because she was a steal. Not too many sailboats on my wish list but she would do just fine. The Homes part of the show was well done, and the exhibitors were of high quality. Getting the booth down and out of there was the hard part.
So back to work, or at least holding down this fort...ARC Girl
e premte, 10 gusht 2007
Attitude adjustment day...
I would say I definitely need one. The week of relatives is over and that is probably a good thing. My mother certainly made a mess of it all. Why she insisted on having two sets of guests at the same time...my sister and her family and her aunt(whom she has competed with all her life) and daughter I will never know. All it did is create chaos. I spent no quality time with anyone, especially my sister and her family. Oh well, mommie dearest definitely knows how to create a "fire" out of a small breeze. Soooooo.....onto a nice weekend I hope.
Ty turns 14 tommorow. He looks 16 at times...6feet tall blonde and quite cute..but still Mom's boy. We will probably take him and a friend minature golfing and dinner on the Island. His best friend Henry is going to Milton Academy this year so this may be their last outing.
Sunday is our day at the Maine Boats Harbors and Homes show. Hewes Co. has a booth and we..Don..has a 4hour shift. He set up the booth yesterday and then said something about going back down today to check on it. Its their first time and I think they feel a little under prepared.
When he called to get a spot in the show he ended up getting John Hanson the owner/editor on the phone who said..O'Grady...why do I know you?? Don said Hinckley? Brooklin Boat? John said no..You're Gretchen's husband..Gretchen that owned the Sedgwick Store!! Not bad when the ex VP of Finance for Hinckley Yachts is remembered for His wifes business in the boating world!!
Yah!!!! Guess we know who rocks!
Had dinner with the "Hams" last night. The ham radio club put up an antenna on the ARC building and had a picnic on the front lawn and their monthly meeting in the office last night.
They are over all a pretty nice bunch. Everett, my fave. was not there, he and I have quite the relationship now that Evan and Caroline are both going to be at GW together. He loves to come in and harass me. He said those guys need to do some work with out him "holdin their hands all the time" so he was going north where he would have one foot in Aroostook county one in Washington county and he could see across to Canada. I am SURE he will be in the minute he gets back to check out what they did.
Have a good weekend all..I plan to. Adjustments will be made!!
Ty turns 14 tommorow. He looks 16 at times...6feet tall blonde and quite cute..but still Mom's boy. We will probably take him and a friend minature golfing and dinner on the Island. His best friend Henry is going to Milton Academy this year so this may be their last outing.
Sunday is our day at the Maine Boats Harbors and Homes show. Hewes Co. has a booth and we..Don..has a 4hour shift. He set up the booth yesterday and then said something about going back down today to check on it. Its their first time and I think they feel a little under prepared.
When he called to get a spot in the show he ended up getting John Hanson the owner/editor on the phone who said..O'Grady...why do I know you?? Don said Hinckley? Brooklin Boat? John said no..You're Gretchen's husband..Gretchen that owned the Sedgwick Store!! Not bad when the ex VP of Finance for Hinckley Yachts is remembered for His wifes business in the boating world!!
Yah!!!! Guess we know who rocks!
Had dinner with the "Hams" last night. The ham radio club put up an antenna on the ARC building and had a picnic on the front lawn and their monthly meeting in the office last night.
They are over all a pretty nice bunch. Everett, my fave. was not there, he and I have quite the relationship now that Evan and Caroline are both going to be at GW together. He loves to come in and harass me. He said those guys need to do some work with out him "holdin their hands all the time" so he was going north where he would have one foot in Aroostook county one in Washington county and he could see across to Canada. I am SURE he will be in the minute he gets back to check out what they did.
Have a good weekend all..I plan to. Adjustments will be made!!
e mërkurë, 8 gusht 2007
Relativity
No such thing in my family! But they are all here. The past two evenings 14 and 13 people respectively have eaten dinner at my house. Now I have not cooked the food per se...but I have set up, cleaned up, and generally been the hostess with the mostess. I was even told that on Tuesday evening when I got home from a day of 1. taking child to Castine (opposite direction of work) for trombone, 2. Work. 3. Grad. class in grant writing, that I would come home to everything all done...yeah right! My husband decided not to come home early because no one had made it back from Bar Harbor so when I arrived...nothing! Had been set up. 13 people for dinner! The ribs and salads were done, mostly but I guess he thinks that everything else happens automatically, further someone has to clean up the mess!! So tonight the dinner is not at my house..yeah!! BUT I can't go...because its Lobster! I can not be around an enclosed space where it is cooked, and I of course can not eat it or touch it. So the one night I don't have to do the entertaining....I can't go. Its all RELATIVE!!!
I won't even get into the fact that my mother and her "same age" aunt..Her fathers sister, Mix like oil and water and try to play each other..its been more than interesting to watch. But certainly doesn't help my stress level. Meanwhile my husband keeps doing a disappearing act with my brother in law! Being antisocial right now is not what I need him to do!!!! So thats my home life right now....rather not be there thank you!!
On the other hand...for some reason the store real estate seems to be heating up in a big way. Some one came and looked Monday and indicated a very serious interest in a business/live above arrangement. He hopes to come back with a proposal in a week. Meanwhile the next day, a couple from DC who also happen to work at GWU, and looked at the property last year were back yesterday taking pictures and scheduled a formal look "again" for Friday at 1pm.
WE could definitely use some change in direction on that front!!!
So I am enjoying the peace and quiet of the ARC office, no relatives, husband children or dishes other than what I dirty!!! I may just stay here! ARC girl.
I won't even get into the fact that my mother and her "same age" aunt..Her fathers sister, Mix like oil and water and try to play each other..its been more than interesting to watch. But certainly doesn't help my stress level. Meanwhile my husband keeps doing a disappearing act with my brother in law! Being antisocial right now is not what I need him to do!!!! So thats my home life right now....rather not be there thank you!!
On the other hand...for some reason the store real estate seems to be heating up in a big way. Some one came and looked Monday and indicated a very serious interest in a business/live above arrangement. He hopes to come back with a proposal in a week. Meanwhile the next day, a couple from DC who also happen to work at GWU, and looked at the property last year were back yesterday taking pictures and scheduled a formal look "again" for Friday at 1pm.
WE could definitely use some change in direction on that front!!!
So I am enjoying the peace and quiet of the ARC office, no relatives, husband children or dishes other than what I dirty!!! I may just stay here! ARC girl.
e hënë, 6 gusht 2007
Better rename that last one..
Freaky Friday. Thought it was going to be an easy day. Left the office with Ty to take the car up to Darlings to have the oil changed and some noise that D on thought was transmission looked at. My sister picked us up as Tyler was staying with Kyle for the weekend and so I had something to do while waiting for the car. They said the car would be done by after lunch so I told Kimmie I would take her out to lunch. We dropped the boys off and decided to hit Mardens. They had a huge shipment of soccer stuff come in and Kim wanted to get something for Ty's birthday. So we played around in there and when we got back in her car I realized my cell dropped out of my bag. We headed back in and she shut the car door then came an "unsavory" word, and I realized we were locked out of her car! We hung out in the "lovely lobby" of Mardens while we waited in the 95 degree heat for the tow truck. I thought we should start doing a survey to pass the time..she was not amused. Too hot.
Finnally got out of there and went to Applebees for salad, just as we were finishing up my phone rings..apparently they were monitoring a tornado in the county at the Bangor office. Joyce was in her basement with her mother..Ok..so I finish up and head to the office. We watch the radar for the rest of the afternoon and when it finnally seems to slow down Pat and I close the doors and head home. I'm driving down a packed route 1A there is bumper to bumper traffic and the Emergency alert system keeps going off warning of more and more storms now heading back into Maine...all of a sudden this moving truck pulls out of a side street and tries to cross traffic in front of the van that is in front of me. I am laying on my horn. The van is literally on two wheels
curving out around this idiot. I really don't know how there was not a multi car collision there.
The van pulls off to the side of the road and the driver starts running back toward the moving truck...Probably to rip his head off.
About 10pm the storms finnally hit the coast...I don't think I have seen that much lightening in a very long time. One hit right by the store..I honestly thought it hit it. Don watched as it moved off to Deer Isle. I just tried to go to sleep. It was quite the show.
The rest of the weekend was fairly quiet. Caroline and I drove to Northeast Harbor Saturday to look around, check out the old homestead. We had a good time.
Lots of family coming up this week..could be a long one. My mother is right on ten! Need to stay out of the kitchen! Or there will be a disaster. ARC girl
Finnally got out of there and went to Applebees for salad, just as we were finishing up my phone rings..apparently they were monitoring a tornado in the county at the Bangor office. Joyce was in her basement with her mother..Ok..so I finish up and head to the office. We watch the radar for the rest of the afternoon and when it finnally seems to slow down Pat and I close the doors and head home. I'm driving down a packed route 1A there is bumper to bumper traffic and the Emergency alert system keeps going off warning of more and more storms now heading back into Maine...all of a sudden this moving truck pulls out of a side street and tries to cross traffic in front of the van that is in front of me. I am laying on my horn. The van is literally on two wheels
curving out around this idiot. I really don't know how there was not a multi car collision there.
The van pulls off to the side of the road and the driver starts running back toward the moving truck...Probably to rip his head off.
About 10pm the storms finnally hit the coast...I don't think I have seen that much lightening in a very long time. One hit right by the store..I honestly thought it hit it. Don watched as it moved off to Deer Isle. I just tried to go to sleep. It was quite the show.
The rest of the weekend was fairly quiet. Caroline and I drove to Northeast Harbor Saturday to look around, check out the old homestead. We had a good time.
Lots of family coming up this week..could be a long one. My mother is right on ten! Need to stay out of the kitchen! Or there will be a disaster. ARC girl
e premte, 3 gusht 2007
Freelance Friday
Friday, Friday...just love that day... wish I could actually sing...Concert last night was good. It was wonderful to see the college kids, especially, come back and perform. Some had changed so much, some were just the same only older! They were mostly of my daughters era so I know their personal quirks and they were there! Shane particularly did not disappoint as he talked to himself, and the audience on stage, charming us with his total lack of togetherness, utter brillance and yet still can't remember the words to a song if he has a solo! Caroline's voice is amazingly big now, and she has such a great presence. She came out for her second number and said "I think I am going to get comfortable" and kicked her shoes off, so then her accompanist kicked "her" shoes off and played the piano barefoot. We made around 800.00 I was hoping for 1000.00 but it was good for the first time. Everyone enjoyed themselves.
This weekend is the ERR Eggemoggin Reach Regatta..first time in awhile Don has not sailed in at least one leg of it. Don't know if we will see it from the water this year or not.
Lots of family coming up next week..
My mother is all a tither...not exactly a good thing. I basically lose all control over my life, or
just "go with the flow" as they say. Wine usually works when she gets that way ... that and selective hearing...I'm pretty good at that with her! So if you don't hear from me its because any thoughts I have can't be put in print form!
C'est La vie, Gretchen
P.S. My son almost died when he saw what I drove from Bangor this week!
This weekend is the ERR Eggemoggin Reach Regatta..first time in awhile Don has not sailed in at least one leg of it. Don't know if we will see it from the water this year or not.
Lots of family coming up next week..
My mother is all a tither...not exactly a good thing. I basically lose all control over my life, or
just "go with the flow" as they say. Wine usually works when she gets that way ... that and selective hearing...I'm pretty good at that with her! So if you don't hear from me its because any thoughts I have can't be put in print form!
C'est La vie, Gretchen
P.S. My son almost died when he saw what I drove from Bangor this week!
e mërkurë, 1 gusht 2007
N-ERV-ous driver ahead!!
So did anyone see that cute little ARC vehicle driving down route 1a today from Bangor to Ellsworth going about 40-45 max?? With a nervous blonde at the wheel?? That was the mini-ERV as they call it..although I think it may just be advertising and storage for Ellsworth..I am not sure it is inspectable after driving it. The steering mechanism leaves a little to be desired.
I think its about 1960's vintage it has those "fly" windows my mother used to love in her station wagons. It wouldn't open though! I didn't have to use the AAA card so things could have been a lot worse and I stack it up to one more ARC adventure. Another notch to my belt!! Now if we could only straighten out the equipment in and out of here as easily!!
I've done two radio spots for the concert on Thursday..I wasn't really planning on all this public
publicity with my name attached but if we fill the bank account with scholarship money I will be happy. I went to rehearsal last night and heard some of the kids who have come back to sing and they sound so good. Caroline has so much volume now..she was not even near a mike at one point and she was just "filling" the auditorium with her voice. My voice on the other hand still sounds scratchy and miserable..at least what I heard on the radio!
So thats my excitement for the day..oh except for a morning hurricane conference where we learned how to "prepare" ...we are the Red Cross for heavens sake, we wrote the book!!
Aurevoir..ARC girl
I think its about 1960's vintage it has those "fly" windows my mother used to love in her station wagons. It wouldn't open though! I didn't have to use the AAA card so things could have been a lot worse and I stack it up to one more ARC adventure. Another notch to my belt!! Now if we could only straighten out the equipment in and out of here as easily!!
I've done two radio spots for the concert on Thursday..I wasn't really planning on all this public
publicity with my name attached but if we fill the bank account with scholarship money I will be happy. I went to rehearsal last night and heard some of the kids who have come back to sing and they sound so good. Caroline has so much volume now..she was not even near a mike at one point and she was just "filling" the auditorium with her voice. My voice on the other hand still sounds scratchy and miserable..at least what I heard on the radio!
So thats my excitement for the day..oh except for a morning hurricane conference where we learned how to "prepare" ...we are the Red Cross for heavens sake, we wrote the book!!
Aurevoir..ARC girl
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