That's what I'd like to do; but I haven't been able to YET!!! Except for a little bit yesterday afternoon where I sat down and watched a movie while my son did his homework...
I've got to brag that our last event of the summer went off like fireworks, well planned fireworks that is. We rocked it. I thought I broke my ribs when I fell down Saturday afternoon, but it's starting to feel better now so I suppose it was just a bruise. We had only one employee working the event with us and he apparently has epilespy. I didn't know this until he siezed at the banquet that night. He fell straight down off the stage (luckily it was a low stage) and busted his face up pretty good.
He was alright once he got upright and out in the fresh air. But he went home and we had to break down all the stuff and load it ourselves. This wouldn't have been so awful if we hadn't been so tired. After busting our asses all day, it was the last thing we wanted to do. Finally got that all done at midnight, then towed the equipment trailers out to the airport so we could set up first thing in the morning for the birthday party.
I was lucky to have some relatives who I delagated things to. I had already paid for all the food, so they went and picked that up for me. The chairs were rented, and dropped off the day before. The tables actually were a combination of borrowed ones from family and some from my boss. I gave the balloons to Steve's daughter and she got them inflated. We had something like 100 yellow and black balloons and once they were done it was FABULOUS. Yellow drapes and yellow table covers really made a difference too. We had the bitchin sound system set up, and the projector was set up so we could show the little video I made, with about 200 old pictures of Steve with his family. He gave me a huge thumbs up for that one, since the majority of the family that came were from his mom's side--and they never have an organized family reunion. We put up the bounce house and the Hot Wheels drag strip that we use at events and that was definitely a great idea--the kids were happy and busy so that kept their parents happy.
I had everything done on time which astounded me. I had so much to do in just a couple of hours, but it got done.
I made sure Steve parked his little Yellow Fever race car right out front, as well as a couple of custom Harley trikes that belonged to his boss. It made a great photo backdrop for his family who's never been up here. In fact, they were actually riding the trikes around the airport!!
When Steve wasn't paying attention, I parked his Yellow Fever scooter next to his car. He took forever to notice it, but when he did--he was like a little kid all over again. I wish I had a picture of the grin on his face while he took it out for a test ride. Too funny. The rest of the afternoon the kids were all taking turns on the scooter and so were the grandmas and grandpas!
It seemed like the longest birthday party ever, lasting six hours. I wasn't worried about people leaving too soon because so many of them had driven at least 3 or 4 hours to get there. I knew they'd stick around. And they all gave me great feedback, on the food, the activities, the location, the music--pretty much everything. I was glad to hear it, after working on it for so long.
So now that it's all done, I'm busy getting things taken care of that need attention. There's quite a bit of work to do on Steve's little rental house, and I guess nobody's going to do it besides me. The renters left a nightmare mess, and there's the normal upkeep stuff that hasn't been done at all. Painting, carpeting, yard work, and then painting outside.
Tonight is the big cruise night for the car show. Every October we have a HUGE car show (thankfully I get to just enjoy it, not work AT it) and they kick things off tonight with a street fair. My boss's girlfriend has a little record store in the area of the street fair, so we're using it as a place to hang out. We can set up chairs, pull up a cooler, and watch the people walk by.
