Oh wait, I AM HOME. Been running so much lately, I have a difficult time figuring out what's home and what's work.
I'm ready for the stupid boating thing, but at the same time I'm quite pissed because I really had no intention of being down there for it. My boss just told me today that I HAVE to be down there in order for him to screw around out on the lake during the event. Oh great. So what will I be doing? That's yet to be determined. Supposedly I'm some sort of "decision maker." The head cheese on the beach. Whatever.
The West Coast's version of the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally is going on nearby in Laughlin Nevada. That's about an hour from here, and the motorcycles have been spilling over into our town for the past week. Everywhere I go I hear the rumble. I have plans to go up there, likely Friday afternoon. I'm taking a girl with me who needs a day away from all the stress. Her mom committed suicide last week, and the funeral was today. Apparently her mom was what I call a "spare person," because she was abusive, mentally ill, and a danger to all her children she had from all the different boyfriends and husbands. So, I will be taking Bethany to the motorcycle rally to help start the forgetting process. Not the healing process, that would be for a more normal situation.
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
No Poop Here
No poop, like at Brandy's house. Just a day off, sort of. I did a little work and I have errands to run. But the rest of the day I'm going to do laundry and clean!
My phone keeps ringing, because apparently somewhere along the line my number became the information hotline for the big boating event that's this weekend. I find that kind of strange because I really don't have much to do with the thing. I'm getting some equipment lined up but other than that I have other projects that I'll be working on while the boats are racing.
Sooo many things to write about, with all this stuff going on. I'm acting as Campaign Manager for a gentleman who is running for Superior Court Justice, and things are heating up in that race. It's a funny thing to be involved in, because there's so many different rules for people running in a judicial race. Since I had the opportunity to talk on the radio during the Relay, I mentioned my friend Dana (the lawyer running for the judge position) and I asked people to vote for him.
WELL....that caused all kinds of shockwaves throughout the political community because everyone has taken a side in this race. One of the rules about these candidates is they cannot advertise on the radio without giving the other candidates equal time. That is, during certain HOURS. So when I mentioned Dana on the radio the other night, it was outside of the FCC Regulated hours for candidates. The other candidates and their supporters were PISSED. I found it funny that they just happened to be listening when I was on there at 8pm.
So the next day, Dana and his lovely wife Patti were at a function and one of his opponent's supporters brought up the radio thing. His opponent's supporter just happens to be the judge in my divorce from the evil brown menace. He seemed perterbed that we got the leg up on him and his candidate. I'm sure my plug on the radio won't earn Dana any votes, but it got a psychological advantage over his opponent. Yes Dana, you're welcome.
I had another Myspace miracle this past week. This girl, Stephanie Miller, was a good friend in 9th grade. She found me on Myspace and made contact. Very cool!
She has four kids. What's with you midwesterners and all the kids????
My phone keeps ringing, because apparently somewhere along the line my number became the information hotline for the big boating event that's this weekend. I find that kind of strange because I really don't have much to do with the thing. I'm getting some equipment lined up but other than that I have other projects that I'll be working on while the boats are racing.
Sooo many things to write about, with all this stuff going on. I'm acting as Campaign Manager for a gentleman who is running for Superior Court Justice, and things are heating up in that race. It's a funny thing to be involved in, because there's so many different rules for people running in a judicial race. Since I had the opportunity to talk on the radio during the Relay, I mentioned my friend Dana (the lawyer running for the judge position) and I asked people to vote for him.
WELL....that caused all kinds of shockwaves throughout the political community because everyone has taken a side in this race. One of the rules about these candidates is they cannot advertise on the radio without giving the other candidates equal time. That is, during certain HOURS. So when I mentioned Dana on the radio the other night, it was outside of the FCC Regulated hours for candidates. The other candidates and their supporters were PISSED. I found it funny that they just happened to be listening when I was on there at 8pm.
So the next day, Dana and his lovely wife Patti were at a function and one of his opponent's supporters brought up the radio thing. His opponent's supporter just happens to be the judge in my divorce from the evil brown menace. He seemed perterbed that we got the leg up on him and his candidate. I'm sure my plug on the radio won't earn Dana any votes, but it got a psychological advantage over his opponent. Yes Dana, you're welcome.
I had another Myspace miracle this past week. This girl, Stephanie Miller, was a good friend in 9th grade. She found me on Myspace and made contact. Very cool!
She has four kids. What's with you midwesterners and all the kids????
Sunday, April 20, 2008
A Brand New Me
Just got done with the physical work of returning equipment that I borrowed for the Relay For Life. Generators, EZ Up Canopies, tables, trailers, vehicles, golf carts, the sound systems, and of course it all had to be cleaned before it was returned.
The track where we have the event has a dirt track with a grass infield. Uck.
We started setting up the event on Friday at 7:30am, and kicked off the walking and entertainment at 6pm. Since I was the only D.J., I got to be onstage with the sound equipment all night. ALL NIGHT. I got a one hour break at 3 am, since I could just put on a CD with mix music. But the rest of the time I had to be there because there were contests and activities that required someone to babysit the music and change it out often. I had two radio stations doing live broadcasts, so periodically they'd come over and interview me on the air. After each broadcast, my cell phone would ring. Someone calling to let me know they'd just heard me. Funny, but not very easy to handle because usually I had two or three people standing there waiting to ask me a question, prompt me to make an announcement, or to tell me something important. Busy, busy, busy. After setting up in the 95 degree heat all day, it was difficult to keep my cool once the event got really busy. I really got grumpy around midnight and had to take a handful of ibuprofen with some EXREMELY strong coffee. That helped a lot!!
The funniest stuff happened in the middle of the night, when we had disco hour and the Ms. Relay competition. Disco hour was quite popular, with people dancing everywhere. I had the costume stuff to complete the Village People onstage, so we recruited volunteers to do the dance. Then Ms. Relay, which was actually a drag queen competition, took the stage. Very funny! Shay participated, wearing my purple boa, Elton John sunglasses, and his shirt tied up like a tight little half shirt. He said into the microphone that his name was "Shayla." The Ms. Relay contestants circled the track asking for donations, bringing in $500. Wow!
When we did our closing ceremonies at 8am on Saturday, we counted about $50,000 in fundraising totals. That included the $400 brought in on the quilt raffle--thanks very much to Miss Brandy!! Everyone was in awe of the quilt, but I made sure that when a ticket was drawn it came from the Cancer Survivor registrants.
The t.v. and Wii went to some very active team members who had raised a lot of money for us, so I was grateful they won the prizes. Very cool.
All night long, I had our luminaries near the stage so I could keep an eye on them. Luminaries are little white paper bags decorated to honor people who have died of Cancer. Steve's mom was there with me all night, which felt kinda neat. My friend Regan was right next to her, as well as Steve's grandma. I hope I put on a good show for them.
The nicest compliment came from a gal who puts on the Relay For Life in a neighboring community of ours, Kingman. She was very impressed with how well organized and how well attended the event was. Glad to hear it.
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