11 Sleeps……..countdown.
Another weekend flies by and happy to say I achieved a lot. I went to the new house we are building and helped John put up the ceiling, we have 2 and a half months to complete and I know John is feeling the pressure. He is very understanding of the madness in my life right now.
Mark is right in what he says about your intense focus when you get to this stage of an event. Everything does seem to go out the window and you do have to remind yourself constantly that there is life beyond and loved ones and friends do have a place in this madness.
On the other hand, if we don’t work hard and cross all the t’ and dot all the eyes, it could be a disaster. The organization side of the parade is enormous, done properly it means that there is less stress on the day, as everyone knows what is going on and when it should happen.
I think this is why people love to get involved, as there is time for enjoying the experience and not being totally overwhelmed with the huge amount of preparation that happens on the day.
Sunday I just sat at my laptop and made up my shoe lists, still a few styles missing from designers but as long as it is complete by Friday everything is fine. I have worked with Zomp now for nine years.
It is very important to make sure that their job is as easy as it can be so a great deal of attention to detail goes into preparing their list of shoes required.
I sorted out all the comp cards and made sure I had changed all models names of those that are unavailable and replaced them with new ones. It means I have to follow up on shoe sizes but a couple of emails and I will have all the information I need. How did we manage without emails??
I can’t remember, it must have been much more complicated as at least now I can communicate anytime of the night or day.
Made up my to do list which indicates just how close we are, it’s not as long as I thought it might be. Just have to steadily tick things off and all will be well.
Alyxx
on July 26th, 2006 at 8:46 am
Hiya Mum!!
You have been working your butt off as always this time every year! I’m heaps proud of you and I think this styleaid is going to be AMAZING!
As I live with you I see all the effort that gets put in, on your behalf and styleaid is always bloody spectacular!
Good luck with everything on the night! I will be watching and I bet it will be great! :)
Love you loads
Holz xx