It was amazingly quiet at the Shelter yesterday. Kerri was off, getting her new puppy neutered, Meredith was running around buying things for the fund-raising event, harvest for the Homeless, so it was mostly Jaron and Greg (the intern) and me. There were lots of online ticket orders, especially for the raffle tickets. If anyone bought a raffle ticket online, I had to fill out the stub for them. If they bought an event ticket, I had to send them an email that said their name would be on the "will call" list. In either case, I had to enter the information in Giftworks and then post it to QuickBooks. So that kept me pretty busy. I also had one person come by and buy 25 raffle tickets, but she didn't have time to write her name and phone number on all of them, so I did that. Then we had a couple of calls about the dress code.

I ran out to Wendy's and brought lunch back. Meredith got there a little before I left. I gave her all the raffle tickets and a box of miscellaneous supplies I had thrown together.

I went to Five Points Eye Care and picked up my monovision contact lenses. They are great. My eyes are a little sore this morning, but it could be lack of sleep. I came home for a bit and changed my clothes and picked up my parents and we got there a few minutes early. I sat at the reception area until Meredith came and explained everything to the volunteers. The food was plentiful and very good. There were a lot of delicious dips and spreads, but not much in the way of crackers or bread. But there was pasta salad and fruit and veggie trays and lots of it. There were three bands and I really liked Betsy Franck and the Bare Knuckle Band--a little bit bluesy rock, I would say. The Rialto Club is lovely and lots of people came. At 8, I took over the desk for a little while and my friend Sarah Himmelheber sat with me for a while and helped. People came in and handed over $20. I think they were arriving for the last band, The Georgia-Florida line, which I would have liked to hear. Ray and my parents were leaving and he was going to come back for me, but a fresh crop of volunteers arrived to take money and I made my goodbyes.

So we were home before 9:30 and watched a little TV, but then I didn't sleep very well. Excitement, anticipation about counting the money today, and a little bit nervous about spending the weekend at the Mountain with middle schoolers. I remember when my girls were that age, going with them to cons. I am already exhausted and it will be a long day. Darn, why can't I sleep on demand?