I Survived!!!

 Okay my blogger friends ... I am back ... and I survived.  That's what counts, right?  I am immensely enjoying the 70 degrees days and the 43 degree nights here in sunny California, though that won't be the case soon.  I see 5 days of rain in our near future.  Actually I'm hoping for it.  Maybe it will settle down the pollen.  I carryeth a box of Kleenex everywhere I go-eth for allergies I seem to have acquired.  What can I say, I live in the middle of hundreds of acres of almond orchards.

It's time for the Magic Kingdom once again, so I tried to rest up.

That didn't last long because SOMEONE wanted to smell the grass.  It's not like smelling the roses, because we literally run along until coming to a screeching halt.  It takes me a few steps to stop.  Just about the time I've lost all momentum, OFF WE GO once again!!  It's hard to believe this kid is fifteen years old!!

I tried to rest up, but that never works out like I plan.  I got a call about someone being paid to help the Secretary.  We don't have funds for that, so I said I would go in early to the lodge and help out.  We have twelve new members coming in and they require packets.  I was flinging papers right and left.  Fifteen minutes later I was done.  

Ummm so why did it take the last person 90 minutes to do this??  Efficiency must not be our forte!

I signed a gazillion checks ... okay, not quite that many ... and headed down to set up for Bingo.  Thank the good Lord above for Fairy Godmothers.  That girl ... she is a whirling dervish who knows how to get things done!!  All I had to do was count the cash.

Suddenly I saw the text.  My Lady in Waiting was out of town for the night.  OH NO!!  That's when the newest Knight in Shining Armor walked up to my table.  This young kid (a total surprise since all of our helpers are Ancients from eons past) asked if he could help.  

OH YEAH!!  Have a seat in this nice cushy chair!  The best part EVER ... he's a Bingo player, so he knows what all the cards are.  And away we went!!  Lucky for me, the Infernal Machine just hummed along, happy it had two new batteries.

Eddy is his name and he did an AWESOME job of counting cards for me.  I could hardly contain myself!!   To make it even better, he speaks Spanish fluently.  We have many who speak little English, so that's a BIG plus!!  I understand what they are saying, but I can't speak the language.  I should have taken that instead of 4 years of French in high school.  

In other good news, one of the OTHER Knights took a knife to the backup infernal machine.  Two seconds later, it decided to recognize the new batteries we installed.  I should have been happy about that, but it means I now have to program THAT one!  

We always know when we will be busy.  Federal checks went out for Child Care Credits, whatever that is, meaning YAY my Bingo money has arrived.  Folks totaled up to 128 this night.  We had the usual "you didn't give me that card" until further inspection of their receipt proved they didn't BUY that card, along with "where's my red ticket".  We haven't had red tickets in a year!!  

The good news ... there were no knock down drag out fights.  They did however, spend a LOT of money.  Every game winner received $250 from me ..... 22 games paid out.  

And so I was lucky on this night also.  I have a new helper who is sharp as a tack and the infernal machine balanced to the nickel.  No more pennies allowed!  

I got home very late however ... meaning the next morning came WAY too early.  I'll relate that story tomorrow morning, because even though it's 5:45 in the morning right now, I need a nap!!