Biggest. Month. Ever.

So...let me just begin by saying that somehow June is my busiest and slowest month ever. EVER.

I have 6 days in my office to pack up.  In the midst of all of this, I have multiple meetings, student meetings, trainings, and paperwork to do.  Oh...and I haven't done crap for about a month, so I have some catching up to do.  I really should stop procrastinating.
Also, my office is full (almost floor to ceiling in some places) with cardboard boxes.  I hope there isn't a fire because our whole office is going up in flames if there is.  I think this is a fire hazard.
On the plus side, I have a week and a half left in this building, a week in Florida with my besties, and then I'm moving to the new building. HALLELUJAH! Building story in a moment.

As you just saw, 3B Vacay with Lindsey, Amy, and Cara is less than 2 weeks away.  I'm so excited I could pee my pants right now. Except I won't, because EWWWW. 
"3B Vacation?" you say... YES! 3B Vacation.  It's the Bitchin' Beach Bonanza (thanks to Amy who so lovingly uses the word "bitchin'" when she's excited). And on Friday, June 29th (the wonderful anniversary of my birth!) it'll be the Bitchin' Birthday Beach Bonanza. BAM!  It's exciting.  I foresee lots of alcohol, awkward photos and videos, and a fantastic tan in my birthday future. :)

Building story:
So we're planning a Week of Welcome! (WOW!) blow-out for our new building opening in August.  And for some reason, no matter how many times I tell people that we have to book because everything goes quickly that week (everyone is doing a Welcome Week activity parade), no one seems to take me seriously. Except Carolyn. Because she's awesome. Seriously.
I keep pushing.  And NO ONE seems to provide me with answers.  Finally, last week, Rob agrees to meet with us. He asked me to come with a $30k proposal (yes...a proposal the amount of my ENTIRE yearly budget) and then he'd find the funding. And we start going through the list...

"There is no way they can do a hamburger/hot dog cookout for a group of 300 for less than $1000."
Are you kidding?  Brother 2 Brother can do it for 600...
"Yeah...and a pig roast for 300 people will be at least $6000."
Really??? Are we shipping the pig in from the wonderful land of magic piggies??
"But I'll accept your proposal for $2,900 for food and we'll make up the difference."
WHOA buddy... That's my whole budget there... What about everything else?
"So go ahead and book everything you can pay for.  These musicians, the DJs, supplies, giveaways you want to to do, etc. Then we'll make up the differences."
Okay. Here are the two things I can pay for. Go.
"Send me a new proposal.  Make 3 columns to show who you intend to pay for what.  OSL pays, Auxiliary  pays, Not sure who pays. Can you do that?"
Yeah...I'm not a moron.

So I make the list and look at everything he wanted us to pay for.  It came out to around $15k.  My budget was $2K.  Slight difference.

So I started taking things off. You want free food?  You have to pay for it.  You want inflatables? You have to pay for it.  You want giveaways? Well...you get the picture.

I send it Carolyn first so she can check it out and she comes down to my office.
"Do you have time to meet tomorrow?"
Yes....am I in trouble here? Because I really can't afford to pay for that stuff. Or is this about playing on Facebook too much? Wait...I blog at work. Crap. I'm so fired. "Sure.  What do I need to prepare for?"
"Just looked over your proposal and we have some things to discuss."
"Oh. Okay.  Is there anything I need to review?"  (God...please don't tell me you think I should kick in more money. I don't have it!!)
"Oh no.  I just think we're paying for things we shouldn't and they need to be kicked back to him to come up with funding.  Also, I have some questions about the schedule and a few changes."
Whew! "No problem.  See you tomorrow."

So we meet, make the changes, and all's peachy.  Now he just has to come up with about $18k.  Hahahaha...ha. Yeah...

Sandra* and her sister are coming by this weekend to check out my car.  Hopefully she wants to buy it. And has cash on her.  If not, I'm calling the lady from Title Max.  I have to get rid of this thing!

I just found 2 disposable cameras on my desk.  I'm going to go develop those.  This could be good times. I'll keep you posted.

Megan OUT.