Thursday, February 28, 2019

How Much Is Enough?

This weekend I volunteered to chair the Hospitality Room for a group meeting that starts Friday night and ends Sunday just before lunch. The approximately 60 meeting attendees are coming from Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas. A few are flying in, but the majority are driving.

The budget for the event was adequate, but not extravagant. I spent considerable time researching options for food and paper products, and developed a shopping list that cherry picked the best deals at three different stores.

I thought I had everything under control. And then Mother Nature stepped in.

Coming our way
All of that purple in the Midwest is today's weather- a mixture of sleet and freezing rain.Tomorrow should be fine, but then another event--this time snow--is predicted for Saturday night into Sunday morning . Depending on what source you listen to, we could get somewhere between 2-8 inches. Based on the forecast, last night people started cancelling their meeting attendance. Today I've received a steady stream of emails from the meeting chair to keep me updated. As of 1:00 pm 18 people had indicated they wouldn't be coming, and the chair expects there will be more.

I had purchased the paper products earlier in the week (buying heavy because I knew I could return any unopened packages), but because of my schedule today had to be Buy Perishables day. My carefully curated grocery list got halved, or for some items cut even more. After lunch I went to Aldi and came home with snack foods and breakfast items, crossing my fingers that I didn't overbuy.

And if by some crazy coincidence I didn't get enough? There's a grocery store right across the street from the meeting venue.

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12 comments:

  1. the weather can cause a lot of cancellations...very frustrating but what can you do.

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  2. I's sure you'll pull it off and emerge the heroine. We're very understanding and sympathetic about our weather.

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  3. I always over buy and prepare too much food for events. I would rather have too much than too little. This weather makes it hard to plan anything!!

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    1. I hate running out of food, too! If it was my money I would buy away and not think about it.

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  4. Wishing you good luck that all goes well.

    God bless.

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  5. I never thought of the stress and changes weather can cause to such things as small events, and the person who is trying to plan those despite unpredictable changing weather. My hat is off to you!

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  6. I'm a planner. There's nothing worse then spending time and energy planning, then having everything change.
    Despite all the changes, I hope it goes well for you.

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    1. I HATE having to switch gears at the last minute! I guess it is what it is, though. Out of my control.

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