Making Lists and Checking Them More Than Twice
Every year after the regional conference, it always seems like forever until the entire region will be together again. As I’ve been absorbed more and more into the planning committee in the past six years, though, visions of late-night heart-to-hearts and pillowy king beds have begun dancing in my head earlier and earlier. We started meeting in the spring, so it tracks that by now I'm ankle-deep in lists of things to do, buy, print, and bring alongside the heavy hitters who are up to their knees or waists. Last weekend, I even got to accompany my friend and conference queen herself, Tirzah, on a site visit. Our #1 goal was to meet with our resort representative (he has the best last name: Espíritusanto ["Holyspirit"]). You better believe there were ~lists~ of things to ask/confirm on both sides. It might seem silly to drive 10 hours roundtrip for a ~90 min. meeting + a few misc. tasks, but when you're herding 112 humans, a face-to-face conversation with the boots on