Soup Again?

My dad always liked the phrase "in the soup" and I guess I do too, because twenty years on and I'm still finding myself in it on a regular basis.  Tonight's was mostly just an attempt to betray one of my favorite people. Carolyn and I had dinner before the monthly WoW meeting so we could catch up, something we just haven't done enough of lately. Plus there was the the option of Thai before the meeting or Round Table during. Not really a hard decision. In the course of conversation, Watson Lake came up. Which it tends to as years of therapy won't be able to erase parts of that evening. And Carolyn did an imitation of me saying; "Well, I'm married, but my friend is single..." Which was a mercenary attmempt on my part to redirect the attentions of a fully potted and half insane denizen of that frontier town.
A few hours later, nominations came up for 2005 WoW officers. And remembering that you only hurt the ones you love, I figured Carolyn would make a damn fine director. I mean, have you ever seen her prepare? When she organizes something, it STAYS organized, damn it. So offering her up as chapter fodder seemed almost not heartless if you look at it from that perspective.
That evil girl looks me square in the eye and says, "Only if you're co-director."
Shit.
That didn't turn out right.
But we still have a month, and perhaps someone is secretly desperately wanting to run the Wind Dancers in 2006. If not, well, it should be a lark. Plus at this point I'm willing to sell a kidney just to make it to 2006 without any more mishap. Signing myself on for some work is a small price. (Remember this post when I'm bitching about it in a few months. Just don't remind me, okay?)

Comments

[carolyn]

*evil giggle*

That giggled, you should totally back out if you have even the slightest gut feeling that it'd be adding more stress onto yourself. I was mostly just being a smartass, and I would FAR prefer a sane and happySteph to an overworked and stressySteph. *big smoochums*

[carolyn]

Oh, but I still get to make fun of you forever and ever for selling me out to good ol' Watson Lake Dennis. ;)

[Linda]

* smile * What a team.

Did I get nominated as newsletter editor again, or did I get off the hook? Who's doing the web site?

[Stephanie]

Yes, Linda, you did indeed get nominated for newsletter. We, okay I, tried to nominate you for everything but evidently you have some pretty upstanding friends looking out for you.
So you wound up with newsletter and we'll whine and beg and promise chocolatey treats if you'll do publicity.
As far as director, I'm sure it's going to add more stress. But I also think it's something that was destined at some point for both of us. So heck, why not get it overwith all at once?

[carolyn]

At least we have a good excuse for not doing the PacRally again (!) this year. ;)

[Linda]

No, I won't do publicity, because I need to be doing that for my own business and there's only so much of it that I can take. But I might well volunteer for Pacific Rally. We'll see how sane I am by the time we decide to do it.

[Stephanie]

Hey, watch that pluralization on responisbility for the Pacific Rally! I've already sworn off it for this year. I think I need at least a year in between 'em to forget why I don't do them. ;)

[Linda]

Yes, but "we" is me and whomever - if I go for it - which I still may not. But I shall certainly not go for it alone.