Last week, as I was in the crunch of putting the finishing touches on the charity auction, my daughter starting giving me Emergen C to help me keep from catching my son-in-law's head cold.
If you are familiar with the original movie of Willie Wonka, you may remember Charlie's adventure with the Fizzy Lifting Drinks.
We started calling the Emergen C "fizzy lifting drink", and had a good laugh about it. This week I'm still using the stuff as a "just in case" --- the raspberry is pretty good tasting.
Today I got an email telling me that the total amount earned from my efforts was about $13,000, giving them about $8,000 after expenses to put toward the production of the next opera.
That number makes me feel really good. It tells me that I did a good job.
While it may sound a little silly, it feels really good to have done such a big job and have it be so successful.
The past few years I have had some times that I have felt a bit useless -- the result of having retired from the corporate job and having my daughter leave home all at about the same time.
Coordinating the auction and working with adults toward a goal has been very rewarding (if some days exasperating!).
It's good to feel like there is a purpose to what I am doing.
Now it's on to the next adventure.
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