Day 8: Thursday, January 24
Countdown to Kentucky Round-Up

What's Kentucky Round-Up?

The Hurrier I Go, the Behinder I Get

Those of you who work in publishing, or printing, or journalism are used to deadlines, deadlines, deadlines.   But I have taken a step beyond that, and am now experiencing "Deadline Creep".

Deadline creep occurs when one deadline passes, and although you are ALMOST done with that task, another deadline comes along before you finish the first.  But now you are behind on the second one, and then another deadline comes along... you get the picture. The snowballing effect.

Or as the old folks said back in Pennsylvania where I grew up: "The hurrier I go, the behinder I get."  Pennsylvania Dutch speak.

The deadline of the moment - let's see, let me pick the one I am most behind on - is getting the Kentucky Round-Up program to the printer.  He needs a week to print it and no, it's not done!

There are a few other deadlines I could mention, but it may depress me to see them in black and white, so I think I'll just go into denial for a while (like, 24 hours) on them.

Gosh, this sounds like a downer of a blog, doesn't it?

Honestly though, three of us met with the KY Horse Park staff today and went over all the minute details, and believe it or not... I think everything is OK.  They are more relaxed now too.  I don't think they've ever hosted such a diverse complicated affair.  They'd better get used to it because, as Arnold says, "We'll be back....!"

Until tomorrow....