Day 9: Wednesday, January 23
Countdown to Kentucky Round-Up

What's Kentucky Round-Up?

Single Digits Can Be Scary

First of all, "My Bad!" - I did not write in this blog yesterday.  I will beg forgiveness, because I was not feeling well.  It all started simply yesterday; I was kind of feeling funky when I got up... but I had an 11:30 dentist appointment (anticipation of which is enough to make ANYONE feel funky).  After the dentist examined my troublesome tooth, he announced that I needed a root canal and he was going to do it immediately.  Out came that nasty long needle that numbs you up. Yikes!

After a few hours in the chair, I returned to work, but now I was REALLY feeling funky.  (Can you blame me?) Stuck at it as long as I could and when I got home, I couldn't face the thought of writing a blog.  Sometimes, life just takes over.

But here it is Wednesday, January 23rd and I'm back to full speed.  Now we are down to SINGLE DIGITS until Kentucky Round-Up.  Just nine days left until the big day. And believe it or not, after all the lost sleep and long hours and tired volunteers... I think we are going to make it!

I put out a call for help to KHC members for volunteers just a few days ago, and the members rose to the task with offers of help, enough to make us feel we'll be OK on the helpers side. A big shout out to our members, thank you!

We continue to get last minute organizations interested in exhibiting at the event.  Today we did a check of all the vendors and exhibitors, and we are up to over 60.  Thanks everyone!

All the speakers are confirmed, all the ads submitted for next week, signed a contract with the concert sound and stage crew, signs are ordered, tickets are ordered...

Next week will be printing, copying, bundling ticket packages for groups, getting money for volunteer lunches, printing name tags for vendors, board members...So there is a lot more work but a lot less decisions.

I and my tooth bid you adieu until tomorrow.