It might be especially good, because at this point, Karen and her mom are both gone Wed. nights to do their own volunteering. Karen's dad usually watches Jelena for me, but he hasn't bee getting home from work lately until 7:30-8. Was there really a time when no one had a life? :) > > That sounds like an ideal solution, as long as you don't mind > getting home later. If it doesn't work, I can switch my schedule to > Wednesday next week. Just let us know so we can nail something down. > > jimkaren@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > That's a good point - I'll try to email > > out a schedule tomorrow; I just > > realized that I'm scheduled to > > volunteer this coming Monday. Figures, > > eh? I'm sorry about the confusion this > > stuff causes - work has been so busy > > lately (approx. 2 hours of OT each day > > at home or work), and it's making me > > even more disorganized than usual. > > > > But I just had an inspiration. Maybe - > > just maybe - the guy running > > volunteering would agree to something > > different. Instead of giving them a > > Monday one night a month, maybe they'd > > agree to some help from me on every > > single Monday. > > > > It would work this way - I'd show up > > there at 10 after 9 (since they're down > > the street) and help them clean up. It > > generally goes to 10:30, so someone > > would have the option each week of > > leaving early if they wanted. And it > > would get me free each week - Yay! > > > > I'll give the guy a call today and let > > you all know if this will work... > > > > > > > > Guys, > > > Are we playing on Monday next > > week? I guess I'm curious when Jim > > > has his volunteer night. I always > > thought it was the last Monday of the > > > month, but then in August I made > > plans the last Monday of the month, and > > > it ended up Jim volunteered the week > > before. So Jim, when is it this > > > month? Could you send a schedule out > > for the rest of the year? > > > Along those lines, I was thinking > > of trying to come up with a D&D > > > schedule for the rest of the year. > > Not one that we couldn't change (as > > > that is bound to happen; we all have > > busy lives), but one that we could > > > use as a general guideline, so we can > > pencil in some games. We are > > > getting into the busiest time of the > > year for all of us. Personal lives > > > become more hectic as we near the > > holidays, and I know for me, this is > > > my busiest time of year at work as > > well. If we could plan through to > > > the end of the year, it could save a > > lot of last minute rushing around. > > > One more thing. We usually do a > > Christmas shopping trip at the end > > > of the year; late November or the > > first few weeks of December, on a > > > Wednesday or Thursday. Does anyone > > have an interest? If not, it's no > > > problem. But, if no one is going, > > I'll just schedule my own trip. I > > > want to plan my vacation time for the > > rest of the year, and I need to > > > know if I'm taking a day for that. > > > Thanks, > > > John > > > > > > > > > > > >