Can you believe it? Can you also believe how we used to play three or four days a week? How we would get together at 10 in the morning and play until 1 the next morning? Where has the time gone? jimkaren@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >