I was in charge of our church's float in the town's Christmas parade this year. I had no idea it was going to be a very time consuming and emotionally draining adventure. NOTHING was easy. I've already mentioned having to make the costumes as they had disappeared. My friend Stephanie helped me cut out and sew. I had forgotten a lot about reading a pattern. My sewing machine gave me a lot of trouble then I realized it was Charlie going behind my back changing the thread tension. Then I had a spool of bad thread that kept breaking. It was not fun.
The stable that we use is stored behind a storage building and is in the elements year round. This makes for a very unstable stable. I had a lot of help with fixing that problem but it did not go as I planned. We were at the last minute making sure it wasn't going to fall on anyone. It was not fun.
Mom and I spent an afternoon using zip ties to add garland and greenery to the trailer but having to watch Charlie at the same time. It was not fun.
The day of the event the sky looked very "rainy". That was more than I could handle. I had a melt down and later had to apologize to my parents. Getting hysterical was kind of fun.
It did not rain and the event did end up going smoothly. People were so nice and shouted very sweet things about how great the float looked. And we were in the paper the next morning. What a great ending!
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