~:[CH14 - Day 138]:~ Taxing, Yet Fulfilling

 
~:[CH14 - Day 138]:~ Taxing, Yet Fulfilling

Banquet prep paralleled my day today; taxing, yet fulfilling. I love putting on a banquet for the students, as they deserve to be celebrated for all of their hard work, but I have to say, it's a pain to put on. especially when they are back-to-back. With school ending in May now, it gives us a very small window between APs and finals to host an event and thus, they're crunched together. I've been prepping for the past few weeks, organizing files, ordering and planning. I've always thought of my job as an event planner, as at least once a month, there is some kind of event going on. If I had to go back and do it all over again, I may have rethought my schedule today. With what I had to do for the banquets, I should have kept a lighter Sunday schedule as I was a little ambitious on what I thought I could finish on Saturday. With tech delays and other issues, my workload was a lot heavier than anticipated. After Japanese class, I wrapped up a few edits, then headed to the first performance of the day. It was a little nostalgic being in the Westminster Mall, but sad at the same time, seeing what it had become. It was cool that it was being used for something like this, as the mall was packed and buzzing. After a great performance, I rushed home and edited for about an hour, before heading to Long Beach for my second event. It was cool to see the young talent perform along with a family band to wrap it up. I'll be connecting with them again at an event in Japan, thus I decided to cover this event as well. I thought about staying home, but glad that I didn't despite the time that I spent. I headed home and got right to editing. My body was tired and I didn't quite get to where I wanted to be, but all the time I put in today was worth it. It was worth it to do all the work to put on a good event and it was worth it to take the time to capture some wonderful moments. Next week, I'll be able to enjoy a less stressful week and thus, I just need to focus in on the tax at hand and enjoy the fulfillment at the end of the day for all of the hard work. Hope you have a wonderful week!