I am in charge of putting together a bake sale so that my family readiness group (FRG) can raise money for a big welcome home party when our husbands come home. There are a some major problems with this bake sale:
1. We are having it on a Tuesday morning (not my idea, think it’s insane) after a Brigade run.
2. After passing around a sign-up sheet at a meeting a few weeks ago I think there are four people volunteering their time.
3. After passing around a different sign up sheet asking for donations we have about a billion bottles of water, some orange juice, and two or three people bringing muffins.
I am very worried bout this. The lady that is helping me and I have sent out email after email asking for volunteers and donations and have received little response. Then there is the fact that someone (me) has to arrive at 6 am the day of the sale to set up. I am already panicking about how I’m going to get myself and my two little ones up, dressed, and out the door by 5:30 am.
The women in my FRG have all these big plans for this welcome home party and I am tempted to send this email:
“Dear Spouses,
You all want to have this big party, but we aren’t going to have any money because nobody wanted to take the time to bake anything or go buy stuff. So, I don’t want to hear any complaints when we are partying at the Burger King. Don’t you think your husband deserves more than a whopper when he gets home???”
Maybe that would light a fire under them!
