Organized??

                                                         

Those of you, who know me, are aware of the disorder I have......disorganization.  My brain just is not wired for organization.  It's a terrible thing, but I have to take ownership of it!  Step into my house, if I don't know you are coming over, and you will be greeted with clothes on the couch, shoes in various places, mail piled up on the dresser next to the door and dishes needing to be done.  I actually have a place for all of these things..I just don't take the time out of my day to put this stuff away.  Yep!! It is pure laziness and I am not proud of it. I try to change it and it is slowly getting better.  Once my place is cleaned I try harder.  But the minute something gets out of whack, my brain just stops processing orderliness.  So...call before you come, so I can tidy up a bit.
                                                   
                                                                 
Anyway, back to my purpose of writing this...I tried to get my 4H club papers turned in today.  BUT, I found, one application was not signed by a parent, one was the completely wrong application and one had to be completely filled out.  So, out of 7 kids and 3 adults, I got 6 apps turned in and have 4 left to be signed.  I hope my May 1 deadline for the rest of the paperwork has a better outcome than today.    Jayde told me to get better organized.  So, I sat down, and put things in files, folders and envelopes.  Labeled all of them and redid the calendar.  All the important dates are highlighted and the event written on the proper day.  I even made an outline of what the kids need to discuss at the next meeting.  Once we get this going, I will probably come up with 7 different other things I should have done.

As I told the kids and parents in the beginning; this is my first year heading up a 4H club, I am going to make mistakes, hopefully keeping them down to a minimum.  I pray they will be patient with me.  I am trying to make this a better year than we had last year.  The advisor meetings will help me with what I need to focus on.  I have to let the kids run their own meeting, but I can guide them along the way.
                                                                 
So, this was my organized mess vent session.