Some people just can't wait for March. The winter is nearly over, March break, Saint Patrick's Day, the anniversary of the day I met my hubby, there are good things about March but in the world of non-profit project funding March = Panic!
Like most non-profits, my organization survives on project funding. We apply to the federal government each spring but by the time the project is approved and the agreements signed we have just 6 months to complete the projects by the end of the fiscal year. Every March we are run ragged trying to ensure that all of the money is spent and the work is done.
To add to this year's chaos, this will be the second year in a row that we will be heading into March with an administrative assistant who is leaving us. The admin person we had for 3 years moved with her hubby last March and we have hired 4 others in the last year. We finally found someone who is perfect and she has been offered another job that pays nearly twice what we do. I completely understand her leaving but it still sucks for me!
Why is it that we can find lawyers to work for less than bookkeepers? Oh well, one of the perks of not practicing law is that I can supposedly leave my work at the office, so on to happier things.
I am so close to finishing my first cabled scarf! At 55" I thought it would never end but just a few more rows and it will be done. I just have to decide if I should give it to my Grampy who I know loves cabled knitting but has lots of scarves and less need for it, or to give it to The Papa (my step-father) who could probably get more use of it. I would give it to my hubby but he has made it pretty clear that the scarf he wants will have to be in Acadian colours. Complete with the yellow star.
I will post pics as soon I I learn how!
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