Where the Year Ends?

May 12, 2005 | Category:

So the calendar year ends on Dec 31. And that time is slam-full-busy with the holidays (and all the holiday letters, the creation of the family calendar, celebrating the Scandanvian Yule traditions as well as my American Christian Christmas traditions, family visits, cooking, decorating, cleaning, and gifts -buying wrapping giving receiving and acknowledging.

(Breath Deep. Cleanse. Celebrate the gift of Jesus. Eat peeps.)

The fiscal year ends on Mar 31. Slam-full-busy with end of year financial reconciliations, audits, tax work, final deadlines for several submissions: travel vouchers, medical and child-care receipts, program cost-center invoices, and not the least it is also review time - for me from my managment and for my team members.

(Breath Deep. Switch summer and winter wardrobes. Attend a Memorial Day parade. Enjoy the lilacs.)

The school year ends on June 3. Slam-full-busy with year-end plays, rehersals, board meetings, recitals, projects, last payments for school, goodbye parties, finding summer programs, paying for summer programs, completing annual volunteer requirements, student assessment meetings with teachers, decisions about next year.

(Breathe Deep. Take a summer vacation. Plant some tomatoes and herbs. Take a nap in the hammock with Bear.)

And people wonder why, from November thru June, I babble to myself like a crazy person and repeatedly find refuge hiding under my desk.

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