NDK wrap up

So Mur and Dig had cleaned the living room while we were gone to NDK. I came home and it was so nice. It lasted maybe half a day. They hit two food banks to try and get food for them and the Bug, and now I have stuff all over my living room again. I am about to give up on it getting clean because with 4 adults, one toddler and a cat, I doubt we can do it. Not unless I toss half the crap in this living room away. I'm tempted.. sorely tempted.

Anyway, we hit NDK early, and I helped out with the early pre-reg badge pick up. It was not as bad as I expected, because not everyone expected to be able to pick up early. It helped lines somewhat on Friday, and given that next year 90-95% of the Con will be pre-reg only, I have a feeling this will simplify things greatly. After all, rather than one side pre-reg and one side at-the-door, they can do both sides pre-reg and just have one person somewhere doing at-the-door. And that's if they do any at-the-door at all. I haven't heard.

Friday was wicked like always. Saturday busy as hell, and Sunday shockingly mellow. It was a normal Con in reality. Save the fact my boss gave me a field promotion. Basically, you have the Area Head, his/her Lt., and the Staff, and then Volunteers. This is how it's set up in each department. Volunteers come and go, they fill the space, And the Head runs everything. The Staff is the backbone and the Lt is the second in command. We all following here? Okay, so I was staff. Apparently next year, I get to be Lt.

This is scary shit. I mean, I've been staff 2 years now? And I volunteered the year before that. So I'm still green. Still learning. I'm afraid I'm not going to be cut out for this.

I suppose we can find out on the fly next year. I should mention that I'm being moved up because the current Lt and the next qualified staff member are both taking jobs out of the country next year, so they will not be there. Otherwise I might have had more time to learn the ropes.

I have to come up with some ideas to organize Ops again. Last year I suggested a standing rack and baskets to divide up the lost and found. It worked, but not perfectly. I have to tweak it a little. I also suggested this year that we look at getting two more, to store supply items for the panels and rooms. I hope they take the idea, as I think it would work to declutter the office some more and allow us easier access to the items we keep digging for.

I also want to try to organize the supply items we use on a regular basis. Like pens, clips, clickers, scissors, first aid things, and all that. Anyway, I suppose I should try to think about things and rest a bit. I haven't slept much since getting home and the day wasn't exactly mild.