It
seems like the last meeting was only yesterday and as the time has continued to
fly by, the projects have continued to pile high. The last couple of months
have been trying in more ways than one and as the district visitation and
numerous other deadlines approach, I am continuing to struggle to get things
done. But sometimes this is what we have to do as the Secretary of the lodge…
we have to prioritize the various wants of the lodge, complete the needs, and
slowly start working down the list.
Unfortunately,
there are more projects that need to get done now than at any other point
during the year and so the hours of communication, processing, sorting, and
filling out forms has been a bit more arduous than usual. It hasn’t helped that
I have also been absent from the lodge for many of the meetings and other
gatherings as well but, again, that is part of the personal prioritization that
we must all find for ourselves. But it has been tough trying to balance
everything.
It
has not just been the many new things that have come up since the beginning of
the year. There have also been a number of items that have carried over from
2015 and, undoubtedly, many things from the previous year that have had a
significant impact on our ability to check things off the list over the past
few months. And for each of those items it has been a constant stream of
emails, phone calls, and conversations at the lodge. Those are the moments when
I would like to have an answer for the brothers asking the questions but I have
nothing to offer or very little to report. Some things, whether I like it or
not, are simply out of my hands.
However,
there are a few things that seem to be coming together albeit a little later in
the year than we had planned. I can see the peak of the pile and soon hope to
be gliding down the slope into the summer. Of course, that will also be the
time when all the projects that have been moved to the bottom of the list
should be competed so that maybe, just maybe, we can head into the fall and the
final four stated meetings of the year with a clean slate… at least of the
myriad of things on my desk. But, right now, I just have to make it through the
next few months.
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