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Click HERE to read PART 1) THE BEGINNING
The IDEA for a THEME.....
Anyone who knows parties knows they go better with a theme...
Masquerades need their masks, 
Togas need their sheets, Picnics need their baskets...People have a right to know what to expect, right? (Don't want anyone forgetting their togas...) Makes sense to me... As such our theme had to center around the Sorority meeting for the first time. I wracked my brain for ideas to the point of wondering if I had finally reached the age where I should be using Gingko Biloba... 
Not usually at a loss for picking themes and getting nowhere fast trying to come up with one... I decided not to worry about it. When it hit me, I would know. Where is FIGMENT when you need him?? I continued my day job with no one the wiser. Little did they know that my mind was always searching for THE THEME!! I even asked for help from the boards initially to put me on the right track, but still nothing grabbed me! 
(*Thank you SO much for trying to help, Bambi Tamby and Lou. You are both so good to me!)
With my mind idling
one afternoon as I was watching TV, there was my inspiration! A VIAGRA commercial! (I never was really sure why that good looking race car driver had VIAGRA plastered all over the hood of his car..but that sounds like a thread for the Debate Board!) I realized I was looking at the answer.... race cars, checkered flags... Of course! 
A SPARK! A trip to WDW is always a RUSH! Exhilarating AND exhausting as you rush from place to place. Never enough sleep... staying up late, getting up early.. Doing the "Dumbo or Die" 1 Day Touring Plan.."RUSH" WAS definitely THE RIGHT WORD! So now that I was on the right track, one thing led to another and a SORORITY RUSH just seemed to FIT! (*This being a G rated thread we will omit the VIAGRA angle... 'K?) 
Continuing along that vein, this would be our INAUGURAL DISMEET and none of us had OFFICIALLY been inducted. (SURE they'd memorized THE MOTTO and sang THE SONG, but how do I know they were REALLY singing out LOUD? And then there's the secret handshake. I'll bet no even practiced it...) YES, as themes go, IT WAS PERFECT!! You have to hand it to that little purple dragon, when he's on... he's ON!
Now those who know me even a little bit know I like things to be right... Not perfect, Heaven knows I can only aspire to that! So when I do SOMETHING IMPORTANT I am a bit "Focused" shall we say.. (my children prefer the word "obsessed"!) So I dug in with not even a full 12 months to prepare! YIKES! Better get crackin'...!
Months of planning are really not months when you think about it... after all you have to sleep 8 hours out of every 24. Then you have to work another 10 (if you add lunch and a commute!)... That really only TECHNICALLY leaves you with 3 to 4 months of time left... Of course, family, friends, and church take up about half of that! YEOW! I only have about a MONTH AND A HALF
to make this happen! That's not NEARLY enough time! So I'll need to cut out lunch, that gives me back an hour a day.... I could drive a little faster and gain another 5 mins each way... YEAH! and heck... who really needs 8 hrs of sleep when 4 or 5 will do? I can work on projects in the TV room with the kids while they are doing their homework. That will free up another hour of quality family time per day..... I feel better now, knowing I have at least 3-4 months to get things ready! 
The IDEA for a THEME.....
Anyone who knows parties knows they go better with a theme...
Masquerades need their masks, Togas need their sheets, Picnics need their baskets...People have a right to know what to expect, right? (Don't want anyone forgetting their togas...) Makes sense to me... As such our theme had to center around the Sorority meeting for the first time. I wracked my brain for ideas to the point of wondering if I had finally reached the age where I should be using Gingko Biloba... Not usually at a loss for picking themes and getting nowhere fast trying to come up with one... I decided not to worry about it. When it hit me, I would know. Where is FIGMENT when you need him?? I continued my day job with no one the wiser. Little did they know that my mind was always searching for THE THEME!! I even asked for help from the boards initially to put me on the right track, but still nothing grabbed me! (*Thank you SO much for trying to help, Bambi Tamby and Lou. You are both so good to me!) With my mind idling
one afternoon as I was watching TV, there was my inspiration! A VIAGRA commercial! (I never was really sure why that good looking race car driver had VIAGRA plastered all over the hood of his car..but that sounds like a thread for the Debate Board!) I realized I was looking at the answer.... race cars, checkered flags... Of course! A SPARK! A trip to WDW is always a RUSH! Exhilarating AND exhausting as you rush from place to place. Never enough sleep... staying up late, getting up early.. Doing the "Dumbo or Die" 1 Day Touring Plan.."RUSH" WAS definitely THE RIGHT WORD! So now that I was on the right track, one thing led to another and a SORORITY RUSH just seemed to FIT! (*This being a G rated thread we will omit the VIAGRA angle... 'K?) Continuing along that vein, this would be our INAUGURAL DISMEET and none of us had OFFICIALLY been inducted. (SURE they'd memorized THE MOTTO and sang THE SONG, but how do I know they were REALLY singing out LOUD? And then there's the secret handshake. I'll bet no even practiced it...) YES, as themes go, IT WAS PERFECT!! You have to hand it to that little purple dragon, when he's on... he's ON!
Now those who know me even a little bit know I like things to be right... Not perfect, Heaven knows I can only aspire to that! So when I do SOMETHING IMPORTANT I am a bit "Focused" shall we say.. (my children prefer the word "obsessed"!) So I dug in with not even a full 12 months to prepare! YIKES! Better get crackin'...!
Months of planning are really not months when you think about it... after all you have to sleep 8 hours out of every 24. Then you have to work another 10 (if you add lunch and a commute!)... That really only TECHNICALLY leaves you with 3 to 4 months of time left... Of course, family, friends, and church take up about half of that! YEOW! I only have about a MONTH AND A HALF
to make this happen! That's not NEARLY enough time! So I'll need to cut out lunch, that gives me back an hour a day.... I could drive a little faster and gain another 5 mins each way... YEAH! and heck... who really needs 8 hrs of sleep when 4 or 5 will do? I can work on projects in the TV room with the kids while they are doing their homework. That will free up another hour of quality family time per day..... I feel better now, knowing I have at least 3-4 months to get things ready! 
You made us all feel special and I certainly believe the "rush week" was magical because of your efforts.
