HourChallenge

If you follow the blog you might have wondered where I’ve been over the last week+. Well, we’ve been running around like mad people busy pulling together all of the last minute details surrounding the much anticipated and much attended alternative gift market.

The event was a success by all measures (I’ll fill you all in a day or two once we have all the totals) but it consumed every waking moment of free time over the last few weeks. The hour logs are pretty simple this time around with most of our time being spent organizing the market.

Sunday 11/11
Off

Monday 11/12
Blog posting
Time spent = 30 min

Alternative market planning
Time spent = 20 min

Worked with a friend to put together the video for the alternative market.
Time spent = 3 hours

Tuesday 11/13
Stopped back by the community center to do some last minute planning for the event. I’m in charge of sound, video, power, (man stuff!, grunt) and photographing the event.
Time spent = 45 min

Spoke with a friend about poverty, justice and the Bible. We rode down to a conference together and talked about global issues, politics and personal discipleship.
Time spent = 20 min

Wednesday 11/14
Market planning. It gets really blurry from this point on.
Time spent = approximately 2 hours

Thursday 11/15
Market planning
Time spent = approximately 3 hours

Friday 11/16
Market planning
Time spent = approximately 4 hours

Saturday 11/17
The alternative market is today!
Time spent = 7 hours

Sunday 11/18
Off

Monday 11/19
Inventory, accounting, packing boxes, organizing… We’re on the home stretch. Just need to get everything accounted for and shipped back to the vendors.
Time spent = 2 hours

Tuesday 11/20
Continued finalizing the market, finished all of the accounting. The boxes are packed up and ready to go!!! Wohooo.
Time spent = 2.5 hours

Wednesday 11/21
Shipped back all leftover product from the market.
Time spent = 1 hour.

Thanksgiving 11/22
Gave ourselves a much needed break and did absolutely nothing but hang out with family. We had a great meal. I played two games of risk with the boys. And I can’t even guess how many hours that took!