Why am I so cranky?

I am having a cranky morning.  My mood could have something to do with today's deadline.  As I mentioned in a previous post, deadlines get me down.  It could also be the heat.  I chose to come to Florida in August.  Draw your own conclusions as to my intelligence.  (And the majority of you voted for a labor day reunion in TN, so you might be a bit lacking in the brains as well.)

I am cheered by so many registrations and reservations.  Thank you!  I will update the online list as soon as I return to my home computer.  Just know that there is a big difference between a registration and a reservation.  Reunion manager is a clunky website.  Although we are having much better luck with it than the Bearden Class of 1991 (they were only able to buy one ticket per person until the glitch was fixed), this site is a bit tricky to administer.  The main difficulty is that once you register, it defaults to "yes" for attending.  So if you register and don't buy tickets, I don't know if you registered but aren't coming (a great thing to do for database purchases) or if you think you bought tickets but didn't press "buy now."  What to do?   When I get to my home computer, I will send confirmations for all ticket purchases.  If you don't get a confirmation, you didn't press "buy now."

I am also a bit frustrated because I am getting asked to extend the deadline.  The real question is why should I extend the deadline?  Why can't classmates decide?  Is it that you cannot afford your reunion ticket in the same month you paid for your plane ticket (legit excuse!), that you are desperately trying to work out this or that conflict or travel detail (also legit!) or that you just can't decide whether you want to walk down memory lane or sit this one out.  I suspect that many classmates fall in this later category.

Here's the deal on the planning end...our buying power, and thus the details with Gettysvue, vary greatly at 40 total, verses 50 or 60.  As the numbers changes, I basically have to re-plan our evening - a great deal of extra work.  You guys are worth it, but please make sure your reasoning is sound before you use my time in this way.  If you need another week, that's fine.  (If you can't hear my passive-aggressive sigh, you aren't listening hard enough.)