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| A little something to take the edge off..... |
Uh...my
family is going to New York. Next weekend.
I don't
do anything at the last minute. Nothing.
Ever.
I’m supposed to be on the Today Show. It’s the “supposed to” that is killing me.
That
whole TV Morning News Shows production thing is all about “flexibility”. And it turns out? They don’t care about my “rigidity issues”.
I like to
think I'm structured and yes, the word "controlling" has been used in
reference to me.
Something
about the way I have white boards and flip charts mapping out our families
daily, weekly and monthly schedule.
Hey, I’ve even been known to chisel things in stone. Then I like
to carry the big stone tablets around with me. (Moses-complex anyone?)
But I’m not all THAT rigid.
I do use a variety of colored markers…flexible,
right?
OK, so by
now you may have figured out that “maybe” doesn’t really fit with my world
view!
So this trip
is completely out of my comfort zone. But
OMG – I may get a chance to be on
national TV. For 8 nanoseconds.
Those 8
nanoseconds?
I am nothing
if not a person who makes a Big Flipping Production (known as BFP syndrome) out
of everything!
So we are
turning this into an Epic Adventure, BFP Style.
My daily life idea of adventure is … dining in Rancho Mirage, 20
minutes from downtown Palm Springs.
Here’s my Rancho Mirage travel check list:
·
I pack trail mix and an extra bottle of water to
get there.
·
And I charge all my devices to 100%.
·
And I check the emergency supplies in the back
of the Van.
But
enough about Rancho Mirage. Back to NYC!
We decide
to take the kids out of school for three days.
(Hey, I figure three days right before school lets out? They'll live.)
We cash
out every mile we have ever earned on a credit card we’ve had for 15 years.
That was a lot of house payments,
dog food and botox Baby!
We book a
hotel room. (Jesus - that's a ton of
dough for a tiny, little space. I’d prefer a suite with two
bathrooms, but then I’d have to sell my house. Then where would I live when the four nights
in NYC were over?)
And we
leveraged the girls’ college funds to get four
tickets to a Broadway matinee. (Sorry
Girls. Let’s
talk about honing your bartending skills. I’m
all about raising independent self-reliant young women. Now seems as a good a
time as any to begin.)
Now this seems
like a lot of work for a few days.
But you
know what? That’s what we do in our Big Flipping Production family.
And
besides? Manhattan and Broadway and the Statue of Liberty (I do love a
plus-size statue!)? – all on our family bucket
list.
So bring
it on.
We'll see
a show. Dine somewhere. See a sight.
Fight
over the bathroom.
We’ll watch the Today show IN PERSON. Maybe I’ll even get in FRONT of the damned camera. (Not the iPhone
camera. That’s a given. The big one with
the red light.)
Maybe there's
a museum in there. And clearly, some orthopedic shoes will be necessitated.
But we
are having an adventure.
For now?
I'm making a check list.
On a flip
chart.
And
sniffing the markers to get me through.
Ahhhhh.
PS: Just got the call! Tuesday morning on the
TODAY show!!! Trying to book a quick face-lift for this Friday…
