Ready, Mostly

 The Friday before is actually the hardest day of the pottery tour. I've been working since 7 am, but I am mostly done. Good thing, too, because my feet are killing me! Somehow it seems harder this year. Or maybe I am just older.

This is the first time in 13 years that I have not organized the tour. I was very much looking forward to putting all the time & effort that I had been spending promoting the tour as a whole into promoting my individual event. I didn't quite reach that level but I came pretty close! I sent out over 300 postcards, about 150 email announcements, sponsored a public radio announcement, and sent press releases to every newspaper in Maine. I've been posting to social media nearly every day. I bought a Facebook ad. 

I still have a few things to take care of in the morning:

• My wheel - I need to carry it down to the yard, so I can do demos. Honestly I would have preferred to do this today but I can't do it without Doug, & he had already gotten cozy for the evening, so asked if we could do it tomorrow. 
  
• Snacks! It's always a challenge to choose appropriate foods. Must be ok to sit out all day, edible with just fingers, not too messy, appealing. I usually get grapes & cookies, and some seltzer water. 
• I have to make sure my Square app is working. Nothing worse than trying to make a sale & you can't get your reader working! 

Now I need to get to sleep.