Holidays are Coming!

Fall is truly here--dark, dark mornings, had to scrape icy windows once already, and most of the beautiful fall colors have finally fallen off the trees. We've all been re-reminded this week of what constitutes a Whidbey wind!
Since my last post I've had a birthday, nephew Joe & cousin Doug had a birthday--and Jim & I celebrated our 25th anniversary--all noteworthy!
I love that anticipation of Thanksgiving--company coming, meal planning, stocking up! We have some out-of-town celebrity family guests coming (yes, that's you Joe & Amy, Mike & Lyn, Devin 8-) ! ) It will be great to have everyone here. I love the hub-bub, the catch-up time, and I love the leftovers!
Before I left on my retreat(s) at the beginning of the month, I made comment that the frenzy had begun at work. It's been an interesting month: an 'acting' CEO appointment, several newspaper articles & letter to the editor, several 'special' governing board meetings, in addition to the 'usual' monthly meetings. The most recent one had about 50 people in attendance--so, indeed, the whole world is watching now, and our less than clean laundry is slowing being exposed for all to see. There's some relief in having it all out in the open now--in a truly sick sort of way.
The next two months will be critical in how the future will play out: two replacements to be appointed to the governing board, a recruitment process for the CEO, etc. My only wish would have been that the organizational meltdown would not have coincided with the economy meltdown--I have concerns & empathy for staff who feel the instability at work when they would hope that's a shelter from the money storm (as we've all watched our retirement accounts disappear into mostly good ideas, right?!). The lion may be pushed back into the cage in the next few weeks, at least in the work world. I'm just hoping that the righteous coalition that has formed in order to stand up to the lion unleashed will hold together for awhile. In any case, it's stranger than fiction.