Headline: Control Freaks unite to plan 10-year reunion

ok, so I'm getting a little grumpy about the 10-year reunion planning, which has, up until this point, been really rockin'.

First, an observation:

CURRENT ROLES OF CLASS OFFICERS:

Seargent at Arms: PhD student - gives tons of advice about what to do and gives ideas, then disappears without a trace. Possibly living in campus library in Illinois.
Secretary: Manager. Helps with website administration and planning.
Treasurer: New York Accountant. Handles all cash flow and ticket payments.
Vice President: Academic Advisor, Marketer, and Party Planner. Emails classmates and gets people to come to the reunion. Wants desperately to put on her idea of uber cool reunion with lots of activities and ridiculously thoughtful details. Meets with resistance from treasurer who desperately wants to pay for reunion.
President: Adorable Mormon mom with 3 kids, living in Nebraska. Surfaces occasionally to apologize for not helping. Appreciated, but actual help is preferred instead. Still, adorable.

Take one guess who I am! I'm frustrated because there are so many little details to think about with regards to the party, but everyone else wants to show up, relax, hand people a "hello, my name is" sticker" and be done with the programming. They don't want a slideshow - they don't want a bulletin board, or special nametags, or anything that I think it truly wonderful. Why can't they just see that all of my ideas are perfect and they are all in the dark about how to throw the ultimate party?? I MUST BE IN CONTROL, dangit!!! arrgghhhh!

Yes - When it comes to event planning, I am a control freak, and a scary perfectionist. I'm the girl that stands behind you and whispers, "could it be a little more to the left, like a quarter inch?" Or the one that has to have the perfect music playing in the background to fit the occasion. Typos on invites are monumentally embarrassing, etc. yeah - I'm that girl. (ok, maybe I'm not that bad, but hey) Anyway, then again, so are my buddies - there's a reason why we were all overacheivers in high school and wanted to rule over our peers like Pinky and the Brain (ok, so I'm exaggerating). But seriously, it's always a little toxic putting a group of leaders and perfectionists in the same party room together in the final hour. As the reunion nears, I can feel the insanity brewing as those little details start to surface.

Prayer needed. Thankful to be going overseas without computer access before reunion....LOL!