chalice level: ghostly full
So what do I mean by ghostly full? Well that I am in high spirits but that I feel like the liquid has not appeared yet, if that makes any sense.
So a lot has happened (no surprise there, things seem to be moving pretty fast at this point).
So lets start with after the Wendy concert. I got a few ticket sales, YIPPIE. But they are still coming in kinda slow. I have my good days and my bad days as far as how I feel about the Ball, mostly I have a strong hope though.
I got a call from a vendor a little over a week ago saying that she has been hearing rumors that the Ball would be canceled. GRRREEEEEAAAAATTTTTTT!!!! is what I was thinking. If she heard these rumors, how many others have as well? So I called one of the respected members of the community who has done the Ball in the past and asked what she suggested I do, she is aware of my concerns about the Ball and was honest and said that if I REALLY believe I can pull this off than I could wait for others to come to me about the rumors or I could post something to the forums about the rumors that are being spread. So me being me, I went with the latter. I am a "hit it head on" type of gal so this worked better for me. I posted to SEVERAL forums about these rumors and set the record straight. It consisted of three rumors.
1. The Ball would be canceled. I basically said I have no intention of canceling the Ball. 2. Vendors were backing out left and right. I said that this was totally not true, I had only two back out due to personal reasons and they were promptly refunded than the spots were taken by other vendors. 3. That ticket sales are low. I said that yes, ticket sales are low but people who have run the ball in the past as well as those that sell tickets have all said that this is normal.
Not long after that sales started coming in more consistently. I am feeling better about the sales at this point and hope to see a big pick up soon.
I had a run-in with someone that was supposed to be a vendor, he had agreed to pay me twice and than I gave him an additional 2 weeks after the second agreed pay date and than I gave away his booth. He had been emailed that payment was due within that two week period or I would do that. He says he never got the email and that I am basically a liar and have no biz ethics and he will never again work with me. Argh, the gall of this guy to try to blame me about this! If he had paid like he agreed to TWICE before, this would not have been an issue. People amaze me, and not always for the better.
The shop owner that I have mentioned in the past that was very ticked do to some of the antics of one of the ex members but that I have said I liked. Well he gave me a rune reading on Thursday. He said some interesting things and I greatly enjoyed our conversation. One of the interesting things I noticed is that his voice changed when he did the reading, like mine does when I do readings. This gave me the confidence to trust what he was saying. I had told him that I am looking at having to sell some of the things that I personally own to try to cover costs for the ball. He said I should hold off for a week or so because ticket sales will likely be picking up and he sees someone that might be able to help out financially but that person would need to be approached in a business type manner.
He also said that I need to focus on my spiritual self since i am kinda loosing that part of myself at the moment. As well as focus on the family aspects because my family, especially my spouse, are being affected greatly by the Ball. I really enjoyed talking with him, and I like him even more than I did before. He seemed more understanding of my personal situation and my stake in the Ball on both a personal and business level. He mentioned writing down my thoughts. I told him that is how I tend to vent my frustrations the best, so since I could not sleep again. I thought I would blog about what has been on my mind.
The last couple of weekends I have been doing some things to raise money, but I think I am loosing more money than making. Argh! Last weekend was an event that is about two hours from where I live. That was fun to attend, especially since I kinda had some time to spend alone with my hubby. We enjoyed it but it was not as enjoyable as it could have been because we were both so tired. I did not make any sales, although I did get some raffle tickets sold for the $100 raffle I was doing at the time. And that was thanks especially to the person that kept taking the framed bill around to different people at the event and telling them to buy raffle tickets.
I think I made several connections as far as the my organization, the Ball & my cloaks go. Even though I did not have any actual sales. I did bump into someone who I had met a few years ago at another function. My oldest and and her daughter hit it off really well then. And turns out that they still hit it off really well, lol. The other child's mother and I think that the girls must have known each other in a past life or something. The two of them are like two peas in a pod and we want to try hard to make sure the girls can see each other often. I also get along with the mother very well, she is very down to earth and is easy to get along with. They (mother/ daughter) helped out today with a car wash fund raiser I was having today. And they will be helping out again tomorrow. Today we talked about doing an event together in June that is at some event in another state. Doing a road trip thing, it was so funny cause her daughter says "oh (my kid) HAS to go with us" but they had only re-met today. It is so neat to find a person that is so much like my own kid and for them to have kind of obscure interests from the main stream.
So did the car wash today. We made about $50, had one person interested in learning more about the Ball. Another that asked what the car was was for and than said that "he will have to pass" because he is Christian. We were washing the car of a person when that man was talking to me and the customer that we had said he almost said something to him about him being a jack@$$ but than decided not too. He said he figures a car wash is a car wash. Gave me a chuckle though.
So tomorrow we do the car wash again, but this time we will be sageing the location and I think we might actually try to send out some energy this round. I plan to take my incense if I don't forget it, and the mother I was talking about earlier will bring the sage since I don't have any.
My youngest is approaching her first birthday, it is amazing how time flies. She is so cute! We don't have any major plans for her, but something some and family oriented.
Now back to money for the Ball. I have an idea about something that may work. I would rather that this idea go through my aunt instead of the alternative of my new father in law but I will take what I can get. I mentioned earlier that I am looking at having to sell some of my stuff to be able to get the cost for the ball covered. I don't have much in monetary value that is worth a lot if I were to sell it, but a few things. I do however have some family heirlooms that I would NOT sell. But I would be willing to use it as collateral through someone that I trust, like my aunt. My new father in law makes me a bit nervous but I would be willing to do it. I want to see if one of them will be willing to do a contract between the two of us that I give one of them these items as collateral in exchange for lending me $ which would be paid back with interest. This is one of my last ditch efforts to acquire the money I need in the time I need it. I already tried the venue owner to see if she might be willing to barter but she was not, and that is understandable since she is trying to run a profitable business.
As I told the shop owner, I feel like I am taking a huge leap of faith and am flying blind with all of this and am having a great deal of trust in the Goddess. That is the only thing that continues to make sense to me, just keep trusting.
Wow, I was long winded tonight but I think that covers it for the up to date stuff. I guess we need to wait to see what other adventures await me.
Oh yeah, one more thing. I told the shop owner about having some “odd” things happening recently and asked if this was do to my funky energy or if this was do to something more metaphysical directed at me. He said it was me, so now I guess I just need to get my head in the right place.
TTFN
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