Be Prepared

We had a very successful enrichment meeting last night. Our enrichment leader is a dear. She is pregnant with #5 and really struggling physically. But inevitably, enrichment is a huge to-do! We had an Emergency Preparedness Fair. Each person on the committee (of which I am a part) had to set up a "booth" which contained information and materials on some type of Emergency Preparedness. I did 72-hour kits. I am way too ambitious. But I am competing with the leader who, despite being pregnant, is SUPERDUPERWOMAN. Okay, I was SuperMom for a day, but this gal is SUPERDUPERWOMAN 24/7. You know the type, everything is a production. We have to hand-make 100 invitations with special moving parts for each enrichment. Every person on the ward list gets a reminder call about enrichment the day before. There is always an elaborate taster's table. And there are always about 60 people in attendance to every enrichment meeting. And you are saying, why compete? You don't need to compete. The problem is, I really like this gal. Even though I tried so hard to not like her, to resent her, to think bad thoughts about her, she is totally awesome. She is funny, intelligent, and she totally gets me. So I try to be a good committee member and live up to her impossible standards. I made a little game at my booth with candy prizes. It was a hit. But it put other booths to shame... Everyone else prettyh much had their handouts and a small display. I guess I over did it. But, it was worth it. Because now everyone thinks I am 72-hour kit girl. I am soooo prepared. Little do they know, hahaha... But it was great, we, the committee put together 90 72-hour kits for people, and people were able to purchase first aid kits, a month's worth of food storage, a week's worth food storage, water purification tablets... things to get people started on their preparedness. It was great. One thing I got out of it was when this gal, who is my age, has 4 kids, lives in a 3 bedroom apt and has a full-year supply of food, spoke. She said a year supply does not mean a year supply of what you normally eat. It does not mean you have to have all the snacks that your kids eat. A year's supply is enough so that each person in your family has enough food to sustain themselves. Enough so that you will not starve. Not enough to stay fat on. I figure that I don't even need any food because I have enough extra already on my person to sustain me. I just need some water and I will be good to go! That is why I gained all this weight. I was just heeding the prophet's counsel! I have my own personal food storage! Don't laugh... it is true...Okay, not really. But anyway, that was a lightbulb moment for me and made things seem a little more do-able.