Now the Hard Part

The fun part

The Foster City Summer Days festival concluded last night. We spent a couple of hours taking down everything and hauling the materials back to the church. Now comes the hardest part of any project: the cleaning up.

No, it's not the degree of difficulty; building the project probably involved more hours, required creativity, working with others happily (sometimes), and maybe included some fun.

After the main event is over, reports have to be written, procedures documented, expenses tabulated, and items returned to storage or their rightful owners.

The aftermath is hard because it means detail, duty, and drudgery, coupled with the (lack of) motivation to see it through.

Casualty of fun: paint spilled
on the sign overnight.

And when it's all over, when everything is put away, the bosses give you your just reward:

"You did such a great job. Let's do it again next year!"