Princess Alexa Foundation - My Princess Dresses Arrived! Also, CLM?!

I am so excited! The dresses I ordered from Disney arrived today. I purchased these for the Princess Alexa Foundation. My husband asked me last week if I was going to purchase a dress for the foundation. My reply - "Of course! I'm going to put my money where mouth is".

As stated many times before on this blog, this is a foundation that hit home for me. Jordan and Katelyn love love love to dress up. I love kids and I am fortunate that my kids are healthy. Combine all these factors - kids, dress up, cancer and moments of happiness - I definitely was going to purchase a few from me as well.

Anyhow they are here and I'm excited!

If anyone is still interested, please go look at the Disney Store or Disney website. They are on sale now for the same price as the ones at Target. I know Crys, Alexa's Mom, would welcome any new ones from any where.

Thank you again to the friends that sent me a dress. I did not collect as many as I had hoped but I know every dress counts. I'm thrilled and honored to be able to forward these on to the Princess Alexa Foundation. I hope to get them to the foundation sometime in the middle of November so if there are any stragglers out there, please forward them to me. I would love it and so appreciate it!

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(I am going to copy the style of a couple of other blogs I have seen including Crys' and Kandice's to relay a conversation)

I have a wonderful legal assistant who will be leaving us in a couple of weeks. She is moving to Arizona with her husband and two sons. Her husband went out and got promoted at his job so she no longer needs us! She will be missed by me.

I bring her up on my blog tonight because of the conversation I heard her have over the phone today. I was in my office and I could hear her telling someone that she would look at my calendar. I then hear something like this:

Assistant: December 4th? Let me look. No that won't work.

Pause

Assistant: I know it won't work. It is her daughter's birthday.

Pause

Assistant: December 2nd and 3rd? Hold on. Let me look. No, she has a couple of private appointments in the afternoon.

Assistant again: Wait a second. Mary Lynn, what are those private appointments on the 2nd and 3rd?

Me - partially listening: Let me look. It is Jordan's and Katelyn's separate Christmas performances at school.

Assistant to person on phone: The 2nd and 3rd will not work either.

Now mind you, I have never said a word to my assistant. This is her whole take on the matter.

Assistant to person on phone: OK, let me know if something else works out and I will check her calendar again.

My assistant than hangs up the phone.

I then ask her, who was that and what were they asking about? She replies -- the group in Tennessee. They want you to fly up for a two day meeting!

CLM? Career Limiting Move? These are the first thoughts that immediately come to my mind. This is one of the bosses having this meeting. I have a brief moment of panic and the old law firm days come back to haunt me.

I then took a breath and smiled -- boy does my assistant know me!! I'm going to miss her as I stated!

There is no way -- I mean no way -- that I am going to miss Katelyn's 2nd birthday on December 4th. Yes, she may not realize that I missed it but I will know. I waited 40 years for this child and certain celebratory moments like her birthday only happen once a year.

I'm not missing their Christmas performances either. I will stay on the phone all day on a conference call if I have to and I will do what works needs me to do but I will not miss these times.

Boy is this a change from the ole Mary Lynn! I love my girls!!

PS 7 or 8 years ago, a friend of ours and his wife refused to go on a one time New York trip or Cuba trip (I forget which one) with this wonderful group because it was one of their three children's birthdays. I remember thinking at the time that the child would not know and what a shame they were missing the trip. Once again, a lesson in not judging someone until you walk in their shoes. Here I am 8 years later and I get it. I won't miss Katelyn's birthday either.

PSS They have tentatively moved the meeting to the following week. Yeah!