Bummed

So today, I am just really bummed.  It sucks when you find out you missed out on something really cool for a stupid reason.  This past week, Kris and I got the opportunity to help with Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.  For whatever reason though, the communication was not very good.  I would ask Kris almost daily about different things and deadlines, but because he was so overwhelmed with finishing the semester, he handed his duties over to his boss - which turned out to be a mistake.  First of all, what an opportunity!  To be able to help a deserving family and be nationally recognized.  You would think a small business owner would drool at the chance.  But he only wanted to skirt by with the bare minimum and wanted all the perks that went with it.  He was late turning in forms and missed out on getting his logo posted on posters and banners among other things.  He refused to upgrade the product, so Kris and I, along with one of his coworkers, paid out of our own pockets to upgrade.  I just believe that if we really want to be like Jesus, we give our best, not the minimum.  Regardless, it's what needed to be done and I wasn't going to help out with something and not do the best that I could. 

On Sunday, we went to the site to install the closets at 4am.  But with all the communication flops, we got our VIP passes after we worked, so we didn't get to use them.  And it turns out that later that afternoon all of the designers were at the site.  I'm wishing now that I would have taken work off that evening so that we could have gone to see them hand the keys over after the final inspection.  But to add salt to the wound, I kept asking about the Wrap Party, because I was pretty sure that we were supposed to be able to go.  But as things had been, no one seemed to know anything about anything, and when we would ask, we would get looks like we were trying to sneak into something that was not for us.  It was really annoying.  So, you can imagine my disappointment when I woke up this morning and Kris said, "honey, I just got the email invite to the wrap party for last night."  Seriously?!!  I'm the kind of person who likes to seize the moment, take advantage of "once in a lifetime" opportunities, so I am just so bummed.  And it makes it worse because I knew we were supposed to participate, but I just couldn't seem to get to the right people and ask the right questions to get the right answers.  What do you do?

I hate the feeling of being left out.  A friend tried to help by telling me that I would have been disappointed if I had gone.  Apparently the cast are not the character that you would think.  Maybe, but I still would have liked to see for myself.  And for now, I am just really bummed