Float til You're Sunk!

For the past couple of weeks I've been working on a school float. There is a fair every year in our town and to kick it off there is always a fair parade. Well all the gazillion elementary schools in our town are in competition for the grandest float. So we assembled our team and went to work. Here are a few lessons I learned:
1. our principal will do absolutely ANYTHING for us!
2. while beginning work as strangers, by parade time we had new friends
3. you really have to have at least one handyman on the team!
4. a limo can't pull a trailer
5. don't wait until the day of to detail the car pulling the trailer
6. trailers are not always easy to come by
7. southern engineering is essential
8. set a deadline at least 2 weeks before you really need something
9. duct tape can begin to pull skin off of fingers
10. don't plan anything the night of the parade and be ready to crawl in bed at 9:30
11. the very top of a ladder CAN be stood on
12. always get there early to get the shady spot for your float
13. when we push to make ours better, we push others to excel as well
14. I work with the BEST group of PTO Board and parents on the planet!
15. even when you get that text that your float didn't win, and you're kind of bummed, you have to just thank the Lord for the blessing of the hot bubble bath you just took, the cozy bed you're now snuggled up in, the laptop on your lap, the kids sleeping soundly on the other side of the house, and the blessing of being a part of such an amazing school!

Now, goodnight....I'm SUNK!