Sheares Dinner and Dance was great fun! The guys ran amok in a costume shop and we won Best Dressed Table as a result. Someone from our table also took back the grand prize of a flat-panel LCD TV. To be honest I wasn't sure if I'd enjoy myself, and given all the troubles the committee went through, I wasn't sure if they could pull it off. But things went rather well and rather smoothly last night and I think the committee deserve praise for pulling it off despite the odds.
A long-distance call caught me off-balance, but it was good to find out that a far-away friend is coping, even if he thinks otherwise. The urge is strong to offer solutions but I realise that sometimes all I have to do is listen. And I hope by listening, by letting him talk through his problems and analyse it in his head while he's doing so, I've helped him somewhat. That'll make his money and my time worthwhile.
