Stand back !!! Don't come near me right now.  Urrrgggghhhh.  Angola.  Uuurrrggggghhhh. Sooo, what's up ??? uuuurrrggghh

As per previous blogs, you should know that I am very active in the Luanda Hash.  Well, this Saturday is the "2006 Kids Hash".  It is a really big deal.  A REALLY BIG DEAL for us.  We are expecting more than 300 people (perhaps 400-500), at a time when we normally have about 80.  Decy has worked countless hours designing a very special commemorative t-shirt.  I have worked very hard to get my company to sponsor 1/2 of the t-shirts .... so we could give the kids shirts away for free ... and sell matching t-shirts to the adults.  We have even advertised about the t-shirts.

So, what's the problem?  Well, last week when the t-shirt place made the proofs, they were ugly ... they were COYOTE UGLY.  They were DOUBLE-SACK COYOTE UGLY.  So, Decy redesigned the t-shirt appliques ... took all night.  All's going well, supposedly ... so the place said.  Decy was supposed to pick up the shirts on Wednesday (Saturday is the run).  They delay her until Thursday PM.  She gets there ... NO T-SHIRTS, not even one.  They don't have enough ink to do all 550 shirts, so they did NONE .... ok, regroup, rethink, contingency plan ...  come up with an idea.  Bingo. Got it.  Here we go !!!!

Great ... all set ... pick up the shirts on Friday (yikes, hash is Saturday, getting close).  400pm, I get this call from Decy .... "darling, they only have 275 t-shirts".  What?  Huh?  Come again?  After about 5 phone calls, I learn that the "other 275" will be available in 1 week ... yeah right ..... like 1 week will do us any good when in 22 hours 300-500 people will be trying to get the shirts .... and in 1 week ... there will be none .... MONEY LOSER ...  the hash doesn't have $$$ to buy t-shirts that cannot be sold (we are very much a non-profit organization).

So, I'm blowing (but a controlled blow, barely) ... I say a very small prayer (hard to pray right now) ... "so, Decy, what size t-shirts HAVE THEY MADE ?".  She says:  Right now they have only made the kids sizes.

THANK GOD ... a miracle !!!!

Sooo ... to make a long story short ... we cancelled the other 275 (the adult sizes) ... we will profusely give our apologies and say "this is Angola" ... and thank God that at least the kids sizes were made .... as for the other 275 ... well, on Tuesday Decy has a challenge trying to get back our $1,500 for that half of the order (that was not filled).

As they would say on a hash "on on" .... I will let you know how the hash goes, but be patient ... remember I have to fly to Houston .... and will have a kilo waiting for me at the hash to "whisk me away" ... and to the airport .... as if I were the president.  BUT, actually, I'm not ... just the Religious Advisor.