There are times when nothing else can suffice except saying thank you. Thank you to the universe, thank you to God, thank you to all the people who pulled the strings that made the show, thank you to all the people who somehow or another cross your path and inevitably made an impact on the way things turned out.
I can tell you one of the things I hate most is walking up the stupid hill on Sunday nights for 3 hour long orchestra rehearsal sessions. By the end of it I am always knackered and the new week would have just started by the time I snuggle into bed trying to get an ounce of rest.
Tonight, our concert just made everything so worth it, a million times over. Somehow everything just fell into place. Everyone was helpful and super sweet, the music was amazing and you know the audience felt that they had a bargain having only had to pay £3.50 to watch the concert. I have no words except pure happiness for it.
I cannot help but keep track of the bodies filling the seats and mentally summing up the amount we have in our little red metal ticket money box. As treasurer, it really is all that occupies my mind. So it would be an understatement to say that I was pleasantly surprised by the fact that we had to add additional rows to accommodate people. I will end my term not bankrupting my society!
For that, I cannot thank the Lord enough because that aspect is totally out of my hands. We did not sacrifice quality for budget and yet managed to churn out a good show while maintaining a low cost and high revenue. I got lucky this time, I know it had little to do with me. But the state of the financial account is directly under my responsibility and I just cannot believe that I will pass it down in such good health.
So I can only say thank you, thank you, thank you... For all who have made this happened, but most of all, to God most high who led me into directions I did not want to take, but made sure I learnt a lesson or two showing me what can be done along the way.
Thank you.
