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Being President Isn't Easy
I wouldn't want the job of the President of the United States for all of the money in the world. I can only begin to imagine the stress, the concerns, the attitudes, the decisions that the President must make every day. You see, I am the President of my Subdivision Association. And while my job is small compared to the President of our country, I deal with much the same difficulties.
When things go wrong...people complain to me (or blame me).
When things go right...no one notices.
When a neighbor calls or stops by, I wonder if I should send out my body guards or offer them a piece of pie.
I took the President job a two or three years ago. The previous President had been doing it for many, many years (like 6 or 7) and the only reason he was still doing it was because no one would else would volunteer. We life in a small subdivision. There is one gravel road that forks. There are 14 families currently living back here. Most of us get along. A couple prefer to be left alone. Things don't always run smoothly.
See the reason we need a President, Secretary and Treasurer is we live on a privately maintained road. I strongly dislike our gravel road that is dusty and prohibits comfortable walking and bike riding. But I love the solitude and the space for my children (each family owns at least 5 acres). So we give and we get. Anyway, sometimes people don't pay their road maintenance in a timely fashion. Sometimes there are real problems, but they don't want to call, then we have to track them down, then they get defensive, and then it can get um...ugly.
Well weeks often go by without me having to do anything Presidential except for waving at the adoring masses and I pass by. But this week, I had to do a whole bunch of work and I am reminded that this job isn't a piece of cake! Fortunately, I am a peacemaker (which is a reason I took this job). There has been peacemaking that has needed to go on among the neighbors for awhile and I have been working on it. It seems to be paying off. And though my week had some extra events turn up and I spent hours I wasn't expecting and didn't necessarily have time for, things are running smoothly again and peace has descended once more.
Aaahhhhh...the sound of it....
However, on October 13th, I will be handing over my Presidential Mantle to another willing victim, uh...volunteer! I will then take over as secretary (easy job for me as I am always on the computer). I look forward to laying aside my heavy mantle of responsibility and sliding down the ladder a bit.
And to the political parties....please stop calling. I really am not interested in moving into the White House at this time....HONEST! Besides, I don't think there is enough Miss Clairol in the world to hide the grey that comes with living in that house!
