Day 54 -- The week was so busy

Busy week and delightfully so!  It was busy enough that on more than one occasion, I thought today was Sunday.  For a moment, even thought my automatic watch was off by a day (it is set by the Naval Observatory radio time signal).  Finally got the clue -- today is Saturday.
After a rather relaxed morning, I got very much underway -- the mail brought a check on Margaret's account that was returned -- I thought all checks had cleared when the Manager at the S.Tampa branch of SSFCU transferred all the accounts over.  Well, one got caught.  A very sweet note which gave me the opportunity to thank Donna again for her hard work and reissued the check. 
I'm really concerned about any contributions to the Margaret Gandy Scholarship Fund.  I had checked with the Treasurer of the PHS Academic Foundation to get the wording for the "in lieu of flowers" line before putting it in the paper and on other printed materials.  More than one person has told me that apparently checks made out to the Margaret Gandy Scholarship Fund were returned with a request that the check be reissued in another name.  I have not heard from either the PTSA or the Academic Foundation with a list of those to whom I should send a thank you to for their gift.  I now have a check, made out to the Margaret Gandy Scholarship Fund that I was going to send through, as I did the other one I received -- but I am concerned that somehow the funds are not reaching that Scholarship.  I have on my agenda a call to someone in the PTSA or Academic Foundation to find out what is going on.

I am becoming more and more alert to the proliferation of mis-communication that seems to be a product of the information overload that is so prevelant today.  Tried to get some clarity about moving the Web site to a different server.  Took a full printed chat page to get the answer to 1 question about services one company offered.  Got a finger pointed to someone else when raising that question to another company.  Got an email from Debbie acknowledging that her concern for some of Margaret's students was based on a mis-perception on her part.  There is a statement making the rounds of the Internet again -- credited originally to a professor at the University of Wisconsin -- probably on the xteenth iteneration -- that underscores the facility of our brain to fill in missing or out of order letters in recognizing words.  Kind of like being on Wheel of Fortune for every conversation.  Or perhaps it could indicate just how distracted and dis-tractable we are today.  I guess I am particularly mindful of that right now because of the two-day training that is preparation for presenting a huge amount of information that could have ones safety in the balance, and I am working on how to present the material in a way that will insist -- maybe demand -- focus.
Look like I have found my soap box again.  I knew it could not stay hidden for long.