Fair day

Today is fair day in East Hampton and as everyone knows that means the LVIS Fair. For over a hundred years the LVIS has been holding their annual summer fair and it simply seems like summer in East Hampton at the end of July.

For the past twenty years or so I've been working in the office on fair day, doing a two hour shift counting money. There's a system in place that has been many years in the making, and I simply do as I'm told. I count money, mark slips of paper, make change, etc. I follow instructions and do my annual duty to assist the organization of which I am not a member. And on fair day I'm so grateful for that! Because all the members are working a very long day, in the heat and humidity, and I get to come in, work my two hours, and leave. And on my way in and out I get to peruse the booths, check out the food, and maybe even buy a raffle ticket. And I won't go home exhausted.

Of course that's not why I'm not a member of the LVIS. That has more to do with limited time than anything else. I am already busy with church, the Historical Society, the Healthcare Foundation, and the Ambulance Association. I simply don't have any more time to give to anyone on a long term basis. But on fair day, I'm all about the LVIS and am more than happy to do my part.

Happy fair day ladies! Here's to a beautiful, sunny, prosperous one!