Sad Day/Happy Day

Last week came with a startling beginning of lay-off's and salary reductions across the board at MKG. Within the first hour at the office, four of our co-workers (moreso our friends) were emptying their desks and heading home for the last time. There was no warning ahead of time, but it was a situation that is not so unexpected these days. Our event schedule for January & February was great given the nation's financial decline and our numbers were nearly the same as last year's, which gave everyone here a feeling of hope and immunity during such a downturn. The reality was that as we flipped the pages on our calendars to March or further to April, May, June, there was not one event. Later that Monday, we had an all-staff meeting detailing the changes and updating our currently situation, which made us all acutely aware of the economy's (delayed) effect on our industry.
Fortunately, this week is looking brighter, our situation is improving slowly but surely as our proposals move from the 'In Development' to 'Engage' section of our agendas. The newest project was confirmed and activated 5 minutes ago so I'm off to work on a Venue Proposal for a Vitamin Water Pop up store to happen in April (yikes)!
I'm so excited for the craziness that is about to ensue. :)