Grant is in

The deadline for the Minnesota State Arts Board grant was at 4:30 pm this afternoon. The materials were very clear that if you showed up at 4:31 pm you were out of luck and would have to wait two years to try again.
But at 1:30 today I slid my materials into an envelope and dropped it off at the MSAB office. Whew! I sort of felt like there should be some kind of fanfare. Someone standing there saying "great job! congratulations on finishing!" But there was only a receptionist who nodded her head at the table with three milk crates for collecting envelopes: one marked "theater," one marked "dance," and a nearly overflowing one marked "visual arts."
Once a month, we register new students at the Literacy Center and each one of them is greeted with a big welcome from all of us. It's a big deal to try something new, whether writing a grant or learning a new language. Maybe some year the MSAB could set up a band outside their office, like marathons have at the finish line. It's a thought anyway.