Events 

When you work in event planning you are usually really hungry all the time, insanely stressed and running around like a crazy person trying to find a stack of printer paper or a bathroom because you haven’t peed in 16 hours. Event planners are up there with the brain surgeons of the world for top 10 most stressful jobs IN EXISTENCE. This is an actual statistic. I read it on Times or somewhere else important.

You think it’s a cake walk to plan parties do you? Oh, it sounds so fun doesn’t it?! Here are some things about being an event planner that you may not realize from first glance:

You are always hungry and the end of the night baby crab cakes are never NEVER enough.

I just worked a 17 hour day and just told all my coworkers to order me everything fried off the room service menu.It’s not coming fast enough, and if I don’t go to bed soon I’m going to wake up in ripped tights covered in BBQ sauce.

You don’t have time for hobbies, so you learn to hone your nerd skills

I wish I had sexy talents like shooting cross bows or tying a cherry stem with my tongue but no, instead of being all Lara Croft-esque with foreign language and teakwondo skills, I can type 90 words a minute and I know the dimensions of every freight elevator in the Pacific Northwest.

You run into your own unique set of challenges

Some times in event planning you have to say things like, don’t touch that cooler it’s full of breast milk. You also get really stressed if you have to change your oatmeal order to breakfast sandwiches 72 hours before breakfast. Don’t even get me started on mail merges or printer jams. THAT SHIT IS THE WORST.

There are some perks, like being the keeper of the drink tickets. There is a new rule at my job that if you throw up you have to take a shower. They made that rule because of me. Also, don’t judge me for the not showering bit. If you had 6 glasses of wine and had a 5:30 a.m. call time, you wouldn’t wash your bod either. Let’s hope there’s a hot breakfast buffet in the morning!