harum-scarum
[hair-uh m-skair-uh m, har-uh m-skar-uh m]
1. reckless; rash; irresponsible:
He had a harum-scarum youth.
2. disorganized; uncontrolled.
3. recklessly; wildly:
He ran harum-scarum all over the place.
4. a reckless person.
5. reckless or unpredictable behavior or action.
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How had everything gone so wrong? It had started out great, and the plan looked
great on paper. And yet, everything was
going out of control. Maybe they had
been a bit rash, but they thought they could handle any problems that might pop
up. They had all done their research and
knew what they needed to do. Or at
least, they thought they did.
It had
started out fine. Everyone knew what
they needed to do. Everyone had brought
the things they needed to bring. It had
been a bit tricky to organize everything at first. After all, all the people involved had their
own ideas and ways of doing things. But
a bit of disorganization was to be expected at the beginning.
They
had all gotten together and organized themselves, and the project started. In
fact, it was going better than any of them had hoped it would. Everyone played their part perfectly. Then one of them got a bit too happy. He became reckless and started doing things
on his own. The others thought they
could compensate for their cohort’s unsavory actions, but it was all for
naught.
Once
one of them started going outside the plan, it all fell apart. They had worked for months, carefully
planning every detail, and yet it fell apart in a matter of hours. What they thought was a solid, stable plan
was nothing but a precariously stacked house of cards, and that one man was the
unexpected gust of wind.
They
tried to regain control, they really did.
Everyone worked harder and longer than they ever had before to get some
semblance of control. But when one
problem was solved, another three would rear up, often because of the one
problem being solved.
Plans
were made, and then thrown out. Order
was restored, only for chaos to take over.
Someone would say something that would render hours of planning
useless. Another would ruin a plan by
his or her actions. No matter what the
team did, the results were the same: raw, uncontrollable chaos.
It
became so bad that several of them left the project. Others threatened to try and shut it down
completely. Others went mad, or else
seemed to. Only the few strongest
members of the team held on. They tried
their hardest to keep the project afloat, and the team members all
together. But it was an uphill battle,
and once the ball started rolling, there was no stopping it.
The
project had started with twelve people.
Twelve dedicated people that perhaps acted too soon or too rashly. By the time people stopped abandoning the
project, there were only three. Three
people left to carry on the will, the spirit of the project. Three people that were in far over their
heads. They had no idea what they were
doing, how to proceed, or even why they continued hold on.
All
they knew was that running a daycare center was harder than they thought it
would be.
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It takes a special kind of person to run a daycare center. All those kids running around, screaming and making messes with things that you didn't know could be used to make a mess. The very idea terrifies me. So my hats off to those poor, brave souls who enter into that field.
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