Thank God Its Friday

Ahhh.. Friday. And we are off again on Monday. We had a good week. I was busy and I only posted one blog on Monday. One of my staff was out for a few days but we had a good substitute so it went well. But it was tiring. On Thursday night, I crashed. It had snowed so I didn't go to my aerobics class at night. Instead I slept. I "napped" for about two hours, then I got up and watched Celebrity Apprentice, then went to bed. I am applying to be a contestant on Deal or No Deal so I was busy working on that this week. The application is quite a lot of work. It asked some odd questions so I have been thinking about those questions. One is "what is the most daring and dangerous thing you have ever done.?" Hmmm. I admit I don't do a whole lot of things that are dangerous. I think going to places where you don't know anybody is "daring", but not usually dangerous. I have to think about that question. You also have to do a "rap or a poem". Fun stuff.

I tried to go to a Toastmaster's meeting this week on Monday. I worked myself up to go since I would not know anybody. I dressed nice and drove about 4o minutes. It was snowing so I was concerned about coming out of the meeting and have an icy ride home but I really wanted to go and see what it was all about. I would like to learn about public speaking and people are telling me you can learn a lot by going to the Toastmaster meetings. So I get there, go to the room and there is nobody there. I wait for 1/2 hour and nobody (except for one "new person like me) shows up. I had investigated the meeting though the website. The website looked like somebody had put some work into it so I thought it would be well-run. I had the printout from the website so I called the phone number and someone answered, it sounded like a teenager, and I asked if anybody there knows whether the Toastmaster's meeting that was supposed to be tonight, was happening. The kid said, I don't know, and that was the end of the call. The other person that was new had said that she had emailed the president of the Chapter before the holidays but had never heard back. Hmmmm. Not a good way to run a program. (Just my opinion). I was pissed. I drove all the way 40 minutes, in the snow flurries, and nobody shows up. I think that if they change something, they should update the website. Gas is $3.09 a gallon. I used about 1/4 tank to get there. Now I have to find another way to get some "public speaking" in.

I got another wonderful story from somebody today. I was so grateful and thankful for her story. It is a perfect example of what I am looking for, for my book. Next week I am going to a Chapter Meeting for school food service employees. I hope to network there and pass out my "request for stories" letter. I am really looking forward to it. I also had someone post me a note on my Youtube site. She said she would tell her co-workers about my book too. So, things are moving along.

All in all, a good week. All is well.