This seems to have been the period of time when I completely stopped
keeping this journal. I will attempt to reconstruct some of what
happened during this period of time.
November 11
Sent
out budget figures to a prospective client. They have local offices
which could make this an attractive account.
Sent
out a resume to a local company for a job I was completely qualified for -
decided to test whether or not I got more response if I truncated some of my
experience. We'll see.
November 12
RK and I took the kids to see the Incredibles. I liked it
November 14th
Went
to the modern day equivalent of a Tupperware party. Ordered a large
plate rack. I hope it works out.
November
15th
Spent my time making sure that this version of the slides was in decent shape.
November 16th
Talked to another potential client and arranged to do a demo when I got back
from the east coast.
I'm
not sure why packing is always such a struggle. I did have it down to a
science and then I got out of practice. This trip actually seemed to be
a little less stressful than my others but there were still things I wanted to
pack that I didn't find.
November
17th
- Left for Boston for a meeting.
November 18th
Met
a friend for lunch and had him review my presentation. His comments as
always were excellent and I ended up making deciding to make a number of
changes
Spent
the rest of the afternoon in the coffee shop changing about 25% of my slides.
This is obviously a pretty risky thing to do given that I'll be talking to
over 100 people in a few hours.
Did the Dog and Pony show and managed to pull it off. I was suppose to
speak for an hour and it spoke for exactly 58 minutes. The real
significance of this presentation was it was for the group that served as the
inspiration for my professional writing career. 9 years ago I attended a
meeting and listened to the speaker and said "He's got the right idea.
He's just using the wrong words." Since that I've published over 40
columns. Maybe not the best performance for nine years but it is what it
is.
November 19th
Got a mid morning flight home from Boston
Went through Chicago with a three hour lay-over. I can always think of
things I'd rather do than run around O'Hare
November 20-21st
Spent the weekend finishing up the 4th part of a series of columns I started
6 years ago.
November 22
Did
a web demo with my associate for a local client. I thought the demo went
reasonably well.
Had
my weekly meeting with some of my associates. I think these meetings are
as much therapy sessions as they are business development.
November 23
Decided to split up the cooking for turkey day. I'll do the cranberry
pie, the cranberry relish, the sweet potatoes, the first course and the
dressing for the turkey.
November 24
Worked
on getting some of the cooking done early.
November 25
RK
got a free range bird and it was one of the nicest birds I've cooked in years.
Seems
we had as much cooking to do as we would if we were cooking the whole dinner.
Headed
back to RK about 4:00 for a nice dinner. I think the menu came together
better this year than it has in years.
November 26
Decided
to do some grocery shopping at a new store. The price point for
vegetables was about half what we're paying at our high end markets here.
We got a call from a friend asking us to come to the movies, so we got our
trip short and headed home. Threw the perishables in the fridge and
headed out to the theater.
- Do not try and go to the theater the day after thanksgiving. The shows
were all sold out so we rushed home and our friends decided to come to our
house to watch videos. Picked up Pizza and vegetarian food for dinner
Picked
the dog from the groomers at 8:30pm. At least he smells better than he
did
November 27
Spent most of the day updating the calendar section of this web site.
Doing the annual calendar is about a 40 to 50 hour process that I grumble
about every year. Got Jan and Feb done.
Decided
to be couch potatoes for the rest of the evening.
November 28
Went
to the Science Center with the kids. Have to admit I was somewhat
disappointed for some reason there didn't seem to be much to hold an adults
interest.
The only thing I saw that was interesting was the owl butterfly. Seems
appropriate for this site.
November 29
Decided to go shopping. Got some pants and a top. Hope the pants
finally work out. I'm somewhat between sizes now and things don't fit
right.
December 2nd
Bought
some flowers for my dining room center piece. I'm going to talk RD into
doing it for me since in a prior life he used to be a florist and he's very
good at it
Had a nice evening of dinner and a jazz performance for hubby's birthday.
Not a performer we were familiar with but she gave a great show.
