jiggety jig

Traveled back home today and ended up on the flight with a woman I’d met at ELI. We spent the very early morning at the Minneapolis airport enjoying conversation at the Starbucks and then had lunch together in Philadelphia as well. Lovely woman, really glad I met her.

I also purchased this snazzy scarf.

Today’s Thankful Thing: Gorgeous, smooth flight from Minneapolis to Philadelphia.

2 days, 7 presentations

It’s been a long two days, but tonight I can finally relax and get ready for my trip back home tomorrow. So for now I’ll upload photos, blog a bit and then crash into bed early to be ready for that 3am wake up call.

Today’s Thankful Thing: Being able to connect with people and share my experiences while learning from them as well. Doesn’t get much better than that.

wiped out

Spent today at the ELI Fall Focus Session on Learning Spaces. I’m a speaker/presenter and today did 5 individual 15-minute sessions on the same topic for 5 different audiences. I am wiped. OUT. It was like what I would imagine speed-dating to be like.

Today’s Thankful Thing: That tomorrow’s sessions are only 2 sessions of 45 minutes each. Maybe it’ll be easier to remember if I’ve already said something that way.

minnie-uhn-appolis

… that’s how the US Air representative boarding our flight today pronounced our destination. So, here I am, in the hotel thinking I should work on my presentations at some point.

Today’s Thankful Thing: Getting to Minneapolis safely. Although I must say, I do wonder about the cleanliness of this hotel room. I’m fairly sure they haven’t dusted behind the nightstand in a *very* long time. Let’s hope the sheets have been cleaned more thoroughly.

seeing red

Once again, making up for lost time before heading off on another trip.

I got my hair cut on Saturday. When I was getting it cut, my stylist said “With a dramatic cut like this, you should really have a dramatic color. I think you should go red.” So, I did.

Today’s Thankful Things: Finding a great place to live, Tazo Vanilla Tea Latte, Rediscovering old music, and Feeling so proud of all my kids and all they’re about.

playing catch-up

It’s been a few days so now I’m playing catch-up. It’s all good though.. I got this. Today? Body parts. Not those parts.

Today’s Thankful Things: Having the universe on my side, feeling less cluttered, and seeing the light.

recovery

I’m back from SLCC. It was great, I had a wonderful time meeting people and look forward to next year.  Today, I’m recovering.

Today’s Thankful Things: The slightly cool breeze blowing through the window this afternoon and one day of my own to tackle some chores and get caught up.

out of time but still on time

Seems going out of town makes me post on time. No idea what that’s about.

Today’s Thankful Thing: Getting some sweet, sweet SL Flair.

with two point five hours to spare

Today has been a long damn day. Up at 3:30 am, flew to Tampa, spent the day in sessions and meeting new friends, then a fantastic dinner on the water (only after we followed a group around in two different directions to find some tavern that we finally gave up on and decided a nice dinner would be a better plan.)

Today’s Thankful Thing: Incredibly smooth, safe, on-time flights and a fantastically amazing dinner on the water, at sunset.