Turning Multiple Pages At A Time

Yes, the title says it all! That is exactly how my schedule has been for the past several weeks. I have been quite busy at work with travel (New Orleans in January and Rhode Island in February) as well as catching up with my daily/monthly regular stuff. I guess at some point I will get fully caught up; I don’t like keeping my hopes up though, however, but all I can do is go to work, do what I have to do, and do same thing the next day.

That’s the norm at my job for a while now but I feel like sometimes to vent out and get some of things on my mind out of me. It makes me feel lighter.

I came back a couple of weeks ago from Providence, RI for a business trip and I loved that trip. I was there for four days and I did what I can to enjoy my stay there. I met up with my abstract management people whom I’ve been working with for the last a year and a half. It was nice to have met them in person. Quite interesting group of people: different personalities and yet quite professional. There were many of us who represented many major associations in the metropolitan DC area and some were from other states. I proudly represented my client professionally throughout the conference. I’ve learned so much about what the company is all about and what they do, what they can do, and what not. Knowing and learning what the others do and how they manage their programs was quite helpful for me and they seemed happy to share it and I did the same.On the flip side many reporting capabilities that others have was because of what I have established for my client. Many said they’ve modeled their reports from mine as they are purposefully made for specific needs. And I said “Great! Glad I set my client as a good example!”. It is always good to get positive points!

Overall the meeting experience was truly exceptional. I look forward to working more with them and make improvements to our system as we go along.

As part of my tradition, I checked many parts of Providence in a short amount of time. Won’t go into details now but some I was able to do but some I wish I could have done. There were many things definitely that I would have loved to have done but unfortunately I couldn’t afford to lose anymore days off from work. I knew I was coming back to lots of catching up and I was afraid staying longer might make things a bit more complicated. In any case, I had a great time in Providence. I certainly will try and go back and spend more time up there!

So this month I will plan on visiting a good ex co-worker of mine in Pennsylvania. We have not seen each other for quite some time now and I definitely miss her as well as family. Her husband just got accepted in the Navy and will be leaving sometime in May for training. I plan to visit them before he leaves. It’ll be fun!

I will catch up with you on the flip side… see ya!