off to Denver...

Well, I'm off to Denver in the morning. I'm pretty excited. I'm not really looking forward to sharing a hotel room with 3 other girls. Getting out early each morning will be an experience I'm sure. Last time I shared a room with 3 other work girls was when I worked at the Hearn Company in Chicago and we went to Vegas. I think we didn't speak to one another for a week after that. Ha! Hopefully it will be better this time. I'm sure it will since we are pretty tightly scheduled and not just wandering around, arguing about where we should go and what to do.

this is outside the convention center apparently. funny.

Anyway, I am sad to be leaving my babies and my Cody. Leego (Burgundy) got pretty upset at bedtime. So I wonder if she kind of knows what's going on. I wouldn't be too surprised, she is one smart little cookie (we call her Leego lately because that is her favorite thing to say, over & over, pretty cute). Also Finn said he was feeling sick and started to get all sniffly. I hope he isn't really! I kind of think he was working himself up into it knowing that I'm leaving. I've heard my mom tell stories many a time about my sister doing the exact same thing. But not me - oh no, not me. Ha!

But it should be good, and educational, and fun, and a little vacation, albeit a working one.

So I shall return on Saturday. I've got my iPod chock full of pictures to look at and to show off, music to listen to, even hypno-birthing stuff so that I can listen to the relaxation techniques if I can't sleep (which isn't unlikely seeing as I will be sharing a queen size bed with someone and I always feel like if I move I'll rudely wake the other person so then I can't sleep. Last time that happened was with my sister-in-law Erin at a wellness retreat with she and Paula - didn't sleep a wink! Hopefully it goes better this time. I'm bringing my own pillows, maybe that will help).

Anyhoo, hope you have a grand weekend, and I will post upon my return!

forgot to add

I also forgot to add to my shitty day list:
Ruined dinner.

Made Sloppy Joes because they're easy and fast, well the ground turkey seemed a little funky, but I cooked it, and it smelled up the entire house like icky meat. Then served it up and took a bite and it tasted weird. Don't know if it really was but Cody couldn't eat it, and I took one bite and thought it might be too funky.

So we had to toss dinner and get pizza.

ugh.

the day

well today has been a shitty day if I'm going to be completely honest. I guess the good thing is I only realized it now and it's almost over. It has just been building all day.

So, first, my pediatrician told me right before Christmas he might want to buy some new pots & pans from me. So I was very excited about this as January is double points month toward the Disney World Vacation that I am hoping to win. Well, I was finally able to get a hold of him today and he said he didn't want to get them right now. boo.

Ok, secondly, my e-mail is down. And I find out my brogue aprons site is down as well. So it is probably a matter of renewing the contract with the server or whatever on Hodge's part (or so assumes Cody) and I really hope that is what it is. I also REALLY hope that my website will just come back to life when that happens. I don't even know if I remember how to upload it all, blah blah blah don't want to deal with it.

And the way worse part of that is my email is down. It is not a big deal for it to be down for 1 day. But I am freaking out because I don't know WHY it is down. If it can just come back online, great. if not, I am screwed. I have handed out about 200+ business cards with that email on it. It IS my business email address (for Pampered Chef as well as Brogue) and I am seriously stressed over this.

Third, I had ONE, count it, ONE show on my calendar for pampered chef. ONE lousy show. And so all my little hopes were riding on that show. I have not been able to get a hold of the host for the last month and a half which is never a good sign. But I remained optimistic. FINALLY today I called her like 3 times and finally just got her and she says oh, I think I will have to reschedule, I'll call you. Which basically means, I will never call you and you will never hear from me again. Lovely.

So now what? Now I have to hope and pray that going to leadership summit this week will give me some balls and a good script for cold calling people and asking them to host a show. I was seriously thinking I would tell this lady that she was the last show on my calendar and would she please... yada yada yada. BUT I have my pride. Foolish though it may be and I will not beg for shows (at least not from people other than family and close friends). So that SUCKS. CAPITAL-SUCKS.

So now I am just realizing what a shitty day it has been. 3 strikes. And I am hoping tomorrow will be better. I am not ready to be done with my business. Not by a long shot. I just am not quite sure what I am going to do.

The only silver lining to all this is I am doing a fundraiser for Finn's preschool and I added a thing where I would donate an extra $15 for any shows that are booked. So I REALLY hope to get some from that. Maybe I should up it to $20. It's important.

Anyway, sorry for the bitch session. But some days, that is what my blog is for.