Several members of my staff have worked with me for the past six months on a presentation that we will be giving on Monday in Washington, DC.
Today we gave our final practice brief to some of the people who will be attending the DC meeting to help advocate our position. It went extremely well. We spent a few hours in the afternoon putting just a few finishing touches on the charts. They are ready to go. What we have is what we have. We are beyond the point of no return.
Our presentation looks great and tells the story that we need to tell. I’m grateful to my staff who helped work on this issue almost ceaselessly for the last six months, at great personal expense to themselves. I’m also greatful for my upper management, which has backed me, unwaiveringly in this effort, and for other allies who have crawled out of the woodwork to support us.
I think we’re ready now.
Jul 02, 10:10PM PDT | 7 cheers | 2 comments
About two months ago there were about three or four wedding receptions held in my neighborhood, all in the same week. I saw a lot of the same people at these receptions. At one of them I talked to a friend of mine. He left just a few minutes after I arrived. A few minutes after leaving, he sent me a text, asking me to try to bring home an extra piece of chocolate cheesecake (for him).
I sent him a text back saying that I brought home a piece of cheesecake for him. I told him that it was sitting out on the porch by where the cat likes to sleep. He was welcome to come by and pick it up.
Since that time we’ve had a running gag about chocolate cheesecake.
Yesterday Mrs. viii wasn’t feeling too well. I stopped by the grocery store on the way home and saw that they had a chocolate cheesecake on sale. I bought it to cheer Mrs. viii up a bit.
Then I decided to call my neighbor. When he answered the phone, the first words out of his mouth (before “Hello” even) were, “Have you got my chocolate cheesecake?”
I told him that I had one and to bring his family over so that we could enjoy it together. Of course he didn’t believe that I had one. After a few minutes of talking about it he said, “You really have a cheesecake, don’t you?” I told him that I did, and that I wanted them to come over.
A little while later he showed up with his wife and son. We enjoyed the cheesecake and a lot of good conversation.
Mrs. viii enjoyed it too.
Jul 01, 09:57PM PDT | 6 cheers | 2 comments
Since her surgery last Monday, Mrs. viii has spent the last several days in bed, recuperating. She has gotten up only to make a follow-up visit with the doctor and to take care of certain neccesities.
Today she had her first appointment with the physical therapist. She ended up having the same therapist that I had a couple of years ago after I broke my arm. I thought that Jen was a great therapist. She worked with me for quite a while, but eventually helped me to get back to the point where my arm was pretty much back to normal.
I was so pleased that Mrs. viii was able to have Jen. From the very beginning Jen was able to instill a feeling of confidence in Mrs. viii, and let her know that she was healing nicely, that everything will be fine, and the best thing that she can do at this point is start to use it again.
Mrs. viii has started walking on her foot again and is now confident that she’ll get better. She’s no longer afraid to use her foot.
Jun 26, 07:13PM PDT | 8 cheers | 2 comments
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