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so here i sit in a freezing hotel room in Memphis

wishing I was home. flew in last night about 9:30pm, got up around 6:00am and have been going non-stop. I am exhausted, mentally and physically. this whole class has been an exercise in patience most days since you take 20 people and try to have them come to agreement and on top of it walk out with a recommendation. thought it would be easy, but nothing ever is - however through the process i have met some amazing people, who have taught me to look at the world differently. which i appreciate.

went to a cotton warehouse today that holds 320,000 bales of cotton, pretty cool - have never seen real life cotton after it comes out of the gin. went to another grain elevator, i am getting pretty versed in those and am the IP police - sigh :) so once again buzzkill -

i need to get some sleep - did I mention that I am freezing

exhausted...

and wishing i was home?

Comments

carey said…
i wish you were home too, but there are definitely lyrics to a country song in this post.

"freezing in memphis, checking the cotton, thinking of better things and wishing i was home..."

strum. strum. strum.
11:19 AM
Susan said…
Oh Carey - thanks for the laugh. It just might be a song there.
10:34 PM
bobbione8y said…
i keep thinking there are more interesting things in memphis than cotton gins and meetings :))

i like the carey method of dealing with the whole deal.
1:46 PM
Karen said…
What is an IP police?
10:32 AM
Susan said…
IP = Information Protection, making sure servers (not waiters :) but application) are secure and safe. Clean desk (no confidential info is out), secured workstations, network security...lots of fun stuff that I won't have to be responsible for anymore now that I am not in IT land...
11:22 PM
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