FUN WEEK Good conference this week, though I am sorry our final panel on mental health did not pull the audience we were hoping for. Five excellent coaches on behavioral health including Bobby Hoffman of Channel 47. We sold all our booths and had a waiting list which has never happened. We are the hot conference, I guess. I introduced one of the speakers who talked about mitigating workplace violence as opposed to "preventing" which is a myth. He emphasizes "ain't nobody coming" so better figure out how to save yourself in that first 15 minutes. As an ex-cop, he uses somewhat "colorful" language. I interviewed him earlier in the year, but I am also the only one who can pronounce his difficult name, so I had the honor. He said just call him Lieutenant Dan (no not that one).
"Person in the Street" promos went pretty well and after I tried out my questions on the first couple I sic'ed my protege on the rest. Hopefully we can use these all year to promote 2027. My student who was due Wednesday was in my booth when I got back from the Keynote Tuesday busily promoting the podcasts. Scheduling snafu which at first was upsetting as I was performing two live interviews Tuesday. Worked out as he was engaging, technically astute and I may possibly have hooked him up with a job as he is a graduating senior in Environmental studies. I think I should get an A in mentoring. Unfortunately, the second interview with the Keynote speaker never materialized as we kept missing each other. Oh well, always ZOOM.
A former difficult interviewee stopped by to say howdy while I was working with the student. He whined "she won't interview me again" figuring I would be polite with witnesses. Nope, "you're too high maintenance" I said. He was a bit flummoxed. Did I mention I am rather blunt and do not suffer fools gladly. Instead of taking the small loss, he came back when I was alone and wanted to know why I won't interview him again. Making a long story short, he was difficult, wanted special treatment, interviewed when he sounded high (not proven, though I felt I needed to offer a different time), wanted to redo the interview, wanted me to feature his daughter in a second interview and then wouldn't let her say squat when I met with them and then made an insulting comment (not sexual, just extremely tone deaf). Guess it wasn't a short story.
At any rate, I told him all of the above and said as a volunteer for the podcasts and with all the work that goes with it and no assistance, I get to choose who I will interview. I encouraged him to continue with his association with the conference-I think he's a speaker-but I don't have time or patience to make it work with him. We don't mesh. Ok, end of story. Nope-he went on for 10 minutes and I repeated myself calmly emotionless like a schoolteacher with an annoying student. I did not know I was the IT girl when it came to podcasts. Best info I have is that I get about 1,000 listeners so not exactly world changing. Though some people did stop by to say they listened every month so that was nice to hear. When I was telling the OH all this, he said probably no one has ever talked to him like that and told him no. Lol. Did I mention I can be extremely assertive when you get my Irish or Scorpio up?
YOU SAID WHAT? It sure was fun being catholic this week with the VP lecturing the freakin' pope on "theology", 😕marmie dressing up like JC 😦 and hogshead quoting Tarantino at a prayer meeting for soldiers. That😅 stiff upper lip that soldiers cultivate must have come in handy. Meanwhile no one can find kissing petal (FBI) as he likes to lock himself in when he's drinking, which is most of the time allegedly. They almost called in a SWAT team as they couldn't get his office door open. This clown show, though I hate to denigrate clowns, are stepping all over their dic--s, er er, ties like the merry band of stooges they truly emulate. Unfortunately, they hold our futures in their tiny little hands.
WHITE OR WHITE? The first baby steps (outside of a big down payment) have begun on bathroom design. We have seen and approved a new shower; met with the carpenter to design a new cabinet and begun discussing materials and paint colors. Now how close to our allowances can we come is the next challenge.
FREEZE ALERT Well, of course there is. We are now entering Michigan's 2nd almost over winter timeframe. Don't tell the flowers and trees. Two days ago they were waving their fronds, petals, baby leaves, seeds in a merry welcome to Spring. Today, they are bowing to the north wind. The weeds are doing just fine, however. No matter how badly we mess up the world, Mother Nature carries on. Something comforting in that so, Peace out/Stay Strong/Love Your Neighbor/Eat More Cake 💚 💙💛
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