There is a good reason I do the job I do and not other jobs.

We had to sit through a presentation about some new legislation that will greatly impact my job. I simply couldn’t write legislation or argue about it without totally losing my mind. The semantics of getting the words just right so there is no room for error in interpretation must be mind-boggling.

Rick, who did part of the presentation, has been involved with the writing. While he probably does a good job writing, he better not give up his day job – he just doesn’t have the skills as a public speaker. He was actually the second speaker - the first person, Linda, was animated, and had a PowerPoint presentation that she presented – she didn’t merely read it. Short succinct slides and she talked about them. All in all, it was interesting. Rick basically read his 21 page Word document. I know we all have different talents but his should be used where he excels, and that is not public speaking.

I went out for dinner with a group of ladies from church last night. The company was great but the service was dreadful. We were a group of 11 but that is the same as 2 tables of 6 and the restaurant seemed to be able to handle those. It took an hour for our food to arrive, the table didn’t get cleared until after the desserts were delivered and when one lady ordered coffee, the cup came with lipstick marks all over it! Gross! She was offered a free refill but declined. I don’t think the waiter made any great tips but it was not due to us being a group of women, it was due to the bad service. He was very nice but certainly not a good waiter.

John and Carley got their mortgage approval today so they are thrilled. In less than 2 weeks, they will officially be homeowners. The only real problem was the bank demanded a higher downpayment than they expected so they have had to do a bit of rearranging of their finances. It is a temporary setback and it has been done but thankfully the house has window coverings a new furnace and new hot water tank as well as a washer and dryer so most of the new home big ticket items are taken care of.

I also had a nice compliment today. One of our managers asked me what I was doing these days. I thought he meant in terms of my job and committees but before I had a chance to answer, he said that he thought I had lost some weight and it was looking good on me. I told him that I was buying clothes that fit! I do need to lose a bit of weight but more in the 10 lbs range, so not a huge amount but what I am carrying has been with me for some time and made good friends with the rest of my body so it doesn’t want to leave without a fight! Anyway, I thanked him and walked away with a grin on my face.

Tomorrow is Friday and that is good.