Seattle Part 2

You have not been to Seattle until you visit this site. I am not saying you have to go up, but you at least have to get a photo of it. LOL

Hibachi Anyone?

Tonight I have a business dinner with my fellow CSRs and one of our west coast sales reps. He’s taking all of us out to dinner to a Japanese Steakhouse. It is going to be so much fun! One of the great perks of my job. Whenever one of our sales reps come in we all go out to dinner together. So far it has been about 4-5 times this year. Really looking forward to tonight.

I’m pretty upset at my son’s high school right now. Everything I have says his open house was suppose to be last night. Well evidentally freshmen open house was Monday night. So we missed it. I can’t believe we missed the open house. We have NEVER missed an open house. This was a pretty important one too, because he is a freshman. *sigh*

I’m going to blog about my weight at Buddy Slim again. I wanted to just have one blog, but I’m not getting the feedback here like I did at Buddy Slim. So I figure it is probably just easier for everyone of my Buddy Slim pals to comment over there. I’m still going to keep this going, because I really want to get back into some serious writing soon, not to mention photography.

I am going to try out a new psychiatrist at the end of the month. I love the doctor I have now, but the clinic he works at is driving me crazy. It is a state funded clinic and a lot of scary people go there and I have to sit for HOURS on end for a 15-30 minute appointment and then sit for at least another hour just to check out and get my next appointment. They can’t handle the patient load they have because most of them are free patients. I’m not. I pay a co-pay. So I did some research and made a ton of calls and I am seeing a female doctor. The doctors I’ve had for the past two years have been male. I’m really glad I was able to find a female psychiatrist. Hubby doesn’t understand why this is important to me. He said “they are all professionals and you can talk to them about anything”. Yes that is true, but my comfort is IMPORTANT. Let’s face it, we all have our comfort zones and I’m sorry but I don’t feel comfortable talking about my past with child molestation and rape with a male doctor.

I’m Coming Seattle!

Well it looks like things are ramping up for my business trip to Seattle. Yesterday I was told to pick a week in September. I picked the first week and the 2nd week. I should know which one very soon. I have very mixed feelings about this. I get to meet my top customer. First impressions are everything and I am really nervous about a face to face meeting. I’m by far the largest woman in our office and I just feel so out of sorts when I have to do anything social in the business realm.

I’m also anxious because my family (brother, uncle and their families) live near Seattle. I haven’t seen any of them in YEARS, probably close to 10 years or more. It is also the last place my mother went before she died. I’m going to go there and I’ll be thinking of where she went and what she did. Wondering if I’m seeing what she saw. If I’m touching what she touched. It is going to be so hard for me in that respect.

I’m also very excited. I’ve never been off the east coast. I have been as far north as MA and as far south as FL. But never off the east coast at all. So going to Seattle, which is about as far west as I can go in the US, it a pretty big step for me. It will be fun flying (I love to fly and haven’t since I’ve been married).

Which brings up yet another aspect. My husband isn’t going to like it. In fact he’ll be furious. I’ve never had a job where I’ve had to travel…let alone across the country. He knows, but I haven’t told him when yet, well I don’t know that myself. We’ve never been apart for more than a night or two in our whole marriage. But it isn’t like I can say “I can’t go because my husband doesn’t approve.” I wish he could be happy and excited for me, but I know he just won’t.

So see what a mixed up person I am right now about this trip?