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March 21, 2006
Busy, Busy
First, an update on Mr. Cool. So far, there has been an email exchange (ambiguous on his part, brazen on mine--well as brazen as "do you have plans for the weekend?" can be). There has been no telephone call, no plans for meeting again, and surprisingly little angst. I will follow Mr. Bad Apologies' suggestion and just jump him if I get the chance. And if I don't get the chance? Well, let's just say there are plenty of other fish in the internet dating pool just waiting to be caught.
And now, a review of the Big Idea. I have so many projects going that I can barely keep on top of it all. In a minor miracle, I actually have a tiny PAID job for next week--my first paycheck of 2006! (Another project has $$ committed, but not yet paid, so there's even more reason to be hopeful that the Big Idea will be successful.) The next few weeks are going to be crazy, with a trip to speak at a conference in North Carolina, a proposal to a local university due, a speaking engagement at a business roundtable, a gala networking event (tonight!), a conference to organize (I ache just thinking about the administrative details on that one), and a handful of other projects that I can't even think about.
Today is a typical one--where I'm committed to several different things and struggling to make them all fit. For instance, I've been working since 8 a.m. this morning on the Big Idea, but in an hour I will take Ms. Janie to a kid's movie shown by the D.C. Environmental Film Fesitval. After that, I'll drop her off with Grandma, hurry to Teaism for a Big Idea meeting with a potential contractor, then meander over to the abovementioned gala networking event. I have a vision of me stumbling home at 10 p.m. with a stack of business cards and not much to show for it--but perhaps I'll get lucky. So far, the DC networking scene has been very good to me.
And, of course, I'm trying to maintain a social life. I have calls set up with former classmates, coffee dates with former co-worker-now-friends, book club meetings, and tickets to cultural events. All within the next week. So it turns out that even if Mr. Cool wants to get together again, I might have to say no.
Who am I kidding? Certainly not you, dear reader. No, if he calls again, I'll happily drop pre-existing commitments on the off chance I can add "man love" to the roster of March 2006 activities.
UPDATE: And as proof of my multitasking skills, consider the following scenario: I just got off a call with a hotel that is a potential candidate to host a conference I'm organizing in June. Of course, he called just as I was getting out of the shower, so I was conducting the call in a towel. And by the end, Janie was doing my hair in what was later termed "a very lovely hair-do".
Comments
I have 2 tix to percussion fun - I can always ditch my date for yours if needed.
Posted by: Elizabeth at March 21, 2006 07:26 PM
