There is something about this goal setting thing...
I recently decided that I was finally ready - after 5 years post D - to put myself out there. Not lip service ready - but really ready to take some chances.
It is almost creepy how you really do get back based on what you subconsciously put out there...
(i) The Frenchman that I met at The Resort 15 months ago called! LOL! He use to work at the Resort, has since left and moved to CA and started his own business. Island romances do not translate well into reality. If we do keep in touch - it will be as friends. But it was certainly an ego boost.
(ii) Not sure what to make of this one... Do not even know if he is single... Will just sit back and let events unfold and facts revealed...
This is an attorney that I send work to... And one of my gagilion R (avoidance ?) rules is I do not get involved with people I work with, send work to or work for...
> The Patent Office called him with an issue - he called me b/c he needed my authorization to proceed. Did the business small talk thing - turns out he worked at NASA at the same time I did. He did the "we have represented Humongo Client for years - typical selling himself speal.
> I went to the seminar in Houston - and he mentioned that his firm had a table - perhaps we would meet. Nothing extraordinary - I met other people I send work to - one of them invited me as a guest to a museum gala. Outside counsel often try to arrange to get together with in-house - and I am an "acting" in-house...
> Then shortly before I left - very professional email (see below). Still nothing extraordinary - very normal for people I send work to - to want to meet with me. Didn't meet for breakfast or go to the dinner mentioned below so we didn't meet.
AG: I believe you said you were in town this week for the SEMINAR meeting. If you have some time, maybe we could meet for breakfast one morning. I'm not sure if I'll be able to attend the meeting, but will be at the dinner Thu night.
Regards, Attorney
Business breakfast before 9 am was not going to happen! LOL! This was a semi-vacation - I slept in or worked out.
> I liked the quality of his work and wanted to send him more work - but had forgotten his name. Then there was work that had been previously handled by his firm - sent him the follow up work - like I normally do with firms that produce quality work.
> He returned his bid form with the following:
AG,
I'm glad to see our paths have crossed! I'll send back the bid shortly.
Warm regards,
Attorney
> A little surprised to see the paths crossed sentence... Usually all comments are very gender neutral... Didn't reply to that email - outside counsel often sends a thank you email when I send them work. In any case when I did receive his bid - I did my typical reply "Approved - Please proceed. Regards,AG" and copied my assistant for Humongo Client records.
> So now I am wondering a little... Is this flirting... I am not offended... He is interesting - a good attorney - my age and well I do have weakness for EE's LOL - I am curious... So far if this is flirting - he has been completely and absolutely okay with my authority with respect to the work I send him so far...
> In any case, he will be sending the completed work for my review later on this week. I suspect I will have no revisions - but if I do - will be interesting to see his response. Some men like PC to do not respond well to a woman telling him what to do...
> I am intrigued. For all I know he may be M and may be flirting with an agenda. I mean he knows nothing about me - part of that whole Remington Steele law firm thing - there is no information about me anywhere - and no pictures of me anywhere. He doesn't know my marital status - women never ever discuss family at work in my work environment - it can hurt you. It has come back to haunt me on the two occassions I relaxed and revealed personal info. at work. A part of me is wondering if I met him during my days at NASA and he remembers me... My division trained a lot of other people there in the basic classes - and well I also had a very active "social" life. I really hope I didn't "mingle" with him 20 odd years ago and have forgotten...
As this plays out, it will be interesting to see how I react to a man that appears to be flirting with a woman that he is working for... He is taking a risk - in that in my line of work not being noticed is a good thing unless it is b/c someone produces exceptional work. By virtue of his "maybe flirting email" - he is on my radar in that I will know it is him when I review his work. Normally I review so many documents - while I notice the firms - I don't always notice the attorney - unless it is a friend...
Aimless rambling... Too much time on my hands before a vacation. The kitchen is almost spotless - inside and out. Moving onto sorting through and organizing work clutter today, want to fertilize the lawn and change the remaining temp shades on some windows.
I feel a little off w/o the work pressure... even a little depressed - until I jump into another type of work... I think I am a workaholic.
