Rob #7 - Night into Day (moving to Piecing)

[Rob1231]

Hey everybody,

Well, I've been debating over joining the crowd in Memphis. Really wanted to do it, but didn't want it to cause big troubles with W. Not that I feel like she has the right to tell me not to go - but I still apply the "Will this get me closer to my goal?" criteria to lots of stuff, and if it caused her to get really defensive or something, that could be counterproductive.

Anyways, last night W was talking about all of the biz trips she has had this year, and the ones coming up (her job has really cranked into a mode of traveling a lot.) When she was done, I figured that was the perfect opportunity to bring it up.

I should mention, that I told W about these boards (without mentioning the name of the site) early in my sitch. She was actually jealous that I had people to confer with - she didn't have a similar board for whacked-out MLCers (and I wasn't gonna help her find one!) Haven't really mentioned it since then, not sure if she really had clued in that I am still "a regular" here.

So anyways, when I told her about the trip, she was a bit taken aback. I reassured her about it while leaving it a little mysterious (still a good thing, eh?) After she had time to chew on it a bit, I asked her if she was OK with me going. She said yes - she thought it was good for me to "get out and do things with new people more". (This has always been tough for me, although it's getting a lot easier over the past year or so, as I have been in school and then DBing.) It was really nice to hear her encouraging me to GAL - "getting it" why this was important to me.

That's a small load off of my mind. I already have a hotel reservation and show tickets, time to go nail down my flights...

Then I go home and celebrate D14 D15's birthday, one evening early due to scheduling madness. To paraphrase Julie the Inspired, it's gonna be a good evening!