It’s already past lights-out time and I’m well beyond tired, but I wanted to give you a tiny update.
- It rained the entire 50 mile drive there.
- I found it just fine thanks to Mapquest.
- Breakfast sucked.
- The keynote speaker was cute and charismatic.
- I hung out with one of my colleagues during the first official session, mostly trying not to throw up on my shoes.
- The woman presenting in the room before me ran late.
- She also spilled water on the table where I needed to setup my laptop to connect to the projector.
- I thought she had fried my laptop because the screen kept going nuts.
- I gave up on having slides on the screen and just started tap dancing.
- My moderator got me a tech guy to help while I kept talking.
- He ended up bringing in two other laptops and another projector before finally getting my slides up successfully.
- Apparently the slow lady had spilled her water into the cable.
- I lost about 10 minutes to that.
- Rocked the motherfucking room anyway.
- Lunch also sucked.
- Spent most of the rest of the time I was there chilling with colleagues.
- Afternoon cheesecake was delightful.
- Gave a ride home to someone I didn’t know all that well but knew I found enjoyable and some great conversation. I believe I have a new pal.
- Totally loving the Fitbit. I might be obsessing just a little over how many steps I’m getting in.
- Tomorrow is weigh-in day.
easyweimaraner said:
maybe the slow lady was a gremlin and the water was the mischief-catalyzer? but you rocked the room anyway. YAY!
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Mental Mama said:
I don’t know about being a gremlin, but she sure was a pain in the ass.
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NotAPunkRocker said:
AH, I am Fitbitting again this weekend, so we will need to figure out a way to motivate each other (more than we do already).
Funny, one of the interview questions we use for trainers is about how to handle technical issues during a presentation. You rocked!
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Mental Mama said:
We have another friend who uses one as well, I believe. I totally need to figure out how to add y’all as Fitbit friends. 🙂
Yes, putting a trainer on the spot about a sudden loss of visuals is a good question.
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NotAPunkRocker said:
Yes, we sure do!
Trainers have to be innovative 🙂
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Mental Mama said:
If you want a good laugh, check your email…
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NotAPunkRocker said:
I doubt it is laugh worthy, I did see it just haven’t had a chance to look it over 🙂
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Mental Mama said:
The part where the audience applauded the tech kid who finally got my shit working was nearly as funny as me trying to act out what was on the slides with my arms.
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heretherebespiders said:
Duh, of course you rocked! I wasn’t worried 🙂 Next time it will be even easier!
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Mental Mama said:
I don’t normally mind teaching, I actually kind of love it. It was just way more people than I’m used to and the technical glitches lasted a lot longer. But I did rock. 🙂
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heretherebespiders said:
Good! It’s a hard job. I couldn’t do it. Be proud!
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Mental Mama said:
Aw, thank you!
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insearchofitall said:
Murphy’s law, anything that can go wrong, usually does. Then we get to figure it out on the fly. You did good and that’s what matters most.
I had a fitbit. It didn’t track my sleep correctly maybe because I kept flailing my arms all night. My daughter borrowed it last summer and I haven’t seen it since. But I’m seeing far less of her so I guess it helped one of us. 😦
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Mental Mama said:
Half the reason I got the Fitbit was for the sleep tracking and I’m not sure if mine is working right either. The other night it said I went to bed at 5:37pm. Now I will freely admit that I go to bed early, but honestly. So I’m still working the kinks out.
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insearchofitall said:
If you bang it on anything slightly, it messes up the reading. It was wrong more often than not. That’s why I got it too. I don’t sleep much, hence the brain malfunction. 😦
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Mental Mama said:
It looks like I might have figured it out, maybe. I installed an app on my phone and I had to tell that last night when I got into bed and then this morning when I woke up. Now I have a report that says while I was in bed almost 9 hours, I was only really asleep 8. I’ll be very curious to track my trends.
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The Indecisive Eejit said:
I’m glad it went well, but we never doubted you’d rock it! High five 🙂
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Mental Mama said:
Thanks sweetie! 🙂
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