Duvet2Desk by TPG

                                                          "What does it mean to pre-board? Do you get on before you get on?” -- George Carlin     When I was younger I always saw these professional people, business men and women alike in airports, and thought that must be the life . True Jetsetters . Going from city to city, staying at hotels and catching cabs and riding in limos. I thought this is something that I would love to do. Then I started doing it... Here is the deal, although you may still have your weekends; there is nothing like being at home, espeically with your family. There is nothing like being in the physical presence of your family. There is nothing like sleeping in your own bed and going to your own closet for clothing. There is NOTHING like a home cooked meal. Rental cars are not your own car: I dont have all of the little nick-nacks in a rental car that I keep in my own car. Airports are busy and exhausting (unless you fly out of Waco, Tx.).

The myth that if I succeed, as a woman, means another woman cannot is simple just a myth. The idea that as women only one of us can have a seat at the table is not ideal. The notion that we must compete against one another is unrealistic.   But what is true is if I succeed I create the opportunity for someone else to succeed, if I get a seat at the table I create another seat at the table for someone else; there is no need for the competition. This was a post that I have wanted to do for quite a while, but I never could quite frame it in the correct context for the audience that I have here. As I am in the midst of relocating for my career, I am doing a lot of thinking.   So as I begin a new position in my career, I am meeting new people. And with meeting new people comes providing them with my abbreviated background a blend of professional and personal information. A new woman co-worker asked me "how do I do what I am doing with a husband AND a daughter." (I am not going

As of late I have found myself in many very unfamiliar situations. Whether it has been traveling to new facilities in "foreign" lands (all domestic... But I like to think of them as foreign), learning new leadership and facility management, relocating my entire family 900+ miles from our home, and just not knowing what will happen next in our or my life.    There is one thing that I do know for certain-I plan for the uncertain. Ok, your probably asking yourself what sense does that make. Well... perfect sense to me. How I see it is if I attempt to use my knowledge of the past situations that have parallels to the situation I am in currently involved with, that I may be able to predict the outcome or situational behaviors with more accuracy than just blindly moving forward. Now this is not to say that it is a 100% accurate science, but it does serve to be effective . And in a situations where there is an unknown, effective is all I need.      Decision making when you